APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Predictors of Prosody Sensitivity in Silent Reading Among Adults Who Learned English As a Second Language

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Cognitive

  • Jennifer Gross
    Grand Valley State University
  • Katelin Leahy
    Grand Valley State University
  • Tanveer Mangat
    Grand Valley State University
  • Joshua Gonzales
    Grand Valley State University
  • Andrea Plotkowski
    Grand Valley State University
  • Paulina Dzik
    Grand Valley State University

Abstract

Skilled readers of English render proper stress and meter (prosody). Written English offers few cues. Sensitivity to the prosody of English was evaluated as an individual difference variable in adults who learned English as a second language. Predictors of prosody awareness in silent reading were revealed.

Language/Speech

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