Listening task
English Word Listening Task
Before you start
Complete each step, then begin with practice.
Step 1 of 4
Participant ID
Enter the ID provided for this study.
Step 2 of 4
Language familiarity
Answer both questions before continuing.
Step 3 of 4
Task instructions
Please use headphones or earphones and sit in a quiet place.
- Press Play audio.
- Type the English word you heard.
- Continue to the rating page.
- Press Play audio again.
- Rate the speaker's Accentedness.
- Rate the word's Comprehensibility.
You can play the audio only once on each page. Practice comes first.
Type the English word you hear.
This refers to how much a speaker's speech is influenced by his/her native language and/or is colored by other non-native features.
1 = no accent; 9 = extremely strong accentThis term refers to how much effort it takes to understand what someone is saying. If you can understand (the word produced by a speaker) with ease, then the speaker is effortless to understand. However, if you struggle and must listen very carefully, or in fact cannot understand what is being said at all, then a speaker is effortful/difficult to understand.
1 = easy to understand; 9 = extremely difficult to understandStep 4 of 4
Ready to begin
The task starts with practice. Feedback appears during practice only.
Materials
Rating scales
Intelligibility
Type the English word you hear.
Please answer as accurately as you can.
Accentedness
This refers to how much a speaker's speech is influenced by his/her native language and/or is colored by other non-native features.
1 = no accent
9 = extremely strong accent
Comprehensibility
This term refers to how much effort it takes to understand what someone is saying. If you can understand (the word produced by a speaker) with ease, then the speaker is effortless to understand. However, if you struggle and must listen very carefully, or in fact cannot understand what is being said at all, then a speaker is effortful/difficult to understand.
1 = easy to understand
9 = extremely difficult to understand