Listening task

English Word Listening Task

Before you start

Complete each step, then begin with practice.

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Participant ID

Enter the ID provided for this study.

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Background questionnaire

Answer each question before continuing.

Which variety of English do you speak as your first language?
Gender
How familiar are you with Japanese-accented English?
Not familiar at all Very familiar
How familiar are you with Chinese-accented English?
Not familiar at all Very familiar
Do you have English teaching experience?
Do you have linguistics knowledge on English, Japanese, or Chinese?

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Task instructions

Please use headphones or earphones and sit in a quiet place.

  1. Press Play audio.
  2. Type the English word you heard.
  3. Continue to the rating page.
  4. Press Play audio again.
  5. Rate how strong the speaker's accent sounded.
  6. Rate how easy the word was to understand.

Each response page allows one playback. Practice comes first. During Practice, you will hear and rate 4 words. The word played and an expert Accentedness reference range will be shown after each practice item. You may replay the audio while reviewing this practice feedback. This feedback and replay option are not shown in the main session.

Intelligibility

Type the English word you hear.

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

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Practice Session

In this practice session, you will transcribe and rate four sample words.

The session is designed to:

  1. familiarize you with the task procedure; and
  2. help you calibrate your Accentedness ratings by comparing them with expert reference ranges.

After rating each sample, you can compare your response with the expert Accentedness reference range and listen to the sample again as many times as you like.

Practice First
Main task After practice
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Materials

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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