TY - GEN
T1 - How non-native speakers perceive listening comprehension problems
T2 - 8th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing, CollabTech 2016
AU - Cao, Xun
AU - Yamashita, Naomi
AU - Ishida, Toru
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) (24220002, 2012-2016) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Previous studies have suggested many technologies to support nonnative speaker comprehension in real-time communication. However, such technologies may impose an extra burden on non-native speakers (NNSs) if they do not match their current needs. To design a system that adapts to the changing needs of NNSs, we need to understand the types of problems NNSs face and how these problems are perceived by them. To explore such issues, we conducted a laboratory experiment with 40 NNSs (and 20 native speakers as a control group) who engaged in a listening task. During the task, the participants pressed a button whenever they encountered a comprehension problem. Next they explained each problem, the point at which they recognized the problem, and for how long it persisted. Our analysis identified twelve types of listening comprehension problems, which we further classified into three patterns based on their persistence and the time taken to perceive them. Our findings have implications for designing adaptive technologies to support listening comprehension of NNSs in real-time communication.
AB - Previous studies have suggested many technologies to support nonnative speaker comprehension in real-time communication. However, such technologies may impose an extra burden on non-native speakers (NNSs) if they do not match their current needs. To design a system that adapts to the changing needs of NNSs, we need to understand the types of problems NNSs face and how these problems are perceived by them. To explore such issues, we conducted a laboratory experiment with 40 NNSs (and 20 native speakers as a control group) who engaged in a listening task. During the task, the participants pressed a button whenever they encountered a comprehension problem. Next they explained each problem, the point at which they recognized the problem, and for how long it persisted. Our analysis identified twelve types of listening comprehension problems, which we further classified into three patterns based on their persistence and the time taken to perceive them. Our findings have implications for designing adaptive technologies to support listening comprehension of NNSs in real-time communication.
KW - Adaptive support
KW - Listening comprehension problems
KW - Non-native speakers
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-10-2618-8_8
DO - 10.1007/978-981-10-2618-8_8
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84988524962
SN - 9789811026171
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 89
EP - 104
BT - Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing - 8th International Conference, CollabTech 2016, Proceedings
A2 - Yoshino, Takashi
A2 - Zurita, Gustavo
A2 - Yuizono, Takaya
A2 - Baloian, Nelson
A2 - Chen, Gwo-Dong
A2 - Inoue, Tomoo
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 14 September 2016 through 16 September 2016
ER -