Several factors influence listening comprehension of English radio news broadcasts. The study adopted a questionnaire to investigate students' recognition of these factors. On the basis of this analysis, students ...Several factors influence listening comprehension of English radio news broadcasts. The study adopted a questionnaire to investigate students' recognition of these factors. On the basis of this analysis, students put emphasis on vocabulary and background knowledge and they were aware of the approaches to better listening comprehension and making some practical preparations before doing the listening tasks. However some differences exist between the effective listeners and less-effective listeners,specially regarding to speech rate and out-of-class relevant practice.展开更多
Based on the commonly used indicators for speech intelligibility, this work acoustically evaluates the two largest auditoria in the Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, using experimental and digit...Based on the commonly used indicators for speech intelligibility, this work acoustically evaluates the two largest auditoria in the Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, using experimental and digital simulation techniques. Design treatments were also suggested to improve the acoustic performance of the auditoria, where the impact of these treatments was checked using the simutation as well. The models that were analysed using the CATT-software were first validated utilizing the results of the fietd work in the unoccupied rooms. The results showed that the acoustic quality of the two auditoria are far from the optimal conditions due to their improper acoustic characteristics and the high noise revers as weft. The results of improvement proposals showed that altering the ceiling shape and adding efficient absorptive materials to the rear surfaces successfully reduced the excessive reverberation time to the optimal values, increased the earty reflections and eliminated the shadow zones. In addition, decreasing the noise Levels by 20 dB due to improving the window insulation noticeably improved the speech intelligibitity at all receivers.展开更多
This study investigated how background speech affected L1 and L2 reading of Chinese English major students. English, Dutch, and Mandarin Chinese were respectively set as the second language （L2）, foreign language ...This study investigated how background speech affected L1 and L2 reading of Chinese English major students. English, Dutch, and Mandarin Chinese were respectively set as the second language （L2）, foreign language （FL）, and first language （L1） background speech conditions. Self-paced word-by-word reading paradigm was used to collect the response time （RT） of each word. The conventional analysis revealed that L1 background speech exerted the most disruptive effect on both L1 and L2 reading could be phonological and could be at the and suggested that the background speech effect stage of phonological processing of L1 and L2 reading. It also implied that L1 phonological processing could be simultaneously activated during L2 reading. Spectral analysis of ten subjects＇ reading data indicated that pink noise existed in each time series of word RT of L1 and L2 reading in each condition. It provided clear evidence that L1 and L2 reading processing are similar with different concurrent background speech.展开更多
文摘Several factors influence listening comprehension of English radio news broadcasts. The study adopted a questionnaire to investigate students' recognition of these factors. On the basis of this analysis, students put emphasis on vocabulary and background knowledge and they were aware of the approaches to better listening comprehension and making some practical preparations before doing the listening tasks. However some differences exist between the effective listeners and less-effective listeners,specially regarding to speech rate and out-of-class relevant practice.
文摘Based on the commonly used indicators for speech intelligibility, this work acoustically evaluates the two largest auditoria in the Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, using experimental and digital simulation techniques. Design treatments were also suggested to improve the acoustic performance of the auditoria, where the impact of these treatments was checked using the simutation as well. The models that were analysed using the CATT-software were first validated utilizing the results of the fietd work in the unoccupied rooms. The results showed that the acoustic quality of the two auditoria are far from the optimal conditions due to their improper acoustic characteristics and the high noise revers as weft. The results of improvement proposals showed that altering the ceiling shape and adding efficient absorptive materials to the rear surfaces successfully reduced the excessive reverberation time to the optimal values, increased the earty reflections and eliminated the shadow zones. In addition, decreasing the noise Levels by 20 dB due to improving the window insulation noticeably improved the speech intelligibitity at all receivers.
文摘This study investigated how background speech affected L1 and L2 reading of Chinese English major students. English, Dutch, and Mandarin Chinese were respectively set as the second language （L2）, foreign language （FL）, and first language （L1） background speech conditions. Self-paced word-by-word reading paradigm was used to collect the response time （RT） of each word. The conventional analysis revealed that L1 background speech exerted the most disruptive effect on both L1 and L2 reading could be phonological and could be at the and suggested that the background speech effect stage of phonological processing of L1 and L2 reading. It also implied that L1 phonological processing could be simultaneously activated during L2 reading. Spectral analysis of ten subjects＇ reading data indicated that pink noise existed in each time series of word RT of L1 and L2 reading in each condition. It provided clear evidence that L1 and L2 reading processing are similar with different concurrent background speech.
