Listening Lessons in Connected Speech for Puerto Rican College Students for the Purpose of Improving Aural Comprehension in English

Author

Margaret F. Tucker

Publication Date

6-10-1963

Abstract

The University of Puerto Rico English staff members who are preparing teachers for the Island school system are concerned about the lack of effective training techniques which will develop the student's listening ability and thereby sharpen his comprehension of spoken English. Appropriate listening lessons to improve their understanding of connected speech are needed. The purpose of this study is to investigate the following hypothesis:

That additional materials for listening discrimination are needed for teaching English to Puerto Rican college students, and that paragraph listening lessons will provide varied auditory experience for sound discrimination training in learning English as a second language.

Degree Name

Speech-Language Pathology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Speech and Hearing Sciences

First Committee Member (Chair)

Frederick Martin Chreist

Second Committee Member

Keith Richard St. Onge

Third Committee Member

Joseph Marshall Kuntz

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Tucker, Margaret F.. "Listening Lessons in Connected Speech for Puerto Rican College Students for the Purpose of Improving Aural Comprehension in English." (1963). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/shs_etds/20