Burda Angela N, Bradley-Potter Melissa, Dralle Jessi, Murphy Jane, Ries Sarah, Roehs Andrea
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Northern Iowa, 230 Communication Arts Center, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0356, USA.
Percept Mot Skills. 2009 Aug;109(1):169-76. doi: 10.2466/PMS.109.1.169-176.
Objectives of this quasi-experimental study were to assess whether age of listeners and native language of the speaker affected the accurate repetition of words, sentences, and utterances, including medical vocabulary. Two experiments were conducted. In Exp. 1, 20 young adults and 20 older adults repeated 60 words and 30 sentences produced by native and nonnative English speakers. In Exp. 2, 30 young adults and 30 older adults repeated medically oriented utterances spoken by native and nonnative English speakers. Analysis showed that older adults had significantly lower repetition scores (accuracy) than the young adults on all tasks. Both groups had significantly higher repetition scores on items produced by native English speakers than nonnative English speakers. Investigations should focus on strategies which may aid native English speakers in understanding non-native English speakers.
这项准实验研究的目的是评估听众的年龄和说话者的母语是否会影响对单词、句子和话语（包括医学词汇）的准确复述。进行了两项实验。在实验1中，20名年轻人和20名老年人重复了以英语为母语和非英语为母语的人说出的60个单词和30个句子。在实验2中，30名年轻人和30名老年人重复了以英语为母语和非英语为母语的人说出的医学相关话语。分析表明，在所有任务中，老年人的复述分数（准确性）显著低于年轻人。两组在以英语为母语的人说出的项目上的复述分数均显著高于非英语为母语的人说出的项目。研究应侧重于有助于以英语为母语的人理解非英语为母语的人的策略。
