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Creaky voice and utterance fluency measures in predicting perceived fluency and oral proficiency of spontaneous L2 Finnish
2022
While utterance fluency measures are often studied in rela tion to perceived L2 fluency and proficiency, the effect of creaky voice remains ignored. However, creaky voice is frequent in a number of languages, including Finnish, where it serves as a cue for phrase-boundaries and turn-taking. In this study we inves tigate the roles of creaky voice and utterance fluency measures in predicting fluency and proficiency ratings of spontaneous L2 Finnish (F2) speech. In so doing, 16 expert raters participated in assessing narrative spontaneous speech samples from 160 learn ers of Finnish. The effect of creaky voice and utterance fluency measures on proficiency and fluency ratings was studied using …
Valutare le soft skills all'università
2017
È stato effettuato uno studio di caso ispirato ai principi pedagogici della prospettiva Student Voice. Venticinque studenti universitari hanno partecipato, tra il mese di novembre 2015 e il mese di febbraio 2016, a due attività formative: tre sessioni di scrittura espressiva e quattro colloqui individuali di peer-tutoring. Si è voluto verificare se lo svolgimento di queste attività facilitasse lo sviluppo di tre soft skills che favoriscono la partecipazione degli studenti alle pratiche didattiche dei docenti e il loro successo accademico: la capacità di gestire l’ansia da esame, il senso di autoefficacia e l’immagine del «sé» attuale. La valutazione iniziale delle competenze prese in esame …
“Silence was all the boy ever got”: the silent treatment of trauma in The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
2023
«Telemaco»: una ricerca sperimentale in prospettiva Student Voice
2017
La ricerca «Telemaco» è stata svolta per promuovere una partecipazione attiva e responsabile degli studenti universitari alla didattica universitaria. A tal fine, si è ritenuto opportuno preparare tale partecipazione mediante l’applicazione di due metodi d’intervento con cui migliorare il loro senso di autoefficacia, la loro capacità di gestire l’ansia da prestazione e l’immagine del loro «sé» attuale: la scrittura espressiva e il tutoraggio tra pari. I risultati dimostrano l’efficacia di questi due metodi sulle tre competenze prese in esame. Valorizzare la voce scritta e orale degli studenti forma in loro una visione più democratica dell’insegnamento universitario, attiva processi virtuosi…
“Voz del alumnado”: hacer de los estudiantes participantes activos y responsables en los procesos formativos activados en la escuela y en la universi…
2017
"Voce degli studenti" è un movimento pedagogico nato negli anni novanta in alcuni paesi di lingua inglese (Stati Uniti, Canada, Inghilterra e Australia). Supporta la partecipazione attiva e responsabile degli studenti ai processi di formazione attivati nella scuola e nell'università. Per includere le voci degli studenti in questi processi, gli adulti (insegnanti e amministratori) devono riconoscere i loro diritti di essere ascoltati e rispettati come persone con interessi, bisogni di apprendimento e idee che possono risolvere i problemi della didattica scolastica/universitaria, della ricerca educativa e delle politiche culturali in cui si devono prendere decisioni che li riguardano. In ques…
Communicating voice emphasis in harpsichord performance
2009
We investigated the means used by harpsichordists to communicate voice-specific melodic emphasis. Twelve harpsichordists were asked to perform a short Baroque polyphonic piece by Frescobaldi (1583-1643) on a harpsichord equipped with a MIDI console. Three conditions were tested, each requiring performers to emphasize a particular voice in the piece (soprano, alto, tenor). Four parameters were analyzed: velocity, note onset asynchrony, timing deviations, and articulation. Mean onset asynchronies were much larger than those observed in organ or piano performance, averaging more than 100 ms between outer voices. However, asynchronies did not vary significantly between conditions, suggesting th…
Sing and Measure: Sound as Voice as Quanta
2022
The universal concept of a “music of the spheres” traverses the history of philosophy, science and art, from Pythagoras to Kepler and beyond. In modern times, a sphere in three dimensions—the Bloch sphere—is used to illustrate the state of a qubit, the basic unit of quantum information. On the same spherical surface, the fundamental components of voice production can be located, so that any utterance can be seen as the evolution of a unit two-dimensional vector having complex coefficients. Indeed, any sound can be analyzed and decomposed into overlapping sinusoidal components, broadband noises, and impulsive transients, which in turn can be associated to fundamental means of vocal sound pro…
Vocal function exercises and vocal hygiene combined treatment approach as a method of improving voice quality in irradiated patients for laryngeal ca…
2018
Introduction: Despite the negative effects of radiation therapy on voice quality is well documented in literature few studies have focused on the efficacy of voice therapy in the irradiated laryngeal cancers population. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of an evidence-based voice therapy, known as Vocal Function Exercises (VFE) in a combined approach with Vocal Hygiene (VH) in improving vocal function in patients who have been irradiated for laryngeal cancers and compared to the results of VH alone treatment. Materials and methods: A prospective, randomized and controlled study involved patients with primary laryngeal cancer treated with curatively intended radiother…
L’amica geniale in Inghilterra: il caso dell’adattamento radio di Timberlake Wertenbaker
2019
This paper takes into consideration Timberlake Wertenbaker's adaptation of Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend (2016) for the radio. In particular, the focus of the paper is on the first of the four radioplays and on the dramatic strategies used and adaptation choices made by Wertenbaker. We shall focus on the use of two main adult voices (Lena and Lila), the use of the voice over, and the representation of time. The chapter also considers the image of "neapolitanity" offered in the radioplay, the reception with the British audience with respect to the meridionist idea of Southern Italy as poor and violent. I aim to show how, with some exceptions, Wertenbaker somehow manages to push beyond the c…