Turkish-Accented Speech Lab

Help us learn how Turkish-accented English is understood.

We are looking for adult listeners. You will hear short recordings of English spoken by Turkish learners, type what you hear, and rate how easy each one was to understand. It takes about twenty minutes on your own phone or computer.

Take part

Open to anyone aged 18 or over with normal hearing.

After each recording, you pick a number from 1 to 9.

1 means very difficult to understand9 means very easy to understand

About the study

English is spoken with many accents. We study how the English of Turkish learners comes across to listeners: whether the words are understood correctly, and how much effort that takes.

Researchers call the first intelligibility and the second comprehensibility. Both are defined by what listeners experience, so the only way to measure them is to ask people to listen. That is where you come in.

What we learn will help improve how pronunciation is taught to future English teachers in Türkiye.

What you will do

  1. Create an account

    Sign up with your email address, then read and accept the consent form.

  2. Tell us about yourself

    A short form about your age, language background and hearing.

  3. Check your sound

    Make sure you can hear clearly. Headphones in a quiet room work best.

  4. Listen and respond

    You will hear ten words and then fifteen sentences, each played twice. After each one, type what you heard, rate it from 1 to 9, and tell us what made it easier or harder to understand.

Each part starts with two practice items. Allow about twenty minutes in total.

Who we are

  • Dr. Tarık Uzun School of Foreign Languages, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University
  • Büşra Elmaderesi

Privacy and contact

Your answers are coded
Responses are stored under a participant code, not your name. Only the research team can see information that identifies you.
Kept in Türkiye, for research only
All data is stored on a server in Türkiye. Results are reported without names.
Taking part is your choice
You can stop at any time, for any reason.
Questions
The research team's contact details are in the consent form, which you will see before you begin.

Twenty minutes of listening is all we ask.

Take part