BEYOND LINGUISTIC FEATURES

Abstract Comprehensibility, or ease of understanding, has emerged as an important construct in second language (L2) speech research. Many studies have examined the linguistic features that underlie this construct, but there been limited work on behavioral and affective predictors. The goal study was therefore to examine extent which anxiety collaborativeness predict interlocutors’ perception one another’s comprehensibility. Twenty dyads L2 English speakers completed three interactive tasks. Throughout their 17-minute interaction, they were periodically asked evaluate own each other’s rate partner’s comprehensibility using 100-point scales. Mixed-effects models showed partner predicted comprehensibility, relative importance predictor depended nature task. Self-collaborativeness also related These findings suggest is sensitive a range linguistic, behavioral, influences.