When learning to speak another language, it can be difficult to hear the individual words in a native speakers' utterance. This is a problem with
A)bottom-up processing
B)semantics
C)speech segmentation
D)phonemics

Question

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The difficulty in distinguishing individual words in a continuous stream of speech from a native speaker is related to speech segmentation. This involves identifying the boundaries between words, a skill that develops with familiarity with the language's sounds and patterns.

When Learning to Speak Another Language, It Can Be Difficult