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Sunday, April 17, 2022

Training the pronunciation of L2 vowels under different conditions: the use of non-lexical materials and masking noise

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Phonetica. 2022 Apr 15. doi: 10.1515/phon-2022-2018. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe current study extends traditional perceptual high-variability phonetic training (HVPT) in a foreign language learning context by implementing a comprehensive training paradigm that combines perception (discrimination and identification) and production (immediate repetition) training tasks and by exploring two potentially enhancing training conditions: the use of non-lexical training stimuli and the presence of masking noise during production training. We assessed training effects on L1-Spanish/Catalan bilingual EFL learners' production of a difficult English vowel contrast (/æ/-/ʌ/). The participants (N = 62) were randomly assigned to either non-lexical (N = 24) or lexical (N = 24) training and were fu...
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