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Direct linkKingston, John – Language and Speech, 2003
Two hypotheses have recently been put forward to account for listeners' ability to distinguish and learn contrasts between speech sounds in foreign languages. First, Best's Perceptual Assimilation Model and Flege's Speech Learning Model both predict that the ease with which a listener can tell one non-native phoneme from another varies directly…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Auditory Perception, German, Native Speakers
