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Improving L2 Listeners' Perception of English Vowels: A Computer-Mediated Approach

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Thomson, Ron I. – Language Learning, 2012

A high variability phonetic training technique was employed to train 26 Mandarin speakers to better perceive ten English vowels. In eight short training sessions, learners identified 200 English vowel tokens, produced in a post bilabial stop context by 20 native speakers. Learners' ability to identify English vowels significantly improved in the…

Descriptors: Pronunciation, Tests, Phonetics, Native Speakers

Production and Perception of the /r/ - /l/ Contrast in Korean Adults Learning English.

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Borden, Gloria; And Others – Language Learning, 1983

Discusses changes in speech production and perception occurring in Korean speakers learning English during short-term training in the perception and production of the /r/ - /l/ contrast in English. (EKN)

Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Discrimination Learning, English (Second Language), Korean