The Interface between Perception and Production in L2 English Vowels

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The Interface between Perception and Production in L2 English Vowels: Lee, Shinsook, Cho, Mi-Hui

30 November 2018. pp. 425-438

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The study explores the interface between perception and production in L2 English vowels focusing on the precedence relationship and the correlation between perception and production. To that end, 34 Korean EFL learners identified 12 English vowels presented in the bVt word structure and their productions of the same English vowels were identified by native English speakers. The results revealed that overall the precedence relationship of perception over production was attested but not across all the target vowels. The results also showed that similar error patterns were observed in perception and production for the same vowels. However, no correlation was found between perception and production, suggesting that L2 speech perception and production may not develop concurrently. The findings of the study are discussed in light of L2 learning, especially in light of the development of L2 perception and production skills. (Korea University · Kyonggi University)

Keywords

English vowels

perception and production

precedence

correlation

L2 learning

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Fabra, L. R. and J. Romeo. 2012. Native Catalan Learners’ Perception and Production of English Vowels. Journal of Phonetics 40.3, 491-508.10.1016/j.wocn.2012.01.001
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Sheldon, A. and W. Strange. 1982. The Acquisition of /r/ and /l/ by Japanese Learners of English: Evidence that Speech Production can Precede Speech Perception. Applied Psycholinguistics 3.3, 243-261.10.1017/S0142716400001417
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Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
Volume : 34
No :3
Pages :425-438
DOI :https://doi.org/10.18627/jslg.34.3.201811.425

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[39] Yang, B. and D. H. Whalen. 2015. Perception and Production of English Vowels by American Males and Females. Australian Journal of Linguistics 35.2, 121-141, 10.1080/07268602.2015.1004998

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