Poorer Phonetic Perceivers Show Greater Benefit in Phonetic-Phonological Speech Learning

Purpose: Previous research has demonstrated that native English speakers can learn lexical tones in word context (pitch-to-word learning), to an extent. However, learning success depends on learners' pre-training sensitivity to pitch patterns. The aim of this study was to determine whether lexi...

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Published in:Journal of speech, language, and hearing research language, and hearing research, 2013-06, Vol.56 (3), p.1045-1050
Main Authors: Ingvalson, Erin M, Barr, Allison M, Wong, Patrick C. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Acoustic Stimulation
Adolescent
Age Factors
Aptitude
Auditory Perception
Children & youth
English
Feedback (Response)
Female
Females
Grammar, Comparative and general
Humans
Illinois
Individual Differences
Influence
Instructional Effectiveness
Instructional Improvement
Language
Language Therapy - methods
Learning
Listening Comprehension
Male
Males
Multilingualism
Native Speakers
North American English
Perception Tests
Phonemics
Phonetics
Phonological Awareness
Phonology
Pitch Perception
Second language learning
Sensitivity Training
Speech
Speech Perception
Stimuli
Syllables
Training
Vowels
Young Adult
Young Adults
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Summary:Purpose: Previous research has demonstrated that native English speakers can learn lexical tones in word context (pitch-to-word learning), to an extent. However, learning success depends on learners' pre-training sensitivity to pitch patterns. The aim of this study was to determine whether lexical pitch-pattern training given before lexical training could improve learning and whether or not the extent of improvement depends on pre-training pitch-pattern sensitivity. Method: Learners with high and low pitch-pattern sensitivity were given training on lexical pitch patterns before lexical training. Results: It was found that such training resulted in better learning than lexical training alone, primarily in learners with low pre-training pitch-pattern sensitivity. Conclusion: These data support the importance of considering individual aptitudes when developing training and also the notion of phonetic-phonological-lexical continuity in word learning. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.)
ISSN:1092-4388
1558-9102
DOI:10.1044/1092-4388(2012/12-0024)