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Dilay Z. Karadöller; David Peeters; Francie Manhardt; Asli Özyürek; Gerardo Ortega – Language Learning, 2024
When learning spoken second language (L2), words overlapping in form and meaning with one's native language (L1) help break into the new language. When nonsigning speakers learn a sign language as L2, such overlaps are absent because of the modality differences (L1: speech, L2: sign). In such cases, nonsigning speakers might use iconic…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Sign Language, Hearing (Physiology), Nonverbal Communication
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Xiaotong Xi; Peng Li; Pilar Prieto – Language Learning, 2024
This study investigates whether audiovisual phonetic training with hand gestures encoding visible or nonvisible articulation features has a differential impact on learning second language sounds. Ninety-nine Catalan-Spanish bilingual students were trained to differentiate English /ae/ and /[lambda]/, which differ in the visible lip aperture and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vowels, Nonverbal Communication, Articulation (Speech)