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Olson, Daniel J. – Language Learning, 2019
This study employed a targeted phonetic instruction to explore the mechanisms that underpin second language (L2) phonetic acquisition. Broadly, two general approaches to phonetic acquisition have been previously proposed. A segmental approach suggests that learners acquire a series of individual, discrete phonemes (e.g., Flege, 1995), while a…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Hardison, Debra M. – Language Learning, 1996
Two experiments explored factors affecting the influence of visual (lip-read) information on auditory speech perception, the "McGurk effect," in advanced learners of English as a Second Language and native speakers of English. Results demonstrate the influence of first language on the information value of the cues and audiovisual…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Auditory Discrimination, Consonants, English (Second Language)
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Menot, Odile – Impact of Science on Society, 1981
The role of vision and bodily movement in the field of language instruction is explained by a phonetician and professor of modern language. (CS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, French, Higher Education, Language Research
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Lamy, Marie-Noelle – ReCALL, 2004
In this article the focus is on methodology for analysing learner-learner oral conversations mediated by computers. With the increasing availability of synchronous voice-based groupware and the additional facilities offered by audio-graphic tools, language learners have opportunities for collaborating on oral tasks, supported by visual and textual…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Open Universities, Second Language Learning, Semiotics