The effects of high versus low talker variability and individual aptitude on phonetic training of Mandarin lexical tones.

ABSTRACT: High variability (HV) training has been found to be more effective than low variability (LV) training when learning various non-native phonetic contrasts. However, little research has considered whether this applies to the learning of tone contrasts. The only two relevant studies suggested that the effect of HV training depends on the perceptual aptitude of participants (Perrachione et al., 2011; Sadakata & McQueen, 2014). The present study extends these findings by examining the interaction between individual aptitude and input variability using natural, meaningful second language input (both previous studies used pseudowords). A total of 60 English speakers took part in an eight session phonetic training paradigm. They were assigned to high/low/high-blocked variability training groups an

SUBMITTER: Dong H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6690337 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature