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Stewart, Elizabeth C.; Pittman, Andrea L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether long-term musical training enhances the ability to perceive and learn new auditory information. Listeners with extensive musical experience were expected to detect, learn, and retain novel words more effectively than participants without musical training. Advantages of musical training…
Descriptors: Musicians, Music Education, Auditory Perception, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
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Onishi, Hiromi – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
This study examines the influence of experience with a second language (L2) on the perception of phonological contrasts in a third language (L3). This study contributes to L3 phonology by examining the influence of L2 phonological perception abilities on the perception of an L3 at the beginner level. Participants were native speakers of Korean…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Korean
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Casillas, Joseph V.; Simonet, Miquel – Second Language Research, 2016
This study investigates how fluent second-language (L2) learners of English produce and perceive the /ae/-/?/ vowel contrast of Southwestern American English. Two learner groups are examined: (1) early, proficient English speakers who were raised by Spanish-speaking families but who became dominant in English during childhood and, as adults, lack…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Auditory Perception, Phonetics, Spanish