L2 english vowel learning by mandarin speakers: Does perception precede production?

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 134-135

  Thomson, Ron I ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCREENS; ENGLISH VOWELS; MANDARIN SPEAKERS;

EID: 54949112409     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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4. Sheldon, A., & Strange, W. (1982). The acquisition of /r/ and /l/ by Japanese learners of English: Evidence that speech production can precede speech perception. Applied Psycholinguistics, 3, 243-261.
5. Thomson, R. I. (2007). Modeling L1/L2 interactions in the perception and production of English vowels by Mandarin L1 speakers: A training study. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.