This study investigated the role of inhibition in second language (L2) learners' phonological
processing. Participants were Spanish learners of L2 English and American learners of L2 …

Now in its fifth edition, the award-winning How Languages are Learned has established
itself as an indispensable introduction to research in language acquisition and its …

To what extent do our accents determine the way we are perceived by others? Is a foreign
accent inevitably associated with social stigma? Accent is a matter of great public interest …

The present study investigated the potential benefits of extended exposure to captioned
videos for second language pronunciation. We tested 90 L2 adult learners of English on …

Abstract Models of second language (L2) speech learning are designed to account for
phonological acquisition in the L2. Both the Perceptual Assimilation Model of L2 speech …

This volume bridges the knowledge gap between second language acquisition researchers
and second language pedagogy professionals in its focus on a topic of mutual interest …

The present study examines the impact of learning context and age on learners' degree of
foreign accent. Participants of two different age groups (children vs. adults) learning English …

This chapter starts by mentioning the drawbacks of the approach conventionally adopted in
L2 listening instruction–in particular, its focus on the products of listening rather than the …

This study investigated the relationships between students' self‐assessments and experts'
assessments in a university French pronunciation course for nonnative speakers using a pre …

Previously post-focus compression (PFC)-the lowering of fundamental frequency (F0) and
intensity of post-focal words to below those of the same words in identical sentences with …