Purpose Former studies suggested that music perception can help produce certain
accentual features in the first and second language (L2), such as intonational contours …

Though research has shown that rhythmic training is beneficial for phonological speech
processing, little empirical work has been carried out to assess whether rhythmic training in …

Background: Applying music to learners' language learning/acquisition has a long research
history. However, given that second language (L2) learning/acquisition is a complex …

With increasing evidence in favour of embodied learning techniques, more research is
needed to explore eventual applications in the field of second language acquisition, for …

This study tested the effects of hand-clapping to the rhythm of newly learned French words
on the pronunciation of these words by 7-to 8-year-old Catalan children. In a short training …

We tested the usability of prosody visualization techniques for second language (L2)
learners. Eighteen Danish learners realized target sentences in German based on different …

El uso de la música como herramienta para el enriquecimiento de los procesos de
enseñanza-aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras se ha normalizado en las tres últimas …

L2 English speech produced by Mandarin Chinese speakers is usually perceived to be
intermediate between stress-timed and syllable-timed in rhythm. However, previous studies …

Prosodic speech characteristics are important in the evaluation of both intelligibility and
naturalness of oral English proficiency levels for learners of English as a Second Language …

Previous research has shown that rhythmic training enhances phonological speech
processing (eg,[1, 2, 3, 4]). Yet little is known about whether rhythmic training can also help …