Second-language learners often experience major difficulties in producing non-native
speech sounds. This paper introduces a training method that uses a real-time analysis of the …

A variety of phonological explanations have been proposed to account for why some sounds
are harder to learn than others. In this mini-review, we review such theoretical constructs …

We introduce the blueprint of the Ontogenesis Model of the L2 Lexical Representation (OM)
that focuses on the development of lexical representations. The OM has three dimensions …

Pronunciation instruction is still underemphasized in many language programs as well as in
teacher-training curricula despite reports of significant improvement from many studies …

This volume is the first handbook dedicated to language attrition, the study of how a
speaker's language may be affected by crosslinguistic interference and non-use. The effects …

The current study investigated first language (L1) effects on listener judgment of
comprehensibility and accentedness in second language (L2) speech. The participants …

Pronunciation is difficult to teach for several reasons. Teachers are often left without clear
guidelines and are confronted with contradictory practices for pronunciation instruction. To …

Developing comprehensible speech is an important goal for L2 learners. At present, there is
clear evidence indicating that pronunciation instruction can help develop comprehensibility …

The present paper explores nonnative (L2) phonological encoding of lexical entries and
dissociates the difficulties associated with L2 phonological and phonolexical encoding by …

For L2-learners, confusable phonemic categories lead to ambiguous lexical representations.
Yet, learners can establish separate lexical representations for confusable categories, as …