Traditional and phonological treatment for teaching English fricatives and affricates to Koreans.
Non-native speakers of English are being seen for accent reduction in speech-language pathology clinics although there is little evidence that treatment is effective. Two types of treatment were evaluated. Traditional articulation-based treatment was successful for 2 native Korean speakers in improving English fricatives and affricate production. A second treatment using phonologically based contrasts was also successful for the same sounds with 2 other Korean speakers. Some issues in foreign accent reduction are discussed.
D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D013060:Speech; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013070:Speech Therapy; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology