Effects of EPG treatment for English consonant contrasts on L2 perception and production.
Links between perception and production were investigated for two adult native speakers of Korean who participated in electropalatographic (EPG) treatment designed to teach phonological and articulatory contrasts between English /s/ - /ʃ/, /z/ - /ʤ/, and /l/ - /ɹ/. Participants were successful in learning to produce the English contrasts. Perception of English consonants was tested pre- and post-treatment. Post-treatment perception improved somewhat for treated consonants but not for untreated consonants, although perception was not directly trained.
Speech Pathology and Audiology, School of Health Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA. aschmidt@kent.edu
Anna Marie
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Schmidt
D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D010159:Palate / Q000502:physiology*; D010700:Phonetics; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods