Like its predecessor, the revised Speech Learning Model (SLM-r) focuses on the learning of
L2 vowels and consonants (or “sounds,” for short) across the life-span. To define the context …

Purpose: High-variability phonetic training (HVPT) has been found to be effective on adult
second language (L2) learning, but results are mixed in regards to the benefit of multiple …

This article reviews research on when acoustic‐phonetic variability facilitates, inhibits, or
does not impact perceptual development for spoken language, to illuminate mechanisms by …

Scholars have extensively investigated the effectiveness of high variability phonetic training
(HVPT), that is, identification and discrimination of second language speech sounds …

Although extensive research has focused on the perceptual abilities of second language
(L2) learners, a significant gap persists in understanding how cognitive functions like …

Learning games have a remarkable potential for education. They provide an emergent form
of social participation that deserves the assessment of their usefulness and efficiency in …

Listening is widely regarded as an important skill that is difficult and necessary to teach in L2
classrooms. Listening requires both top‐down and bottom‐up processing, yet pedagogical …

Talker variability has been reported to facilitate generalization and retention of speech
learning, but is also shown to place demands on cognitive resources. Our recent study …

The present study investigates the effect of high variability phonetic training (HVPT) on the
discrimination of second language (L2) vowel contrasts by adult speakers who live in a …

Younger learners are better at acquiring second-language (L2) phoneme contrasts than are
older learners, but this general correlation between age and learning ability is often …