Perception and production of syllable-tone homophones by second language learners of Chinese
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DOI: 10.1121/1.5067636
Abstract: This study examined how the relatively high degree of tonal homophony in spoken Mandarin affects learners’ perception and production of new syllable-tone words. Seventeen English-speaking-learners of L2 Chinese participated in a 3-day word-learning task in… read more here.
Keywords: previously learned; syllable tone; task; tone ... See more keywords
EXPRESS: New in, Old out: Does Learning a New Language Make You Forget Previously Learned Foreign Languages?
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DOI: 10.1177/17470218231181380
Abstract: Anecdotal evidence suggests that learning a new foreign language (FL) makes you forget previously learned FLs. To seek empirical evidence for this claim, we tested whether learning words in a previously unknown L3 hampers subsequent… read more here.
Keywords: forget previously; new language; language; test ... See more keywords