https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Do explicit instruction and high variability phonetic training improve nonnative speakers' Mandarin tone productions? https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:46711 n = 80), intermediate second language (L2) Mandarin learners (n = 40), and L1 Mandarin speakers (n = 40) took part in a multiday Mandarin-like artificial language learning task. Participants were asked to repeat a syllable–tone combination immediately after hearing it. Half of all participants were exposed to speech from 1 talker (low variability) while the other half heard speech from 4 talkers (high variability). Half of the L1 English participants were given daily explicit instruction on Mandarin tone contours, while the other half were not. Tone accuracy was measured by L1 Mandarin raters (n = 104) who classified productions according to their perceived tonal category. Explicit instruction of tone contours facilitated L1 English participants’ production of rising and falling tone contours. High variability input alone had no main effect on participants’ productions but interacted with explicit instruction to improve participants’ productions of high-level tone contours. These results motivate an L2 tone production training approach that consists of explicit tone instruction followed by gradual exposure to more variable speech.]]> Wed 29 Mar 2023 12:32:34 AEDT ]]> Bottom-up or top-down: English as a foreign language vocabulary instruction for Chinese university students https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:25665 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:28:04 AEDT ]]> Sequential Second Language Acquisition For Speech Production: Implicit Learning Processes And Knowledge Bases And Instructional Exemplifications For German https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:676 Fri 23 Mar 2018 18:22:28 AEDT ]]>