- Title
- Sometimes less is more: The effects of phonetically variable input on auditory processing instruction for L2 French
- Creator
- Ito, Kiwako; Wong, Wynne
- Relation
- Studies in Second Language Acquisition Vol. 44, Issue 4, p. 1045-1070
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S027226312100084X
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Effects of phonetically variable input (PVI) for processing instruction (PI) training and the number of training items were tested with a picture-selection eye-tracking task. Intermediate second language (L2) learners of French (n = 174) were tested before and after they received either a short (24 items), medium (48), or long (96) training on the causative structure with either single- or multivoice input. PI improved picture-selection accuracy from about 10% to above 50% regardless of the training size. Eye-tracking data showed a reduction in looks to the incorrect picture only after the short and medium training: it surfaced regardless of voice variability after the short training, whereas multivoice training led to a greater reduction after the medium training. Long training did not yield a reliable reduction of incorrect looks regardless of voice variability. Taken together, PVI does not hinder L2 syntactic learning. Learners may benefit more from a relatively shorter training with PVI.
- Subject
- French language; phonetics; auditory processing; second language (L2)
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1452014
- Identifier
- uon:44332
- Identifier
- ISSN:0272-2631
- Language
- eng
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