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Validation of a training method for L2 continuous-speech segmentation

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Validation of a training method for L2 continuous-speech segmentation
Recognising continuous speech in a second language is often unexpectedly difficult, as the operation of segmenting speech is so attuned to native-language structure. We report the initial steps in development of a novel training method for secondlanguage listening, focusing on speech segmentation and employing a task designed for studying this: word-spotting. Listeners detect real words in sequences consisting of a word plus a minimal context. The present validation study shows that learners from varying non-English backgrounds successfully perform a version of this task in English, and display appropriate sensitivity to structural factors that also affect segmentation by native English listeners.
Anne Cutler, Janise Shanley
Added 19 May 2011
Updated 19 May 2011
Type Journal
Year 2010
Where INTERSPEECH
Authors Anne Cutler, Janise Shanley
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