Individual differences in attention control and the processing of phonological contrasts in a second language

This study investigated attention control in L2 phonological processing from a cognitive individual differences perspective, to determine its role in predicting phonological acquisition in adult L2 learning. Participants were 21 L1-Spanish learners of English, and 19 L1-English learners of Spanish....

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Autores: Mora Bonilla, Joan Carles, Darcy, Isabelle
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Anglès
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Fonologia
English language
Second language acquisition
Phonology
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spelling Individual differences in attention control and the processing of phonological contrasts in a second languageMora Bonilla, Joan CarlesDarcy, IsabelleAnglèsAdquisició d'una segona llenguaFonologiaEnglish languageSecond language acquisitionPhonologyThis study investigated attention control in L2 phonological processing from a cognitive individual differences perspective, to determine its role in predicting phonological acquisition in adult L2 learning. Participants were 21 L1-Spanish learners of English, and 19 L1-English learners of Spanish. Attention control was measured through a novel speech-based attention-switching task. Phonological processing was assessed through a speeded ABX categorization task (perception) and a delayed sentence repetition task (production). Correlational analyses indicated that learners with more efficient attention switching skill and faster speed in correctly identifying the target phonetic features in the speech dimension under focus could perceptually discriminate L2 vowels at higher processing speed, but not at higher accuracy rates. Thus, attentional flexibility provided a processing advantage for difficult L2 contrasts but did not predict the extent to which precise representations for the target L2 vowels had been established. However, attention control was related to L2 learners’ ability to distinguish the contrasting L2 vowels in production. In addition, L2 learners’ accuracy in perceptually distinguishing between two contrasting vowels was significantly related to how much of a quality distinction between them they could make in production.S. Karger2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/220269Articles publicats en revistes (Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1515/phon-2022-0020Phonetica, 2023, vol. 80, num.3-4, p. 153-184https://doi.org/10.1515/phon-2022-0020(c) S. Karger, 2023info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2202692026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Individual differences in attention control and the processing of phonological contrasts in a second language
title Individual differences in attention control and the processing of phonological contrasts in a second language
spellingShingle Individual differences in attention control and the processing of phonological contrasts in a second language
Mora Bonilla, Joan Carles
Anglès
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Fonologia
English language
Second language acquisition
Phonology
title_short Individual differences in attention control and the processing of phonological contrasts in a second language
title_full Individual differences in attention control and the processing of phonological contrasts in a second language
title_fullStr Individual differences in attention control and the processing of phonological contrasts in a second language
title_full_unstemmed Individual differences in attention control and the processing of phonological contrasts in a second language
title_sort Individual differences in attention control and the processing of phonological contrasts in a second language
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mora Bonilla, Joan Carles
Darcy, Isabelle
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Darcy, Isabelle
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Anglès
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Fonologia
English language
Second language acquisition
Phonology
topic Anglès
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Fonologia
English language
Second language acquisition
Phonology
description This study investigated attention control in L2 phonological processing from a cognitive individual differences perspective, to determine its role in predicting phonological acquisition in adult L2 learning. Participants were 21 L1-Spanish learners of English, and 19 L1-English learners of Spanish. Attention control was measured through a novel speech-based attention-switching task. Phonological processing was assessed through a speeded ABX categorization task (perception) and a delayed sentence repetition task (production). Correlational analyses indicated that learners with more efficient attention switching skill and faster speed in correctly identifying the target phonetic features in the speech dimension under focus could perceptually discriminate L2 vowels at higher processing speed, but not at higher accuracy rates. Thus, attentional flexibility provided a processing advantage for difficult L2 contrasts but did not predict the extent to which precise representations for the target L2 vowels had been established. However, attention control was related to L2 learners’ ability to distinguish the contrasting L2 vowels in production. In addition, L2 learners’ accuracy in perceptually distinguishing between two contrasting vowels was significantly related to how much of a quality distinction between them they could make in production.
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