Second language acquisition has rapidly grown as a field over the past decade as our knowledge of the ways in which children & adults learn & use a second language has become crucial for effective language teaching In addition to this important 'applied' function research into second language acquisition has also informed the fields of linguistics & psychology in general as it has shed light on the differences between native & non-native models of human language & cognition The focus of this accessible new book is second language speech
- that is how speakers perceive process understand & pronounce the sounds of a second language Each chapter
Includes:: review questions & most chapters include 'tutorial' & 'lab' sections with practical exercises based on the University of Toronto Romance Phonetics Database (available online for free) The book also has a companion website containing illustrated answers to the exercises scripts for running acoustic analyses & useful weblinks