Using Visual Information to Train Foreign-Language Vowel Production. National Institutes of Health (DHEW), Bethesda, Md.

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Title: Using Visual Information to Train Foreign-Language Vowel Production. National Institutes of Health (DHEW), Bethesda, Md.
Language: English
Authors: Flege, James Emil
Source: Language Learning. Sep 1988 38(3):365-407.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 43
Publication Date: 1988
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Adults, Articulation (Speech), English (Second Language), Oral Language, Pronunciation Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Spanish Speaking, Speech Improvement, Visual Learning, Vowels
Abstract: Reports the results of a feasibility study exploring the use of visual information for vowel production training in a foreign language. After 10 minutes of visual articulatory modeling and shaping, a native Spanish speaker improved her ability to produce a tongue position difference between English and Spanish vowels. (57 references) (Author/CB)
Journal Code: CIJSEP1989
Entry Date: 1989
Accession Number: EJ389034
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Reports the results of a feasibility study exploring the use of visual information for vowel production training in a foreign language. After 10 minutes of visual articulatory modeling and shaping, a native Spanish speaker improved her ability to produce a tongue position difference between English and Spanish vowels. (57 references) (Author/CB)