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ISBN: | 9780773411197 0773411194
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Notes: | English. Print version record.
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Summary: | This study investigated the effects of training native speakers of Spanish in the perception and production of English vowels in a regular classroom setting, not a laboratory. Thirty-two adult native Spanish speakers were trained to identify and produce English pairs of vowels /i/-/?/, /u/-/?/, and /?/-/?/ over a three-week training period. The experimental design included a pretest-posttest procedure in order to compare the subject's performance before and after training. A significant improvement in the subjects' performance as an effect of training was revealed on perception, but no signifi.
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Other form: | Print version: García Pérez, Grisel Maria. Training Spanish Speakers to Perceive and Pronounce English Vowels : A Theoretical, Practical Approach. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2011 9780773425842
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