| The purpose of this experiment was to explore the relationship between production and self-perception as well as the effect of treatment type (naturalistic vs. traditional) on phonological other-language learning. American English speakers were presented with a novel vowel to produce: the front-rounded French vowel /y/. In addition, subjects rated their own attempts at imitation of the target vowel. No effect of treatment type was found; results indicated a significant effect of individual ability on production and self-perception. Good self-perception did not correlate with good production, as was hypothesized. Instead, a surprise finding was discovered: the effect of syllable type (CVC vs. CV) and consonantal context (bilabial vs. alveolar) on whether the target vowel was produced as a diphthong or monophthong. |
