Phonetics in Second Language Acquisition: Age, Exposure, NL/TL Influence, and Attitude - P, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga Phonetics in Second Language Acquisition: Age, Exposure, NL/TL Influence, and Attitude - P y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! 3. Phonetics in FL acquisition ♠ Research shows the main ingredients in FL pronunciation learning are age, exposure, NL/TL influence & attitude 3.1. Age
Critical Period Hypothesis popular belief: once CP is past > impossible to attain Native-like competence
When? controversy: 5 or 6 years --------------- 12 years
Why?
biological / neurological basis : disputed / replaced
selective tuning towards NL sounds through exposure  CPH viable in natural acquisition by children 3.2. Exposure: Quantity and Quality
Quantity: massive exposure over a long time
natural environment
one parent/carer
Quality: native(-like) exposure o child creates phonological models of what (s)he perceives o deffective input > deffective modelling > deffective acquisition ♠ Conclusion: Native Competence :
Adults rarely even in natural surroundings
Not in formal instruction even in children  Only massive exposure + over long time (natural environment) + children ⇒ "native" phonetic competencia (pronunciation, perception, discrimination, accents...)