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Chapter 2. The application of bilingual phonological learning models to early second language development

  • R. Sabah Meziane und Andrea A.N. MacLeod
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Abstract

The goal of this chapter is to review how bilingual phonological learning models can be applied to understanding early second language development among children in kindergarten. Specifically, we review Best’s Perceptual Assimilation Model, Flege’s Speech Learning Model, Kuhl’s Language Magnet Model, and Willem van Leussen & Escudero’s Second Language Phonetic Model. We present results from a study of 25 children who were attending kindergarten in French and who spoke Tagalog and English at home. The children’s consonant productions in a word naming task were transcribed and analysed. Although the results did not align with a single model, it was useful conceptually to contrast “shared” versus “unshared” phonemes as the “unshared” phonemes were produced with lower accuracy overall.

Abstract

The goal of this chapter is to review how bilingual phonological learning models can be applied to understanding early second language development among children in kindergarten. Specifically, we review Best’s Perceptual Assimilation Model, Flege’s Speech Learning Model, Kuhl’s Language Magnet Model, and Willem van Leussen & Escudero’s Second Language Phonetic Model. We present results from a study of 25 children who were attending kindergarten in French and who spoke Tagalog and English at home. The children’s consonant productions in a word naming task were transcribed and analysed. Although the results did not align with a single model, it was useful conceptually to contrast “shared” versus “unshared” phonemes as the “unshared” phonemes were produced with lower accuracy overall.

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