S1: E6: Training Your Ear for a New Language

In this episode Dr Bisson speaks with Dr Angelos Lengeris about phonological abilities and their importance for language learning. Join us to hear about how we can train our ear to hear sounds that do not exist in our native language and how this then helps us speak with a more "native-like" accent. 

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Link to research article on training phonological abilities 

Lengeris, A. (2018). Computer-based auditory training improves second-language vowel production in spontaneous speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Express Letters, 144 (3), EL165-171.