Objective Many learners of a foreign language struggle to correctly pronounce newly-learned speech sounds so that they can be understood by native listeners. Yet many others achieve this with apparent ease. What is responsible for these large individual differences in phonetic aptitude? Are better speakers also better listeners? The aim of this proposal is to determine whether there is a link between skills in production and skills in perception in learners of a foreign language. A special focus of the research will be to compare bilingual with monolingual learners, because bilinguals have had more experience with linguistic variation than monolinguals, and therefore might have greater phonetic aptitude. Bridging traditional linguistic and newer cognitive neuroscience approaches, the proposed study will determine the behavioural and brain bases for phonetic production and perception abilities. Fields of science humanitieslanguages and literaturegeneral language studiesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologycognitive neurosciencehumanitieslanguages and literaturelinguisticsphonetics Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF - Marie-Curie Action: "Intra-European fellowships for career development" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) Coordinator BCBL BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION BRAIN AND LANGUAGE Address Paseo mikeletegi 69 2 20009 San sebastian Spain See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ana Fernandez (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data
