Speech Training Resources

Early Language Acquisition: The Social Factors of Learning a Language

• Kuhl, P. K.
  Early language acquisition: Cracking the speech code. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 5, 831-843.(2004).
• Leveridge, A. N.
  The relationship between language & culture and the implications for language teaching. Retrieved from http://edition.tefl.net/articles/teacher-technique/language-culture/ (2008).
• McQueen, J.M., Norris, D., & Cutler, A.
  The dynamic nature of speech perception. Language and Speech, 49(1), 101-112.(2006).
• Mechelli, A., Crinion, J. T., Noppeney, U., O’Doherty, J., Ashburner, J., Frackowiak, R. S., & Price, C. J.
  Nature, 431(7010), 757. (2004)
• Paul, P.
  A failure to communicate. The New York Times, ST6. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/fashion/29studied.html (2010).
• Peterson, E., & Coltrane, B.
  Culture in second language training. CAL Digest. Washington, DC: Center for Applied Linguistics.
  Retrieved from http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/0309peterson.html (2003).

Second-Language Learning Processes

• Baker, W., Trofimovich, P., Flege, J. E., Mack. M., & Halter, R.
  Child-adult differences in second-language phonological learning: The role of cross-language similarity. Language and Speech, 51(4), 317-342. (2008).
• Chapman, R. S.
  Children’s language learning: An interactionist perspective. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41(1), 33-54. (2000).
• Doidge, N.
  The brain that changes itself. New York: Penguin. (2008).
• Flege, J. E., Bohn, O. S., & Jang, S.
  Effects of experience on non-native speakers’ production and perception of English vowels. Journal of Phonetics, 25, 437-470. (1997).
• Genesee, F.
  Brain research: Implications for second language learning. ERIC Digest EDO-FL-00-12. (2000).
• Hall, E. T.
  Hidden differences: Studies in international communication. Hamburg: Grunder and Jahr. (1985).
• Old brains learn new tricks. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://whyfiles.org/138memory/2.html
• Pinker, S.
  The language instinct. New York: W. Morrow and Co. (1994).
• Pinker, S.
  The stuff of thought: language as a window into human nature. New York: Viking. (2007)
• Sundmacher, D.
  The difficulties of learning English. Retrieved from http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-29/jobs-careers-employment/the-difficulties-of-learning-english (2009).