High Variability [Pronunciation] Training (HVPT)
A proven technique about which every language teacher and learner ought to know
Ron I. Thomson | Brock University
This article is a critical research synthesis of 32 studies that used the High Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT) technique to teach learners to better perceive and produce L2 sounds. Taken together, the studies surveyed provide compelling evidence that HVPT is a very effective pronunciation training tool, and that resulting improvement is long-lasting. The analysis of this research also helps to explain why very few teachers have heard of this empirically-driven approach to pronunciation instruction: HVPT studies are largely published in technically oriented journals; few are accessible to language teachers. A variety of obstacles to the widespread use of HVPT are discussed, and some possible solutions are provided.
Keywords: foreign accent, L2 pronunciation, intelligibility, High Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT), Computer assisted pronunciation training
Published online: 01 February 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.17038.tho
https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.17038.tho
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