Does Musicality Assist Foreign Language Learning? Perception and Production of Thai Vowels, Consonants and Lexical Tones by Musicians and Non-Musicians.

Götz, A; Liu, L; Nash, B; Burnham, D

Does Musicality Assist Foreign Language Learning? Perception and Production of Thai Vowels, Consonants and Lexical Tones by Musicians and Non-Musicians.

Götz, A Liu, L

Nash, B Burnham, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Brain Sci, 2023, 13, (5), pp. 810
Issue Date:: 2023-05-16

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dc.contributor.author	Götz, A
dc.contributor.author	Liu, L https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-5098
dc.contributor.author	Nash, B
dc.contributor.author	Burnham, D
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-22T03:04:28Z
dc.date.available	2023-05-09
dc.date.available	2024-07-22T03:04:28Z
dc.date.issued	2023-05-16
dc.identifier.citation	Brain Sci, 2023, 13, (5), pp. 810
dc.identifier.issn	2076-3425
dc.identifier.issn	2076-3425
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/179809
dc.description.abstract	The music and spoken language domains share acoustic properties such as fundamental frequency (f0, perceived as pitch), duration, resonance frequencies, and intensity. In speech, the acoustic properties form an essential part in differentiating between consonants, vowels, and lexical tones. This study investigated whether there is any advantage of musicality in the perception and production of Thai speech sounds. Two groups of English-speaking adults-one comprising formally trained musicians and the other non-musicians-were tested for their perception and production of Thai consonants, vowels, and tones. For both groups, the perception and production accuracy scores were higher for vowels than consonants and tones, and in production, there was also better accuracy for tones than consonants. Between the groups, musicians (defined as having more than five years of formal musical training) outperformed non-musicians (defined as having less than two years of formal musical training) in both the perception and production of all three sound types. Additional experiential factors that positively influenced the accuracy rates were the current hours of practice per week and those with some indication of an augmentation due to musical aptitude, but only in perception. These results suggest that music training, defined as formal training for more than five years, and musical training, expressed in hours of weekly practice, facilitate the perception and production of non-native speech sounds.
dc.format	Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	MDPI
dc.relation.ispartof	Brain Sci
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dc.subject	1109 Neurosciences, 1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Sciences
dc.subject.classification	3209 Neurosciences
dc.subject.classification	5201 Applied and developmental psychology
dc.subject.classification	5202 Biological psychology
dc.title	Does Musicality Assist Foreign Language Learning? Perception and Production of Thai Vowels, Consonants and Lexical Tones by Musicians and Non-Musicians.
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health/GSH.Clinical Psychology
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Abstract:

The music and spoken language domains share acoustic properties such as fundamental frequency (f0, perceived as pitch), duration, resonance frequencies, and intensity. In speech, the acoustic properties form an essential part in differentiating between consonants, vowels, and lexical tones. This study investigated whether there is any advantage of musicality in the perception and production of Thai speech sounds. Two groups of English-speaking adults-one comprising formally trained musicians and the other non-musicians-were tested for their perception and production of Thai consonants, vowels, and tones. For both groups, the perception and production accuracy scores were higher for vowels than consonants and tones, and in production, there was also better accuracy for tones than consonants. Between the groups, musicians (defined as having more than five years of formal musical training) outperformed non-musicians (defined as having less than two years of formal musical training) in both the perception and production of all three sound types. Additional experiential factors that positively influenced the accuracy rates were the current hours of practice per week and those with some indication of an augmentation due to musical aptitude, but only in perception. These results suggest that music training, defined as formal training for more than five years, and musical training, expressed in hours of weekly practice, facilitate the perception and production of non-native speech sounds.

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