engleski

Speech perception in processing in first and second language in bilinguals and L2 learners

The hypothesis of this study was that monolingual children's L1 perceptual performance will be significantly superior to that of their L2 ; however, a very close interaction is also expected between their L1 and L2 processing mechanisms. To test the hypothesis, a series of experiments were designed with two groups of children (Hungarian-English bilinguals and Hungarians learning English as L2). The results support (i) the need to devote more attention to perceptual processes in teaching a second language ; and (ii) that speech processing even in the "dominant" language of bilingual children might show bafckwardness masked by the compensatory strategies children use in everyday communication.

first language, second language, bilingualism

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