ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT160100514

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT160100514

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Enhancing language learning via auditory training and parent-infant interaction. This project aims to improve adult language learning. Most adults struggle to pronounce foreign speech, because their native processing skills cannot process foreign sounds. During infancy, native sound perception is tuned through listening to variants of speech sounds while interacting with care-givers. This project aims to show that adults can reprogram their processing skills if placed in the rich environment available to infants. Rigorous testing will show whether auditory training improves processing of foreign speech sounds in adults and children and leads to successful understanding and pronunciation of foreign words. This project could benefit many Australian monolingual families who have not fully engaged with neighbouring cultures due to a language barrier.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2017

End Date: 30-07-2024

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $895,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Linguistics | Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension) | Laboratory Phonetics and Speech Science | Developmental Psychology and Ageing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Learner and Learning Processes | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture |

Other Keywords

Developmental Psychology and Ageing | Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Laboratory Phonetics and Speech Science | Learner and Learning Processes | Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension) | Linguistics

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