TY - JOUR AU - Alves, Ubiratã Kickhöfel AU - Vieira, Felipe Guedes Moreira PY - 2022/09/21 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Perceptual Training in the development of Voice Onset Time in English (L2) by an Argentinean learner: A complex-dynamic approach JF - BELT - Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal JA - BELT VL - 13 IS - 1 SE - Article DO - 10.15448/2178-3640.2022.1.42967 UR - https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/belt/article/view/42967 SP - e42967 AB - <p>Based on the tenets of Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) (De Bot et al., 2007; De Bot, 2017) and following the Intelligibility Principle (Levis, 2005, 2018) in the definition of a pronunciation syllabus, this study aims to analyze the development of English Voice Onset Time in word-initial voiceless plosives produced by an Argentinian learner (L1: Spanish, L2: English and L3: Brazilian Portuguese). This is a longitudinal study of the period when this learner took part in perceptual training sessions on the English Accent Coach website (Thomson, 2019). Data were collected fortnightly over 12 months, in order to verify the development of the participant’s VOT patterns. Subsequently, following Van Dijk et al. (2011), Monte Carlo simulations were carried out to verify rising and falling developmental peaks. The results showed that the training contributed to lower the intra-subject variation rates in each data collection, as well as to rise the learner’s VOT durational values. These results are relevant as they suggest that training can be important even when applied to learners who already show some greater command of the trained phenomenon.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> ER -