Edited by Margarita Alonso-Ramos
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 78] 2016
► pp. 199–234
The present article aims to analyse the relationship between perception and production in foreign language acquisition, as well as to study the effects of three variables (gender, linguistic proficiency, and, especially, mother tongue) on phonic perception. To do so, we administered a perception test to 300 students (male and female), from 15 different countries and with different levels between A2 and C1 according to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The resulting data – more than 61,200 answers – were included in the database of the corpus Fono.ele, and analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. We compared these data with those provided by the rest of the perception samples included in Fono.ele with the objective of building upon the already-drawn conclusions. The outcomes suggest that, even though they remain dependent, production and perception undergo different developmental processes. Moreover, they show that external factors exert a weak influence on perception.