Abstract
This paper reports an experiment in which production of English plosives by advanced
Pakistani learners was studied in the light of predictions of speech learning model (SLM). The
results show that the learners equate aspirated and unaspirated allophones of English labial
and coronal stops with the unaspirated stops of their L1. However, they maintain a difference
between two allophones of English velar stop. Some participants also increase VOT of the
unaspirated allophones of English stops to a level which is larger than the native VOT range.
The directionality of learning is from dorsal to labial to coronal. The acquisition of accurate
VOT of English coronal stops is found to be more difficult for Pakistani learners because they
substitute English alveolar stops with retroflex stops of their L1. The findings of this study also
points out some gaps in the SLM on the basis of which revisions are suggested in the SLM.
Nasir Abbas Syed, Arshad Saleem. (2019) A Review of the ‘Speech Learning Model’ in the Perspectives of Learners of English in Pakistan, Journal of Independent Studies and Research-Management, Social Sciences and Economics, Volume-17, Issue-2.
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