Performance pay and non-native language comprehension: Can we learn to understand better when we’re paid to listen?

• Autores: Chasen Afghani, Melissa M. Baese-Berk, Glen R. Waddell
• Localización: Applied psycholinguistics, ISSN 0142-7164, Vol. 44, Nº 4, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Towards a Just and Equitable Applied Psycholinguistics), págs. 593-609
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Non-native speech is difficult for native listeners to understand. While listeners can learn to understand non-native speech after exposure, it is unclear how to optimize this learning. Experimental subjects transcribed non-native speech and were paid either a flat rate or based on their performance. Participants who were paid based on performance demonstrated improved performance overall and faster learning than participants who were paid a flat rate. These results suggest that exposure alone is not sufficient to optimize learning of non-native speech and that current models of this process must be revised to account for the effects of motivation and incentive.