Prosodic and Segmental Aspects of Pronunciation Training and Their Effects on L2

Some studies on training effects of pronunciation instruction have claimed that the prosodic features has at segmental level and level, with greater reported when prosody is main focus training. This paper revisits this claim by looking Italian learners German. In a pre-post-test design, we investigate acoustic changes after in learners’ productions two regarded as segmental. The were pitch excursion final rises yes–no questions reduction schwa epenthesis word-final closed syllables. devoicing voice onset time (VOT) plosives. We discuss results for three groups (with training, no training). Our indicate there are positive prosody-oriented production segments, especially focuses syllable structure prominence (stress accent). They also teaching aspects together beneficial.