伦敦大学学院与日本东北大学的联合研究表明，学习者掌握外语的能力与其听觉精准度密切相关1。研究人员对67名日语使用者学习英语的过程进行了追踪，利用功能性核磁共振扫描测量参与者的脑活动，发现听觉精准度高的学习者能够更快更准确地掌握新语言的发音1。这些学习者的大脑在处理外语声音时表现出独特的方式——他们不依赖母语的语音加工模式，而是像处理非语音声音那样处理外语1。
伦敦大学学院教育研究所第二语言教育教授Kazuya Saito-van Poeteren指出："英国人并非在生物学上不擅长语言，问题更可能是许多人接受的有意义的语言接触太少，加上教学方法没有必要训练利用有限接触所需的听觉技能。"1基于这一发现，研究团队建议学校在教授现代语言时应当重新调整策略，从单纯强调"更多练习"转变为根据学习者的听觉特性开发他们的语言学习耳朵，同时应更加重视声音学习，而不仅仅关注语法和词汇1。
Researchers from University College London and Tohoku University in Japan have discovered that people who excel at learning languages possess superior auditory precision, according to a new study.1 The research found that skilled language learners do not rely on their native language's sound-processing patterns when tackling foreign language sounds; instead, their brains treat foreign speech similarly to how they process non-speech sounds.1 The investigation involved 67 Japanese speakers learning English and utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure participants' brain activity.1
The study reveals that learners with high auditory accuracy master new language pronunciation faster and more accurately, while showing lower dependence on their native language perception systems.1 Professor Kazuya Saito-van Poeteren from the Institute of Education at UCL noted that "British people are not biologically bad at languages; the issue is more likely that many people receive insufficient meaningful language exposure, combined with teaching methods that fail to train the listening skills necessary to make the most of limited contact."1 The research suggests that language education should shift from a "more practice" approach toward developing learners' language-learning ear based on their individual auditory characteristics.1
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