"Enjoying a beer or two - but not too many - can help you speak a foreign language more clearly, a prize winning scientific study claims. It's a study aid that many language learners have turned to over the years, but now it's been confirmed by scientists - drinking a little booze can help you speak a foreign lingo more clearly."
"The experiment involved 50 native German speakers who had recently learned Dutch taking part in a short, standardised conversation in Dutch after consuming either a low dose of alcohol or a non-alcoholic beverage. Their conversations were recorded and rated by native Dutch speakers. According to the University of Bath the findings revealed that participants who had drunk a small amount of alcohol were rated as having better Dutch pronunciation."
A Dutch-German-UK research team found modest alcohol consumption improved Dutch pronunciation among native German speakers who had recently learned Dutch. The experiment involved 50 native German speakers taking part in a standardized Dutch conversation after consuming either a low dose of alcohol or a non-alcoholic beverage. Recorded conversations were rated by native Dutch speakers, with those who drank a small amount judged to have better pronunciation. Results suggest modest alcohol reduces language anxiety and enhances confidence, improving second-language fluency at low doses. The researchers warned against using alcohol as a language-learning tool.
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