Pitch discrimination and French accent on the high school levels

Abstract

For a group of 615 high school girls an average correlation between general intelligence test scores and accent ratings in French was .592, and that between pitch discrimination (Seashore test) and accent rating was .639. Low intelligence accompanied by low pitch discrimination tends to result in failure in French. Good pitch discrimination with comparatively low intelligence may permit reasonably successful ratings in French accent. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)