The efficacy of physical training techniques used in sports to develop muscle memory for foreign language pronunciation

我们成功地完成了研究设备和参考材料的购置，为实验阶段做准备。遗憾的是，由于新冠肺炎封锁和随后的近距离接触限制，实验阶段的开始被严重推迟。这在发音研究中尤其困难，因为它需要研究对象为记录发音而摘下面具，并由主要研究人员为演示目的而摘下面具。因此，我们决定将研究期限延长至2023年。随着面具限制的取消，我们开始为这项研究招募受试者，预计在2023年年中完成实验和分析阶段，并计划在2023年底之前准备好论文。

We successfully completed acquisition of research equipment and reference materials in preparation for the experimental phase. Unfortunately, the start of the experimental phase was severely delayed due to the COVID-19 lockdown and then the subsequent restrictions on close contact. This was particularly the difficult in the case of research into pronunciation as it required the removal of masks by research subjects' for the recording of articulation, and by the primary researcher for demonstration purposes. Therefore, we decided to extend the research period into 2023. With the lifting of mask restrictions, we began recruiting subjects for the study, and expect to complete the experimental and analysis phases by the middle of 2023, and plan to have a paper ready by the end of 2023.