A synopsis of the article: Phonetic training This meta-analysis seeks to answer these questions: What is the effect of L2 phonetic training? What factors moderate the effectiveness of L2 phonetic training? (education, proficiency, training approach, training stimuli, mode of delivery, phonetic subcompetence). The meta-analysis looked at studies that met the following criteria. The study had to: be an empirical phonetic training study; look at L2 segments, not suprasegmentals;