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Download full textKhademi, Hamidreza; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This article, based on Khademi's (2021) Master's thesis, examines the use of Google Translate (GT) and its speech capabilities, Text-to-Speech Synthesis (TTS) and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), in helping L2 learners acquire the pronunciation of English past -ed allomorphy (/t/, /d/, /id/) in a semi-autonomous context, considering three…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Translation, Computer Software
John, Paul; Cardoso, Walcir; Johnson, Carol – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This study examines the L2 pronunciation feedback provided by the Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) functionality in Google Translate (GT). We focus on three Quebec Francophone (QF) errors in English: th-substitution, h-deletion, and h-epenthesis. Four hundred and eighty male and female QF recordings of sentences with correctly and incorrectly…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Audio Equipment, Accuracy
He, Yue; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2021
[For the complete volume, "CALL and Professionalisation: Short Papers from EUROCALL 2021 (29th, Online, August 26-27, 2021)," see ED616972.]This study investigated whether a translation tool (Microsoft Translator -- MT) and its built-in speech features (Text-To-Speech synthesis -- TTS -- and speech recognition) can promote learners'…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods
Direct linkCollins, Laura; Trofimovich, Pavel; White, Joanna; Cardoso, Walcir; Horst, Marlise – Modern Language Journal, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine whether it is possible to distinguish between "difficult" and "easy" constructions for second language (L2) learners by examining characteristics of the structures as they occur in aural input. In a multidimensional analysis of 3 English structures with different acquisition profiles--the simple past,…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning
