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Direct linkMaría de los Ángeles Gómez González; Alfonso Lago Ferreiro – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
Previous research has established that phonetics has been marginalized within language teaching, proving to be particularly challenging for learners in EFL contexts. This paper presents EPSSML (https://www.usc.gal/multimlab/), an e-learning platform designed within Mayer's (2008, 2009) Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning to instruct English…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Pronunciation, Electronic Learning, Phonetics
Using Apps for Pronunciation Training: An Empirical Evaluation of the English File Pronunciation App
Fouz-González, Jonás – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
This study explores the potential of the English File Pronunciation (EFP) app to help foreign language learners improve their pronunciation. Participants were 52 Spanish EFL learners enrolled in an English Studies degree. Pre- and post-tests were used to assess the participants' perception and production (imitative, controlled, and spontaneous)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Tejedor-Garcia, Cristian; Escudero-Mancebo, David; Camara-Arenas, Enrique; Gonzalez-Ferreras, Cesar; Cardenoso-Payo, Valentin – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2020
Over the last few years, we have witnessed a growing interest in computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) tools and the commercial success of foreign language teaching applications that incorporate speech synthesis and automatic speech recognition technologies. However, empirical evidence supporting the pedagogical effectiveness of these…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mompean, José Antonio; Fouz-González, Jonás – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
This paper looks at the use of "Twitter" as a language teaching/learning tool. It describes the results of a study aimed at testing "Twitter's" effectiveness for pronunciation teaching. The purpose of the study was to determine whether "Twitter" can foster online participation and whether it may have a positive effect…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Pronunciation Instruction
Lacabex, Esther Gómez; Gallardo del Puerto, Francisco – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2014
This study investigated the effect of two distinct computer-based phonetic training procedures administered in an English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) classroom with young learners. Students' perceptual awareness of the occurrence of an English schwa in an unstressed position in content words was tested in two experimental groups, which underwent…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Auditory Perception, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Download full textHughes, Stephen P.; Tulimirovic, Bojana – Online Submission, 2015
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are firmly established in language learning contexts, yet there are still many questions in relation to how widely they are employed and, indeed, how useful they are in developing all aspects of communicative competence. With a cohort of four teachers and one hundred students, this study examines…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Pronunciation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
