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Software That Listens: It's Not a Question of Whether, It's Question of How.
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Wachowicz, Krystyna A.; Scott, Brian – CALICO Journal, 1999
Reviews speech-interactive learning activities in selected commercial products: activities for vocabulary development, conversational practice, and pronunciation. Suggests the effectiveness of speech-interactive computer-assisted language learning is determined less by capabilities of the speech recognizer than by (a) design of language-learning…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Feedback
Explicit Pronunciation Training Using Automatic Speech Recognition Technology.
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Dalby, Jonathan; Kewley-Port, Diane – CALICO Journal, 1999
Describes a system, provisionally named Pronto, that uses automatic speech recognition for training pronunciation of second languages in adult learners. Methods are included for developing training in Pronto, and results are presented from evaluating classes of speech recognizers for use in different aspects of pronunciation training. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation
A CALL Tool for Improving Second Language Acquisition of English Consonants by Japanese Learners.
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Lambacher, Stephen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1999
Explains the use of a computer-assisted language-learning tool that utilizes acoustic data in real time to help Japanese second-language learners improve their perception and production of English consonants. The basic features of the speech-learning software that runs on a networked workstation and is used for pronunciation training are…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software