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Beyond Self-Directed Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Learning: A Qualitative Investigation of a Collaborative Approach
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Tsai, Pi-hua – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
In foreign language education, instruction in pronunciation has received less attention than instruction in other language skills. Many teachers do not know how to teach correct pronunciation due to lack of knowledge in pronunciation pedagogy even if they want to or they assume that students pick it up on their own. With the development of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Pronunciation Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Second Language Instruction
Effects of an Automatic Speech Recognition System with Peer Feedback on Pronunciation Instruction for Adults
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Evers, Katerina; Chen, Sufen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This study examined the difference in adults' pronunciation performance with peer feedback and individual practice when using an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system. The same ASR software was used in both the comparison (n = 31) and the experimental group (n = 33) for 12 weeks. The participants were working adults in Taiwan. During the…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Speech Communication, Peer Evaluation
An Empirical Examination of EFL Learners' Perceptual Learning Styles and Acceptance of ASR-Based Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training
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Hsu, Liwei – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
This study aims to explore the structural relationships among the variables of EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' perceptual learning styles and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Three hundred and forty-one (n = 341) EFL learners were invited to join a self-regulated English pronunciation training program through automatic speech…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction, Cognitive Style, Statistical Analysis
Efficient Personalized Mispronunciation Detection of Taiwanese-Accented English Speech Based on Unsupervised Model Adaptation and Dynamic Sentence Selection
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Wu, Chung-Hsien; Su, Hung-Yu; Liu, Chao-Hong – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2013
This study presents an efficient approach to personalized mispronunciation detection of Taiwanese-accented English. The main goal of this study was to detect frequently occurring mispronunciation patterns of Taiwanese-accented English instead of scoring English pronunciations directly. The proposed approach quickly identifies personalized…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Evaluating a Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training (CAPT) Technique for Efficient Classroom Instruction
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Luo, Beate – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
This study investigates a computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) technique that combines oral reading with peer review to improve pronunciation of Taiwanese English major students. In addition to traditional in-class instruction, students were given a short passage every week along with a recording of the respective text, read by a native…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Pronunciation, Second Language Instruction, Peer Evaluation
Learners' Use of Communication Strategies in Text-Based and Video-Based Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication Environments: Opportunities for Language Learning
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Hung, Yu-Wan; Higgins, Steve – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
This study investigates the different learning opportunities enabled by text-based and video-based synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) from an interactionist perspective. Six Chinese-speaking learners of English and six English-speaking learners of Chinese were paired up as tandem (reciprocal) learning dyads. Each dyad participated…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning
I Help, Therefore, I Learn: Service Learning on Web 2.0 in an EFL Speaking Class
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Sun, Yu-Chih; Yang, Fang-Ying – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2015
The present study integrates service learning into English as a Foreign Language (EFL) speaking class using Web 2.0 tools--YouTube and Facebook--as platforms. Fourteen undergraduate students participated in the study. The purpose of the service-learning project was to link service learning with oral communication training in an EFL speaking class…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Web 2.0 Technologies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning