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Golonka, Ewa M.; Bowles, Anita R.; Frank, Victor M.; Richardson, Dorna L.; Freynik, Suzanne – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2014
This review summarizes evidence for the effectiveness of technology use in foreign language (FL) learning and teaching, with a focus on empirical studies that compare the use of newer technologies with more traditional methods or materials. The review of over 350 studies (including classroom-based technologies, individual study tools,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Quintana-Lara, Marcela – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2014
This study investigates the effects of Acoustic Spectrographic Instruction on the production of the English phonological contrast /i/ and / I /. Acoustic Spectrographic Instruction is based on the assumption that physical representations of speech sounds and spectrography allow learners to objectively see and modify those non-accurate features in…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Experimental Groups, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods
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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
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Kessler, Greg – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2010
This study compares characteristics of fluency in student audio journals recorded in a laboratory setting with those recorded using mobile audio devices. Forty graduate students enrolled in four oral communication courses at an American university recorded weekly audio journals for a 10-week term. Students chose the environment in which they…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Speech Communication, Academic Achievement, Laboratories
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Pennington, Martha C. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1999
An overview is presented of the promise and limitations of working on the computer to improve pronunciation in a second language. It is maintained that the considerable promise of the computer as an instructional tool for developing language learners' pronunciation has yet to be realized in practice. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction
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Neri, Ambra; Mich, Ornella; Gerosa, Matteo; Giuliani, Diego – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2008
This study investigates whether a computer assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) system can help young learners improve word-level pronunciation skills in English as a foreign language at a level comparable to that achieved through traditional teacher-led training. The pronunciation improvement of a group of learners of 11 years of age receiving…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Pronunciation Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Engwall, Olov; Balter, Olle – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2007
The aim of this paper is to summarise how pronunciation feedback on the phoneme level should be given in computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) in order to be effective. The study contains a literature survey of feedback in the language classroom, interviews with language teachers and their students about their attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation, Language Teachers
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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
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