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Alif Silpachai; Reza Neiriz; MacKenzie Novotny; Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna; John M. Levis; Evgeny Chukharev – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
It is unclear whether corrective feedback (CF) provided by L2 computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) tools must be 100% accurate to promote an acceptable level of improvement in pronunciation. Using a web-based interface, 30 native speakers of Chinese completed a pretest, a computer-based training session to produce nine sound contrasts…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Chapelle, Carol A. – Language Learning & Technology, 1998
Suggests that some design features and evaluation criteria for multimedia computer assisted language learning (CALL) might be developed on the basis of hypotheses about ideal conditions for second language acquisition (SLA). Outlines a relevant theory of SLA and enumerates the hypotheses it implies for ideal conditions such as input saliency,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Linguistic Theory, Multimedia Instruction
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Plass, Jan L. – Language Learning & Technology, 1998
Focuses on criteria for design and evaluation of the user interface of foreign language multimedia software. A hybrid model is proposed that combines cognitive and software engineering approaches. Based on this proposed contextualized model of interface design, domain-specific evaluation criteria are developed to describe how well the user…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
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Handley, Zoe; Hamel, Marie-Josee – Language Learning & Technology, 2005
Despite the new possibilities that speech synthesis brings about, few Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) applications integrating speech synthesis have found their way onto the market. One potential reason is that the suitability and benefits of the use of speech synthesis in CALL have not been proven. One way to do this is through…
Descriptors: User Satisfaction (Information), Audio Equipment, Educational Technology, Benchmarking