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Tseng, Sheng-Shiang; Yeh, Hui-Chin – Language Learning & Technology, 2019
This study examined the differences in perceptions of the value of feedback for improving English speaking performance between students who received video feedback and those who received written feedback and their preferences for written or video feedback. A total of 43 English as a foreign language students participated in this study to produce a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Video Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Okuno, Tomoko; Hardison, Debra M. – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
This study examined factors affecting perception training of vowel duration in L2 Japanese with transfer to production. In a pre-test, training, post-test design, 48 L1 English speakers were assigned to one of three groups: auditory-visual (AV) training using waveform displays, auditory-only (A-only), or no training. Within-group variables were…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Japanese, Auditory Perception
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Warren, Paul; Elgort, Irina; Crabbe, David – Language Learning & Technology, 2009
In the context of a project developing software for pronunciation practice and feedback for Mandarin-speaking learners of English, a key issue is how to decide which features of pronunciation to focus on in giving feedback. We used naive and experienced native speaker ratings of comprehensibility and nativeness to establish the key features…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Computer Software, Mandarin Chinese, Native Speakers
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Volle, Lisa M. – Language Learning & Technology, 2005
This study investigated the acquisition of speaking skills in an online distance education course of 19 first semester Spanish learners. The possibility of oral development in a strictly online course was examined based on students' pronunciation production in two types of recorded speaking activities and in two real-time conversations. Students…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Distance Education, Online Courses, Articulation (Speech)