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Cámara-Arenas, Enrique; Tejedor-García, Cristian; Tomas-Vázquez, Cecilia Judith; Escudero-Mancebo, David – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
This study addresses the issue of automatic pronunciation assessment (APA) and its contribution to the teaching of second language (L2) pronunciation. Several attempts have been made at designing such systems, and some have proven operationally successful. However, the automatic assessment of the pronunciation of short words in segmental…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction
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Elsayed Issa; Gus Hahn-Powell – Language Learning & Technology, 2025
This study investigates the effectiveness of a computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) system on second language learners' acquisition of three grammatical features. It presents a CAPT system on top of a phoneme-based, fine-tuned speech recognition model, and is intended to deliver explicit, corrective feedback on the pronunciation of the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Computer Assisted Instruction, Arabic, Second Language Instruction
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Yiran Wen; Jian Li; Hongkang Xu; Hanwen Hu – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
The problem of cognitive overload is particularly pertinent in multimedia L2 classroom corrective feedback (CF), which involves rich communicative tools to help the class to notice the mismatch between the target input and learners' pronunciation. Based on multimedia design principles, this study developed a new multimodal CF model through…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Videoconferencing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Fouz-González, Jonás – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
This study explores the potential of the English File Pronunciation (EFP) app to help foreign language learners improve their pronunciation. Participants were 52 Spanish EFL learners enrolled in an English Studies degree. Pre- and post-tests were used to assess the participants' perception and production (imitative, controlled, and spontaneous)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Lodzikowski, Kacper – Language Learning & Technology, 2021
This is the first paper that provides correlational evidence about how interacting with an online allophonic transcription tool helps learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) to improve their phonological awareness. The study investigates 55 advanced ESL learners at a Polish university enrolled in a course in English phonetics and phonology.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Phonological Awareness, Scores, Second Language Learning
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Qian, Manman; Chukharev-Hudilainen, Evgeny; Levis, John – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
Many types of L2 phonological perception are often difficult to acquire without instruction. These difficulties with perception may also be related to intelligibility in production. Instruction on perception contrasts is more likely to be successful with the use of phonetically variable input made available through computer-assisted pronunciation…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Phonology, Auditory Perception, Second Language Instruction
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Mompean, José Antonio; Fouz-González, Jonás – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
This paper looks at the use of "Twitter" as a language teaching/learning tool. It describes the results of a study aimed at testing "Twitter's" effectiveness for pronunciation teaching. The purpose of the study was to determine whether "Twitter" can foster online participation and whether it may have a positive effect…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Pronunciation Instruction
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Olson, Daniel J. – Language Learning & Technology, 2014
While a growing body of research has established the benefits of pronunciation training on second language (L2) production, these benefits have yet to be incorporated into the general skills language classroom in a systematic manner. Furthermore, although relatively new speech analysis software has been shown to be useful in providing visual…
Descriptors: Pronunciation Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response)
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Godwin-Jones, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2009
Using computers to recognize and analyze human speech goes back at least to the 1970's. Developed initially to help the hearing or speech impaired, speech recognition was also used early on experimentally in language learning. Since the 1990's, advances in the scientific understanding of speech as well as significant enhancements in software and…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Computer Software
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Tanner, Mark W.; Landon, Melissa M. – Language Learning & Technology, 2009
With research showing the benefits of pronunciation instruction aimed at suprasegmentals (Derwing, Munro, & Wiebe, 1997, 1998; Derwing & Rossiter, 2003; Hahn, 2004; McNerney and Mendelsohn, 1992), more materials are needed to provide learners opportunities for self-directed practice. A 13-week experimental study was performed with 75 ESL learners…
Descriptors: Intonation, Auditory Perception, Pronunciation Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Ducate, Lara; Lomicka, Lara – Language Learning & Technology, 2009
This paper reports on an investigation of podcasting as a tool for honing pronunciation skills in intermediate language learning. We examined the effects of using podcasts to improve pronunciation in second language learning and how students' attitudes changed toward pronunciation over the semester. A total of 22 students in intermediate German…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Pronunciation, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning
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Eskenazi, Maxine – Language Learning & Technology, 1999
Discusses the possible use of automatic speech recognition (ASR) for training students to improve their accents in a foreign language. Principles of good language training as well as the limits of the use of ASR and how to deal with them are discussed, and an example from the Carnegie Mellon FLUENCY system is used to show how such a system may…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback, Higher Education, Language Processing
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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