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Bione, Tiago; Cardoso, Walcir – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
This study evaluated the voice of a modern English text-to-speech (TTS) system in an English as a foreign language (EFL) context in terms of its speech quality, ability to be understood by L2 users, and potential for focus on specific language forms. Twenty-nine Brazilian EFL learners listened to stories and sentences, produced by a TTS voice and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
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Derwing, Tracey M.; Munro, Murray J. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2005
Empirical studies are essential to improving our understanding of the relationship between accent and pronunciation teaching. However, the study of pronunciation has been marginalized within the field of applied linguistics. As a result, teachers are often left to rely on their own intuitions with little direction. Although some instructors can…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Misconceptions, Educational Technology, Mutual Intelligibility