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Horn, Carin E.; Scott, Brian L. – 1983
A new voice based learning system (VBLS), which allows the handicapped user to interact with a microcomputer by voice commands, is described. Speech or voice recognition is the computerized process of identifying a spoken word or phrase, including those resulting from speech impediments. This new technology is helpful to the severely physically…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Articulation Impairments, Computer Assisted Instruction, Input Output Devices
Scales, Virginia – 1982
These instructional materials are designed to help non-English speaking students in electronics classes to improve their knowledge of English. Covered in the six units are the following topics: safety, hand tools, measuring electricity, component identification, component function, and basic soldering. The lessons include readings, vocabulary…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Electricity, Electronics, English (Second Language)
Gaitenby, Jane H. – New Outlook Blind, 1969
Paper presented at the Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (74th, Miami Beach, Florida, November 1967).
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Electronic Equipment, Exceptional Child Research, Input Output Devices
Awobuluyi, A. Oladele – 1965
The materials in this course are designed to be taught by an instructor who speaks Yoruba as her/his first language and, in addition, has a good knowledge of English. The mimicry, manipulation, and memorization phase consists of three parallel columns: Column A lists the lexical items to be introduced, Column B gives the pronunciation of some…
Descriptors: Adult Education, African Languages, Course Content, Grammar
Holzknecht, Susanne; Smithies, Michael – 1980
Errors made by first and second year university students are grouped into categories and means for dealing with these errors are suggested. The article is divided into six parts. The introduction includes information about: (1) the linguistic background of the students and the university staff, (2) the educational system, (3) some language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Higher Education, Oral Language
Gonzalez, Andrew; Alberca, Wilfredo – 1978
A frequency count was conducted of linguistic features in the English of the Philippine mass media. Philippine English was found to have a smaller inventory of phonological units than Received Standard English. Vowel reduction does not seem to be prevalent. The collapsing of phonological distinctions is most evident in vowels and fricatives.…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Language Variation
MARTIN, SAMUEL E.; AND OTHERS – 1967
ALTHOUGH THE PURPOSE OF THIS DICTIONARY IS TO "GIVE A FULL AND ACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF THE BASIC NATIVE KOREAN VOCABULARY," SOME OF THE COMMON AND USEFUL CHINESE AND EUROPEAN LOANWORDS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AS WELL. THE AUTHORS (SAMUEL E. MARTIN, YANG HA LEE, AND SUNG-UN CHANG) HAVE FOLLOWED THE HANKUL SPELLING CONVENTIONS OF THE…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Basic Vocabulary, Chinese, Dialects
AREMU, J. OMOTOSO; WOLFF, HANS – 1963
BASED ON THE OYO-IBADAN DIALECT OF YORUBA, THIS COURSE CONTAINS SIX UNITS OF DRILL EXERCISES WHICH STRESS PRONUNCIATION (ESPECIALLY TONE CONTROL), BASIC SYNTAX, VERB STRUCTURE, AND SOME TYPES OF CLAUSES AND SENTENCES. DESIGNED FOR USE WITH A YORUBA-SPEAKING INFORMANT, THE APPROACH IS ENTIRELY ORAL, SO THAT THE STUDENT WILL POSSESS A COMMAND OF THE…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Grammar, Instructional Materials, Language Typology
SADOFF, BARBARA H.; WEBER, ROSE-MARIE – 1966
A SEQUENTIAL, INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY WAS PRESENTED FOR DECODING LETTERS INTO SOUND. THE STRATEGY WAS INTENDED TO COMPLEMENT INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS IN BEGINNING READING. LETTER-SOUND CORRESPONDENCES AND CONCEPTS WERE PROVIDED FOR ALL LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET AS THEY MIGHT OCCUR IN VARYING POSITIONS TO FORM ENGLISH WORDS. OF THE VOWELS, ONLY TWO…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Strategies, English, Language Patterns
Haskins Labs., New Haven, CT. – 1980
Research reports on the nature of speech, instrumentation for the investigation of speech, and practical applications of research are included in this status report for the April 1-June 30, 1980, period. The reports deal with the following topics: (1) the perceptual equivalent of two acoustic cues for a speech contrast is specific to phonetic…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Applied Linguistics, Articulation (Speech), Auditory Perception
Butovsky, Lillian; McHugh, John – 1978
This book of Italian-English phrases intended for Italian-speaking immigrants is divided into two main sections. Part One contains the grammatical section, a pronunciation guide, and basic words and phrases a newly arrived Italian-speaking person would need to get along in an English speaking environment. Grammatical notes in Part One indicate…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Vocabulary, English (Second Language), Grammar
Skoczylas, Rudolph V. – 1972
A test was constructed to measure a person's ability to produce Spanish sounds which are considered difficult but which must be mastered for fluency in Spanish. The test was used with learners from kindergarten to college. It was consensually validated by a panel of bilingual specialists after analyzing it according to contrastive analysis…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Language Tests
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Edwards, Mary Louise – 1979
Pronunciation of words with a fricative content was elicited over a seven-month period from seven English-speaking children ranging in age from 1;5 to 2;3. The recorded speech was analyzed for correct fricative production and substitutions. Results indicate that: (1) overall percentage of correct production is slightly higher in final position…
Descriptors: Child Language, Consonants, English, Error Analysis (Language)
WOOD, GORDON REID – 1967
A COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF SPOKEN WORDS AND PHRASES WAS OBTAINED IN 1959 FROM THE RESPONSES OF 33 NATIVE INFORMANTS FROM 23 COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE, GEORGIA, MISSISSIPPI, AND ALABAMA. INFORMANTS WERE ASKED TO IDENTIFY PICTURES, AND THEIR RESPONSES WERE RECORDED ON TAPE AND TRANSCRIBED. A COMPUTER WAS UTILIZED TO PRODUCE LISTINGS OF PARTICULAR SPEECH…
Descriptors: Computers, Data Processing, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies
Cockrell, Wilma; Johnson, Kenneth R. – 1967
This teaching guide , developed with ESEA Title I funds, outlines an oral English program to help Negro students eliminate nonstandard pronunciation and usage in their speech. The first part consists of three lessons to motivate the students, which develop particular concepts about language. The second and third parts contain pronunciation and…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Grade 10, Lesson Plans
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