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The effectiveness of pronunciation instruction

Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, 2023
Abstract This editorial argues that, despite strong evidence that pronunciation teaching leads to improvement, the field needs to question whether teaching techniques and pedagogical approaches to pronunciation teaching are all similarly effective.
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Comprehensibility improvements in integrated pronunciation instruction

Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, 2022
Abstract Integration of pronunciation into content courses is appealing because of its potential in helping learners apply their developing pronunciation skills in spontaneous speech. However, the effectiveness of pronunciation instruction (PI) when it is integrated still needs to be demonstrated.
Isabelle Darcy, Brian Rocca
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English Pronunciation Instruction

2021
English Pronunciation Instruction: Research-based insights presents recent research on L2 English pronunciation including pedagogical implications and applications, and seeks to bridge the gulf between pronunciation research and teaching practice. The volume’s 15 chapters cover a range of aspects that are central to pronunciation teaching, including ...
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Phonetic Symbols in Contemporary Pronunciation Instruction

RELC Journal, 2020
This article explores the potential of phonetic symbols in pronunciation teaching/learning, with a focus on English language teaching (ELT). After a brief contextualisation of current views of pronunciation instruction in the second-language (L2) teaching literature, the article reviews some of the potential advantages of, conditions for, and ...
Jose A Mompean, Jonás Fouz-González
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Traditional Versus ASR-Based Pronunciation Instruction

CALICO Journal, 2020
This paper presents a 15-week classroom study measuring the student outcomes of instructor-led pronunciation lessons versus entirely ASR-based pronunciation training. Seventy-six second-semester Spanish language learners were divided into two groups, one experimental (n=44) and one control (n=32).
Christina Garcia   +2 more
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French pronunciation instruction using the PACE model

Foreign Language Annals, 2023
AbstractAs an overwhelming amount of research has demonstrated that educator preparation programs do not adequately prepare instructors to teach pronunciation, this study aims to help teachers of foreign languages to implement and improve pronunciation instruction (PI) in their classroom by adapting PACE (Presentation, Attention, Co‐construction, and ...
Céline Rose, Adam F. McBride
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Automatic pronunciation scoring for language instruction

1997 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 2002
This work is part of an effort aimed at developing computer-based systems for language instruction; we address the task of grading the pronunciation quality of the speech of a student of a foreign language. The automatic grading system uses SRI's Decipher/sup TM/ continuous speech recognition system to generate phonetic segmentations.
H. Franco   +3 more
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Arabic pronunciation instruction

Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
Abstract This study examined learner beliefs about Arabic pronunciation instruction and how classroom pronunciation practices affect learners’ speech comprehensibility. To this end, 10 native Arabic speakers and 16 English learners of Arabic with two different proficiency levels were recruited: novice high and intermediate, who answered questionnaires ...
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