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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.
Horacio Franco, Leonardo Neumeyer, Yoon Kim, Orith Ronen   +3 more
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EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF EXPLICIT PRONUNCIATION INSTRUCTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF L2 PRONUNCIATION

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
AbstractThe current study compares the effects of two types of pronunciation instruction (segmental- and suprasegmental-based) on the development of second-year Chinese undergraduate students’ English pronunciation as against a group with no specific pronunciation (NSP) instruction.
Runhan Zhang, Zhou-min Yuan
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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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English-medium instruction and pronunciation

2015
Diese Dissertation geht der Frage nach, wie sich English-Medium Instruction (EMI) im Hochschulbereich auf die Aussprache der Studierenden auswirkt. Die Langzeitstudie, die hier präsentiert wird, wurde an der FH-Wien durchgeführt, wo eine von fünf Kohorten des BA-Studiengangs Unternehmensführung als bilinguale (deutsch/englisch) Variante angeboten wird.
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The Place of Pronunciation Instruction in the Teaching of English

2019
Teachers of English might be tempted to pose a question structured on the one that Hamlet asked himself in his great monologue: “Pronunciation: to teach or not to teach…”. At first glance, the question may seem a trivial one, but the problem it tackles is undeniably worth attention and scrutiny.
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Instruction in German Pronunciation

Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German, 1977
T. D. Griffen, Hans-Heinrich Wängler, Hans-Heinrich Wangler   +2 more
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English-Medium Instruction and Pronunciation

2019
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Instruction in German Pronunciation

The German Quarterly, 1974
Rudolf Weiss, Hans-Heinrich Wangler
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