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Publication Date: 2021-Dec-13
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Can Online Translators and Their Speech Capabilities Help English Learners Improve Their Pronunciation?
He, Yue; Cardoso, Walcir
Research-publishing.net, Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2021 Conference (29th, Online, Aug 26-27, 2021)
[For the complete volume, "CALL and Professionalisation: Short Papers from EUROCALL 2021 (29th, Online, August 26-27, 2021)," see ED616972.]This study investigated whether a translation tool (Microsoft Translator -- MT) and its built-in speech features (Text-To-Speech synthesis -- TTS -- and speech recognition) can promote learners' acquisition in pronunciation of English regular past tense "-ed" in a self-directed manner. Following a pretest/posttest design, we compared 29 participants' performances of past "-ed" allomorphy (/t/, /d/, and /id/) by assessing their pronunciation in terms of phonological awareness, phonemic discrimination, and oral production. The findings highlight the affordances of MT regarding its pedagogical use for helping English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners improve their pronunciation.
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Phonological Awareness, Morphemes, Auditory Discrimination, Pretests Posttests, Phonemics, Oral Language, Speech Communication, Instructional Effectiveness, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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