ERIC Number: ED600959
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Publication Date: 2019-Dec
Pages: 7
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Asynchronous Online Peer Judgments of Intelligibility: Simple Task, Complex Factors
Research-publishing.net, Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2019 Conference (27th, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Aug 28-31, 2019)
Pronunciation learners can benefit from peer feedback in a Computermediated Communication (CMC) environment that allows them to notice segmentals and suprasegmentals. This paper explores the intelligibility judgments of same-L1 peers using P-Check (Version2, https://ver2.jp), a Learning Management System (LMS) plug-in that aggregates peer feedback on local intelligibility (Munro & Derwing, 2015). P-Check randomly delivers written prompts for learners to record. Recordings are randomly delivered to peers who choose from a drop-down menu which utterance was perceived. Aggregated judgments from peers and from the instructor are displayed to learners as feedback on intelligibility. This study used eight segmental contrasts: /b-v/, /s-[theta]/, /l-[alveolar approximant]/, /l-[alveolar approximant]/-clusters, /[ash]-[lambda]/, /[open back unrounded vowel]-[lambda]/, /[open back unrounded vowel]-o[near-close near-back vowel]/, and /i-[near-close near-front unrounded vowel]/. Participants (N=38) made 3,451 intelligibility judgments on 1,203 recordings. The effects of rater listening discrimination proficiency and of utterance intelligibility were examined in six contrasts using Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE). Results showed that intelligibility was generally a significant predictor of judgment accuracy, but rater listening discrimination proficiency was not. [For the complete proceedings, see ED600837.]
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Feedback (Response), Pronunciation, Suprasegmentals, Language Acquisition, Integrated Learning Systems, Peer Evaluation, Accuracy, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Listening Comprehension, Auditory Discrimination
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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