Speechant: a vowel notation system to teach English pronunciation.

Autor/inn/en	dos Reis, Jorge; Hazan, Valerie
Titel	Speechant: a vowel notation system to teach English pronunciation.
Quelle	In: ELT journal, 66 (2012) 2, S. 156-165 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Abbildungen 4; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8290; 0307-8337; 0951-0893; 1477-4526
DOI	10.1093/elt/ccr019
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Vokal; Ausspracheschulung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englischunterricht; Portugal
Abstract	This paper introduces a new vowel notation system aimed at aiding the teaching of English pronunciation. This notation system, designed as an enhancement to orthographic text, was designed to use concepts borrowed from the representation of musical notes and is also linked to the acoustic characteristics of vowel sounds. Vowel timbre is represented in terms of the height of the symbol and vowel duration in terms of the length of the symbol. The Speechant system was evaluated in EFL adult education classes in Portugal. A formal assessment that measured the impact of a term's tuition by looking at changes in accent ratings of the learners over that period showed that the group taught using the Speechant system showed greater improvements in pronunciation than the control group. Speechant may be an especially useful aid to pronunciation teaching in situations in which foreign languages are taught without the benefit of technological support. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2