Can Online Translators and Their Speech Capabilities Help English Learners Improve Their Pronunciation? [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2021 Conference (29th, Online, Aug 26-27, 2021).

Autor/inn/en	He, Yue; Cardoso, Walcir
Titel	Can Online Translators and Their Speech Capabilities Help English Learners Improve Their Pronunciation? [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2021 Conference (29th, Online, Aug 26-27, 2021).
Quelle	(2021), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cardoso, Walcir)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	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; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Ausspracheübung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Morphem; Fonemsystem; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Unterrichtserfolg; Sekundarschüler; Ausland
Abstract	[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. (As Provided).
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