"A Better Me": Using Acoustically Modified Learner Voices as Models

Autor/inn/en	Henderson, Alice J.; Skarnitzl, Radek
Titel	"A Better Me": Using Acoustically Modified Learner Voices as Models
Quelle	In: Language Learning & Technology, 26 (2022) 1, (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1094-3501
Schlagwörter	Acoustics; Models; Native Language; French; Intervention; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); College Faculty; Speech Communication; Comparative Analysis; Pronunciation; Measurement Techniques; Undergraduate Students; Oral Reading; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Phonetics; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akustik; Analogiemodell; Französisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fakultät; Aussprache; Messtechnik; Oral work; Reading; Mündliche Übung; Leseprozess; Lesen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Phonetik; Fonetik; Frankreich
Abstract	This paper presents the results of a brief mixed-methods intervention which sought to modify the production of prominence-related features in L2 English by four native French-speaking university lecturers, in read-aloud speech. Selected parts of participants' productions were acoustically modified and then used as the model in a Listen-and-Repeat protocol, where both quantitative (acoustic measures) and qualitative (free comments from discussion) data were collected. Acoustic measures were taken again from productions realized three months after the protocol, to trace longer term retention of modifications; expert listeners compared a selection of these productions to the original, diagnostic renditions, rating the degree of nativelike rhythm and melody. Analysis of the quantitative and qualitative results confirm that imitating oneself can help individuals to modify prominence-related features of their pronunciation, that such changes can be retained over a 3-month period, but that people cannot reliably judge what they have modified. New potential is thus shown for Listen-and-Repeat, using one's own modified voice, as an effective technique in pronunciation instruction. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01