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Improving the Pronunciation of English Language Learners.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Improving the Pronunciation of English Language Learners./
作者:	Calo, Stephanie.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
面頁冊數:	246 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-12, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International83-12A.
標題:	English as a second language. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28652803
ISBN:	9798802707333

Improving the Pronunciation of English Language Learners.
Calo, Stephanie.

Improving the Pronunciation of English Language Learners. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 246 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-12, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2021.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

The dissertation explored the effectiveness of perceptual training with English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), for both the perception and production of three problematic vowel contrasts, /ae/-/ɛ/, /ɪ/-/ɛ/, /ɪ/-/i/. The methodology for the proposed study is based on that of Thorin et al. (2018), which conducted a perception experiment in a laboratory setting. The main goal of the dissertation was to provide a bridge between what has been successful in laboratory settings and what could realistically be offered in a more traditional classroom setting. The study compared three groups: Treatment 1 received a weekly 15-minute pronunciation lesson and a 10-minute perceptual training session for six weeks, Treatment 2 received a weekly 25-minute pronunciation lesson for six weeks, and the control group and did not receive any instruction. There were two main forms of assessment utilized throughout the study: identification tasks and recordings. The identification tasks assessed students' ability to perceive different vowel sounds. The recordings were used to assess students' gains in production. Praat, a computer software package for speech analysis, was used to obtain the formant measures of the pre- and post-test production data. The results showed that Treatment 1 led to the improvement and retention of participants' perception of the three vowel contrasts. However, neither treatment group showed retained improvement in vowel production over the course of the semester. Therefore, it can be concluded that six weekly sessions of training focused on three vowel contrasts may facilitate long-term gains in perception, but not in production. Learners may require exposure to longer and more intense training sessions, which may not be possible to replicate in a typical classroom. Therefore, more research needs to be conducted to find treatment that is not only effective but could realistically be completed in a classroom.

ISBN: 9798802707333Subjects--Topical Terms:

516208
English as a second language.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Pronunciation

Improving the Pronunciation of English Language Learners.
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