Feedback strategies of human and virtual tutors in pronunciation training
2006 (English)In: TMH-QPSR, ISSN 1104-5787, Vol. 48, no 1, p. 011-034Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]
This paper presents a survey of language teachers’ and their students’ attitudes and practice concerning the use of corrective feedback in pronunciation training. Theaim of the study is to identify feedback strategies that can be used successfully ina computer assisted pronunciation training system with a virtual tutor giving articulatoryinstructions and feedback. The study was carried out using focus groupmeetings, individual semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. Implicationsfor computer assisted pronunciation training are presented and some havebeen tested with 37 users in a short practice session with a virtual teacher
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2006. Vol. 48, no 1, p. 011-034
National Category
Computer Sciences Language Technology (Computational Linguistics)
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-51951OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-51951DiVA, id: diva2:465245
Note
QC 20120111. tmh_import_11_12_14
2011-12-142011-12-142022-06-24Bibliographically approved