Improving students' pronunciation through accent reduction software

• Published in: British journal of educational technology Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 303 - 316
• Main Author: Seferolu, Glge
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2005; Blackwell Publishing; Blackwell
• Subjects: College students; Computer Assisted Language Learning; Computer Software; Control Groups; Conventional Instruction; Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods; Educational sciences; Educational software; Educational Technology; English (Second Language); English as a Second Language Instruction; English language; Experimental Groups; Foreign Accent; Foreign Countries; Foreign language learning; Higher Education; Language Laboratories; Linguistic Input; Modern language; Multimedia; Pronunciation; Research Design; Suprasegmentals; Teaching methods; Turkey; Turkey; Language Teaching; Pronunciation; Educational Technology; Accent; Software; Student; Language Laboratory

This study aimed to find out whether integrating accent reduction software in advanced English language classes at the university level would result in improvements in students’ pronunciation at the segmental and sup‐rasegmental levels. The study made use of a quasi‐experimental research design. Two...