Pronunciation, long on the periphery of applied linguistics research and pedagogy,
continues to grow in importance because of its central roles in speech recognition, speech …

This volume gives language teachers, software designers, and researchers who wish to use
technology in second or foreign language education the information they need to absorb …

This study investigates the acquisition of the L2 French vowel/y/in a mobileassisted learning
environment, via the use of automatic speech recognition (ASR). Particularly, it addresses …

This study assessed the efficacy of a pronunciation training program that provided
fundamental frequency contours as visual feedback to native English speakers acquiring …

Pronunciation continues to grow in importance because of its key roles in speech
recognition, speech perception, and speaker identty. Computer is being increasingly used in …

The present study investigates the relative contribution of computer assisted prosody
training (CAPT) vs. instructor based prosody teaching (IBPT) on developing speaking skills …

Use of technologies to facilitate language learning, Computer-Assisted Language Learning
(CALL) and Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training (CAPT), are developing rapidly. The …

This systematic review maps the trends of computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT)
research based on the pedagogy of second language (L2) pronunciation instruction and …

PLASER is a multimedia tool with instant feedback designed to teach English pronunciation
for high-school students of Hong Kong whose mother tongue is Cantonese Chinese. The …

In this study we present various techniques to evaluate the pronunciation of students of a
foreign language without any knowledge of the uttered text. Previous attempts have shown …