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Improving English Pronunciation: An Automated Instructional Approach

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: This paper describes an experiment in which groups of children attempted to improve their English pronunciation using an English-language learning software, some English films, and a speech-to-text software engine. The experiment was designed to examine two hypotheses. The first is that speech-to-text software, trained in an appropriate voice, can act as an evaluator of accent and clarity of speech as well as help learners acquire a standard way of speaking. The second is that groups of children can operate a computer and improve their pronunciation and clarity of speech, on their own, with no intervention from teachers. The results of the experiment are positive and point to a possible new pedagogy. (c) 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Information Technologies and International Development.

Source: Information Technologies and International Development

DOI: 10.1162/154475203771799720

Authors: Sugata Mitra, James Tooley, Parimala Inamdar, Pauline Dixon

Institutions: NIIT (India), Newcastle University

Language: English

Topic: Phonetics and Phonology Research

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2007506447

FWCI: 1.39

Cites: 8

Cited by: 58

Related to: 10