Call Based Pronunciation Exercises and Their Effectiveness for Beginning Esl Learners
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چکیده
The use of a computer assisted language learning (CALL) to facilitate ESL has a history dating back to the 1950’s. With advances in technology CALL based curriculums have become more accessible to educators in the ESL field. CALL based programs are being used to improve reading, comprehension, writing skills and pronunciation skills of students engaged in ESL studies. The focus of this paper will be to gage the effectiveness of CALL based pronunciation exercises with respect to beginner level ESL students. The presentation will analyze the results of CALL based pronunciation exercises conducted with beginner level ESL students at Multimedia University. The presentation will also make some recommendations for the future use of pronunciation exercises for beginner ESL students based on results of the Multimedia University study.
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