In most English departments at German universities the teaching of practical English phonetics has enjoyed a long and well-established tradition. In more recent times, such courses have not only dealt with the groundwork of English (mostly articulatory) phonetics, but also added relevant aspects of modern phonological theory, sociolinguistics and dialectology. Since the availability of language...

High degree of between-rater variability in pronunciation assessment is often reported in literature. However, human assessments of pronunciation skills of second language (L2) learners are used in standardized languageproficiency tests. Besides, these scores are used as a reference point in evaluating computer-based systems for pronunciation teaching and testing. Therefore it is important to b...

Learning a second language is challenging, but mastering pronunciation even more difficult. Researchers continuously seek new ways to improve students’ English abilities, such as listening and speaking, while ignoring the importance of pronunciation. After conducting literature review, this article investigates impact corpora two instructional methods on improving The paper addresses how teach ...

This paper presents an error prevention approach in the development of a Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training System (CAPT System) for teaching American English pronunciation to adult Mexican Spanish speakers developed for the case of vowels. Prior knowledge of the learner’s typical articulatory and auditory perception errors enhances the effectiveness of training. It enables to organize th...

Existing pronunciation error detection research assumes that second language learners’ speech is advanced enough that its segments are generally well articulated. However, learners just beginning their studies, especially when those studies are organized according to western, dialogue-driven pedagogies, are unlikely to abide by those assumptions. This paper presents an evaluation of pronunciati...