In this paper we report on a study that was carried out to obtain an inventory of segmental errors in the Dutch of adult learners with different mother tongues (L1s). The errors observed were subsequently examined in detail to select a number of errors that should receive priority in Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training (CAPT) for Dutch as L2.

This paper presents a mispronunciation detection system which uses automatic speech recognition to support computer-aided pronunciation training (CAPT). Our methodology extends a model pronunciation lexicon with possible phonetic mispronunciations that may appear in learners’ speech. Generation of these pronunciation variants was previously achieved by means of phone-tophone mapping rules deriv...

Abstract The major aim of the current study is to verify whether an interdependence between self-imitation practice and L2 pronunciation improvement in process second-language acquisition stronger than traditional imitation tasks. 35 Polish students Applied Linguistics (at English level B2+) divided into two groups performed exercises order improve their skills. Three acoustic parameters were c...

The present study compares the pronunciation practices of three English instructors (two teaching in Australia and one Japan) with perceptions their learners (n = 49). A student questionnaire, semi-structured teacher interviews, classroom observations were used to collect data. findings show that strongly desire be taught improve pronunciation, teachers’ provision oral corrective feedback meets...

Visual information from the lips and face is an integral part of speech perception. In addition, orthography can play a role in disambiguating the speech signal in foreign/second language (L2) perception and production. The current study investigates the effect of auditory and visual speech information and orthographic depth, the degree to which a language is transparent (high phoneme-grapheme ...

Multilingual speech processing continues to develop as speech technology spreads to heterogeneous clients and applications. We address a distinct problem of code-switching — the spontaneous but occasional use, within speech in one language (referred to as L1), of words, phrases, expressions or idioms from a second language (L2). We examine two alternatives for modeling the acoustics of such wor...

The present study describes the level of effectiveness both traditional and computer-assisted second language pronunciation techniques from students’ perspectives. By we mean those activities which make use phonetic alphabet, including transcription practice, detailed description articulatory systems, drills (e.g. minimal pair drills), reading aloud, tongue twisters, rhymes, etc. (Hismanoglu Hi...