In this paper, three different approaches to pronunciation modeling are investigated. Two existing pronunciation modeling approaches, namely the pronunciation dictionary and n-best rescoring approach are modified to work with little amount of non-native speech. We also propose a speaker clustering approach, which capable of grouping the speakers based on their pronunciation habits. Given some s...

This study investigated teachers’ views toward computer technology in teaching English pronunciation. In order to select teachers for the semi-structured interview, the researcher used a questionnaire and distributed it to 25 teachers from two Islamic Azad Universities of Guilan, Iran. The researcher chose 15 of them based on their answers to the questionnaire. Then a qualitative method d...

Automated speech recognition systems work typically with pronunciation dictionary for generating expected phonetic content of particular words in recognized utterance. But the pronunciation can vary in many situations. Besides the cases with more possible pronunciation variants specified manually in the dictionary there are typically many other possible changes in the pronunciation depending on...

A lot of work has been done in deriving the pronunciation dictionary automatically from training data. These attempts focussed mainly on maximum likelihood or similar techniques. Due to the complexity and variability of the pronunciation process it is di cult to nd an adequate pronunciation model. The model will deviate from the truth. Hence, the application of maximum likelihood techniques is ...

Corrective feedback is crucial for students to improve their speaking skill. The as important the way of delivering it students. Lecturers need acknowledge students’ preferences on corrective feedback, so will be useful improvement. This study aims at investigating (1) amount that think most and its reason, (2) types reason. utilizes mixed method. Both close-ended open-ended questionnaire are u...

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The present study set out to identify the problematic areas of pronunciation among Iranian female EFL learners. Further, this study investigated the relationship between empathy and authentic pronunciation, along with gender as a moderator variable. Comparing segmental features and phonological processes of both languages helped teachers to predict the target errors. To reach such a goa...

The aim of the current study was to investigate whether L2 minimal pairs practice would have an effect on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ pronunciation accuracy. For this purpose, 30 Iranian intermediate EFL learners at Simin institute participated in the experiment of the study. The selection of subjects was done from among 150 EFL learners at intermediate level. In order to make subj...

We propose a novel method for lexicon expansion using pronunciation variations extracted on the basis of speaker-related deviations in ASR error statistics. Two types of pronunciation variations were extracted: common pronunciation variations found with most speakers, and speaker-related pronunciation variations, identified on the basis of recognition error elements weighted by idf and tf-idf m...

â â â  avicenna and the arabic phonetics â â â â â  * mahmood shakib ansari â  * * alireza yusofi â â â  abstract â  avicenna, the iranian philosopher and sage, mostly famous for his scientific works such as law and the shifa has done some studies in arabic phonetics as well. besides pointing to some physical aspects of sounds in the above mentioned books, he has also written a monograph in ara...