Volume 26 Number 1, 2022 Assistive design for English phonetic tools (ADEPT) in language learning

Assistive design for English phonetic tools (ADEPT) in language learning

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Volume 26 Number 1, 2022
contributor.author:
Medina González, Maritza Hardison, Debra M.
date.accessioned:
2022-10-14T02:20:40Z
date.available:
2022-10-14T02:20:40Z
date.copyright:
2022
date.issued:
2022-10-17
description.abstract:
Assistive Design for English Phonetic Tools (ADEPT) was developed to improve inclusion in classrooms and enhance collaboration among blind, low vision, and sighted learners of American English (AE) as a second/foreign language through better access to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols and the sounds they represent. Grounded in multisensory training efficacy, ADEPT involves auditory-visual- tactual integration through the use of visual-tactile IPA symbol cards and an auditory-visual companion website based on the Universal Design for Learning guidelines. Each card includes a symbol, description, and website reference number, all with braille notations. The website includes printed and audio-recorded information on the articulation of AE consonants and vowels, with recordings of each sound in isolation, syllables, and words. ADEPT’s pedagogical efficacy was field tested with 21 blind/low vision adult L2 learners of AE (L1 Spanish), emphasizing vowel production in a pretest-training-posttest design, which had a training period of 10 weeks. Production scores from native-speaking raters were the dependent variable in a multilevel model with time (pretest-posttest comparison) as a fixed effect. Results showed a significant effect of time (i.e., improvement in production accuracy); the fit of the model improved when the random effect of participants was added (p < .001). In addition, pre- and post-study comments were very positive. ADEPT, which learners described as “invaluable,” can facilitate a collaborative learning environment.
endingpage:
23
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Article
format.extent:
23
identifier.citation:
Medina González, M., & Hardison, D. M. (2022). Assistive design for English phonetic tools (ADEPT) in language learning. Language Learning & Technology, 26(1), 1–23. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73493
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73493
number:
1
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology (co-sponsored by Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, University of Texas at Austin)
rights.license:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/item/10125-73493/
startingpage:
1
subject:
Assistive Technology, IPA Symbols, Phonetics, Pronunciation
title:
Assistive design for English phonetic tools (ADEPT) in language learning
type:
Article Text
volume:
26