Volume 27 Number 1, 2023 Motivation in computer-assisted pronunciation training: Online and face-to-face environments

Motivation in computer-assisted pronunciation training: Online and face-to-face environments

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Volume 27 Number 1, 2023
contributor.author:
Martin, Ines A.
date.accessioned:
2023-09-15T19:03:50Z
date.available:
2023-09-15T19:03:50Z
date.copyright:
2023
date.issued:
2023-09-18
description.abstract:
This study investigated how learners’ motivation to improve their pronunciation (i.e., pronunciation-focused motivation) influences their L2 pronunciation achievements. This relationship was explored separately in an online (n = 28) and a face-to-face (F2F) (n = 49) learning environment with beginner learners of German. In the online learning environment, learners were divided into two groups: a group that received computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) over the course of the semester and a group that did not receive targeted pronunciation training. In the F2F learning environment, learners were divided into three groups: a group that received CAPT assigned as homework, a group that received teacher-led, in-class pronunciation training, and a group that did not receive pronunciation training. Pronunciation gains were assessed by means of native speaker ratings of learners’ comprehensibility and accentedness at the beginning and end of the semester. Pronunciation-focused motivation was measured with a 12-question survey administered at the beginning of the semester. Results from both learning environments showed a relationship between motivation and pronunciation achievement, but only among the groups that had received pronunciation training. Findings further suggested that motivation had a larger influence on gains in accentedness than in comprehensibility. Pedagogical implications of these findings are discussed.
endingpage:
21
format.extent:
21
identifier.citation:
Martin, I. A. (2023). Motivation in computer-assisted pronunciation training: Online and face-to-face environments. Language Learning & Technology, 27(1), 1–21. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73526
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73526
language:
eng
number:
1
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
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/10125-73526/
startingpage:
1
subject:
Distance Learning, Online Teaching & Learning, Pronunciation, Motivation
title:
Motivation in computer-assisted pronunciation training: Online and face-to-face environments
type:
Article Text
volume:
27