Volume 28 Number 1, 2024 Visual reinforcement through digital zoom technology in FL pronunciation instruction

Visual reinforcement through digital zoom technology in FL pronunciation instruction

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Volume 28 Number 1, 2024
contributor.author:
Wang, Siqi Li, Jian Liang, Qian
date.accessioned:
2024-04-12T23:25:41Z
date.available:
2024-04-12T23:25:41Z
date.copyright:
2024
date.issued:
2024-04-15
description.abstract:
Drawing on skill acquisition theory (DeKeyser, 2017) and the Information Feedforward and Feedback Loop model (de Bot, 1980), this study aimed to explore the effects of digital zoom technology as a visual reinforcement tool (VRT) in foreign language (FL) pronunciation instruction on learners’ segmental production, and learners’ attitudes toward and experience with it. The study was conducted during a two-week introductory FL Spanish course with a cross-over design. In the experimental class, the teacher used a tablet to provide magnified visual feedforward for articulatory gestures during explicit instruction of target consonants that were new to Chinese learners, and the students used smartphone apps with digital zoom for augmented visual self-feedback during their practice. In the control class, the teacher adopted a traditional analytic-linguistic approach for explicit instruction and an audio-only intuitive-imitative approach for students’ practice. The results of the production test show that the experimental group performed significantly better in the production of the postvocalic /l/ and the dental fricatives /θ/ and /ð/, but not in the trill /r/. Interview data suggests that the VRT strategy was advantageous in directing the participants’ attention to articulatory gestures, and that most students showed positive attitudes toward this new method.
endingpage:
26
format.extent:
26
identifier.citation:
Wang, S., Li, J., & Liang, Q. (2024). Visual reinforcement through digital zoom technology in FL pronunciation instruction. Language Learning & Technology, 28(1), 1–26. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73558
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73558
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
rights.uri:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/item/10125-73558/
startingpage:
1
subject:
Mobile-assisted Language Learning (MALL), Computer-assisted Pronunciation Training (CAPT), Pronunciation, Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
title:
Visual reinforcement through digital zoom technology in FL pronunciation instruction
type:
Article Text
volume:
28