DocumentCode
1971196
Title
Praat-assisted English pronunciation teaching
Author
Xu, Qing ; Qiu, Dongdong
Author_Institution
Coll. of Foreign Languages, Wenzhou Univ., Wenzhou, China
fYear
2011
fDate
16-18 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
6693
Lastpage
6696
Abstract
Praat is an excellent speech software which makes it possible to visualize the EFL pronunciation teaching. Such specific values as formant, fundamental frequency, intensity and duration have been extracted for a better analysis of sound waves in respect of segmental, accentuation and intonation. Therefore, pronunciation errors are clearly identified. The application of Praat revives classroom teaching and helps improve the reliability and validity of pronunciation evaluation. A new idea for self-study and self-testing is further developed.
Keywords
acoustic waves; computer aided instruction; natural language processing; speech processing; teaching; EFL pronunciation teaching; Praat-assisted English pronunciation teaching; classroom teaching; fundamental frequency; pronunciation error; selftesting; sound waves analysis; speech software; Companies; Educational institutions; Manuals; Presses; Programmable logic arrays; Software; Praat; evaluation; pronunciation; teaching;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Yichang
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8162-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICECENG.2011.6056940
Filename
6056940
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