Synchronous-Voice Computer-Mediated Communication: Effects on Pronunciation

Communicative competence is the ultimate goal of most learners of a second language and intelligible pronunciation a fundamental part of it. Unfortunately, learners often lack the opportunity to explore how intelligible their speech is for different audiences. Our research investigates whether synch...

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Published in:CALICO journal 2010-09, Vol.28 (1), p.1-20
Main Author: Alastuey, Maria Camino Bueno
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Audiences
Calico
Classroom Communication
Classroom Environment
Communicative Competence (Languages)
Computer Mediated Communication
Dyadic relations
Educational Facilities Improvement
English (Second Language)
Error analysis
Error Analysis (Language)
Error Patterns
Foreign Countries
Grammar
Intelligibility
Language Acquisition
Learner Engagement
Linguistics
Literature Reviews
Native Language
Native Speakers
Periodicals
Phonetics
Phonology
Posttests
Pretests
Pronunciation
Pronunciation Instruction
Second language acquisition
Second Language Instruction
Second Language Learning
Second languages
Spain
Speech
Students
Study and teaching
Suprasegmentals
Teacher Attitudes
Teachers
Teaching Methods
Total communication
Undergraduate Students
Young Children
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Summary:Communicative competence is the ultimate goal of most learners of a second language and intelligible pronunciation a fundamental part of it. Unfortunately, learners often lack the opportunity to explore how intelligible their speech is for different audiences. Our research investigates whether synchronous-voice computer-mediated communication could be an adequate tool both to promote more authentic interactions and to test the intelligibility of students pronunciation with different audiences. We also study whether the kind of dyad (NNS sharing L1, NNS different L1, and NS) affects improvement in pronunciation and amount of phonetically modified output as a result of interactions and investigate whether teachers' considerations of the seriousness of phonetic errors are confirmed by interlocutors' incomprehension.
ISSN:0742-7778
2056-9017
DOI:10.11139/cj.28.1.1-20