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Effectiveness Evaluation of Learning Pronunciation for Vocational College Students via Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training Presenter: Sze-Chu Liu Adviser: Dr. Po-Yi Hung Instructor: Dr. Pi-Ying Teresa Hsu Date: June 17, 2013

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Effectiveness Evaluation ofLearning Pronunciation forVocational College Students via Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training

Presenter: Sze-Chu Liu

Adviser: Dr. Po-Yi Hung

Instructor: Dr. Pi-Ying Teresa Hsu

Date: June 17, 2013

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Content

IntroductionLiterature ReviewMethodology

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INTRODUCTION

Definition of the Terms

Background of the Study

Purposes of the Study

Research Question

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Definition of the Terms

CALL = Computer Assisted Language Learning

CAPT = Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training

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Background of the Study

A report recently released shows that the proficiency of English of Taiwan adults is ranked 30 and categorized into “intermediate-low level”, falling behind neighboring countries such as Japan and Korea.

(Education First, 2012)

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Background of the Study

The students from private vocational

colleges and universities scored an

averaged 434 points in 2011 TOEIC tests,

the lowest among all kinds of colleges and

universities.

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Background of the Study

The importance of teaching pronunciation

is emphasized by Audioligualism and

Oral Approach.(Celce-Murcia, Brinton, & Goodwin, 2010, p. 3)

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Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate

the performance of learning English

pronunciation by CAPT for vocational

college students in central Taiwan.

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Research Question

Are CAPT tools effective in improving

pronunciation quality for vocational

college students?

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Hypothesis

Pronunciation quality of students in a vocational university is significantly improved after a training course using CAPT tools.

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Teaching Pronunciation

with CAPT

PronunciationQuality

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Literature Review

An important tenet of structural linguistics

was that the primary medium of language

is oral: Speech is language.

(Richards & Rodgers, 2001, p.55)

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Literature Review

The advantages of CALL-based pedagogy over conventional materials are in the provision of self-paced learning, patient tutoring, immediate and individualized instruction, and detailed records of achievement.

(Nunan, 2011, p.216)

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Literature Review

Teaching pronunciation with CAPTPronunciation of difficult and unknown

words significantly in a time period

(Neri et al., 2008) Acquisition of second language prosody and

generalization to segmental accuracy and novel sentences with automatic visual display of the speaker’s intonation

(Hardison, 2004)

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METHODOLOGY

ParticipantsResearch DesignInstrumentsProceduresPilot StudyStatistical Analysis

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Participants

Experimental Group Control Group

Participants First-year students in a vocational university

Numbers 45 45

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ParticipantsExperimental

Group Control Group

Sampling

Ranked and listed according to their English scores of the Joint Entrance Examination

Systematic sample with a random start combined with stratification from the middle 50%

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Research Design

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Experimental Group Control Group

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Pretest Pretest

CAPT Teaching Teacher-front Teaching

Posttest Posttest

Compare

Compare

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Instruments

MyET

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The Scoring System in MyET

Stage 1: Database

constructing

Stage 2: Phonic symbol labeling

Stage 3:

Pronunciation comparison

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Procedures

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Pre-testTraining

ProcedurePost-test

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Training Procedure

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Experimental Group Control Group

Teacher Taught by the same teacherSyllabus Elementary level oral practicePeriod One session per week for 12 weeks

Teaching

Blended teaching with CAPT

40 minutes teach-led

40 minutes with CAPT

Traditional teaching

80 minutes per session

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Rating Procedure

Sentence#1

Sentence #2

Sentence #50

S2S1 S90

Audio file #1

Audio file #2

Audio file #50

The pronunciation quality of each utterance is scored on a 100-point scale.

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Rating Procedure

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Rating Procedure

Three English teachers grade the pronunciation by the recordings.

Grading itemsWord-level pronunciation (35%)Intonation (25%)Fluency (25%)Volume (15%)

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Pilot Study

One class of students attending Practical English Fall semester 2013 will be studied.

The pronunciation quality of the class before and after using CAPT for six weeks will be measured and compared.

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Statistical Analysis

Cronbach alpha testOn the scores given by three raters and

MyETTo test the reliability of measurements

ANOVA (F-test)On the pretest and posttest scoresTo examine the difference of learning

performance between the experimental group and control group

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Thank you for listening!