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ERIC Number: EJ577631
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1094-3501
Using Automatic Speech Processing for Foreign Language Pronunciation Tutor: Some Issues and a Prototype.
Eskenazi, Maxine
Language Learning & Technology, v2 n2 p62-76 Jan 1999
Discusses the possible use of automatic speech recognition (ASR) for training students to improve their accents in a foreign language. Principles of good language training as well as the limits of the use of ASR and how to deal with them are discussed, and an example from the Carnegie Mellon FLUENCY system is used to show how such a system may function. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback, Higher Education, Language Processing, Pronunciation Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Automatic Speech Recognition
Note: http://polyglot.cal.msu/edu/llt/