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ERIC Number: ED578266
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Aug
Pages: 7
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An Evaluation of TTS as a Pedagogical Tool for Pronunciation Instruction: The "Foreign" Language Context
Bione, Tiago; Grimshaw, Jennica; Cardoso, Walcir
Research-publishing.net, Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2017 Conference (Southampton, United Kingdom, Aug 23-26, 2017)
Despite positive evidence demonstrating the pedagogical benefits of Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesisers for second/foreign language learning (Liakin, Cardoso, & Liakina, 2017), there is a need for up-to-date formal evaluations, specifically regarding its potential to promote learning. This study evaluates the voice quality of a TTS system in comparison with a human voice, and examines its pedagogical potential for use in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) setting in terms of speech quality, ability to be understood by L2 users, and potential to focus on a specific language form. EFL learners in Brazil completed four tasks to evaluate the quality of TTS-generated texts. Results suggest that the TTS voice performed equally as well as the human voice in almost every assessment measure, demonstrating a high level of intelligibility and the ability to provide learners with opportunities to notice linguistic forms. [For the complete volume, see ED578177.]
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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