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Johnson, Carol; Cardoso, Walcir; Zuercher, Beau; Brannen, Kathleen; Springer, Suzanne – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This study examined the use of a popular Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Google Voice Typing (GVT), to automatically assess English as second language pronunciation. It aimed to answer the following question: What is the relationship between GVT-rated scores and human-rated scores? To answer this question, we compared audio recordings of 56…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Software, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning
Chung, Rhonda; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This study reports on the development of "Parlure Games" and explores its pedagogical affordances. "Parlure Games" is a multi-dialectal listening and decolonial conversation tool created to address the absence of variable speech (including speech markers associated with native speaker status, regional dialect, age, and race)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, French, Adult Students
John, Paul; Cardoso, Walcir; Johnson, Carol – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This study examines the L2 pronunciation feedback provided by the Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) functionality in Google Translate (GT). We focus on three Quebec Francophone (QF) errors in English: th-substitution, h-deletion, and h-epenthesis. Four hundred and eighty male and female QF recordings of sentences with correctly and incorrectly…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Audio Equipment, Accuracy
Black-Rotchin, Sivan; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This paper introduces "FineTune," a mobile application currently in development that features a gamified version of High Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT). The aims of this paper are twofold: (1) to outline the theoretical motivation for the app's features, which includes a discussion of HVPT, gamification, and Self-Determination…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Self Determination, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Barcomb, Mike; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This paper examines the impact that a game-informed pronunciation site has on the acquisition of English /r/-/l/. Twenty-three Japanese-speaking English learners completed a series of pronunciation activities directed at improving their phonological awareness and oral production of the /r/-/l/ contrast. The activities included game-informed tasks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Japanese, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Khademi, Hamidreza; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This article, based on Khademi's (2021) Master's thesis, examines the use of Google Translate (GT) and its speech capabilities, Text-to-Speech Synthesis (TTS) and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), in helping L2 learners acquire the pronunciation of English past -ed allomorphy (/t/, /d/, /id/) in a semi-autonomous context, considering three…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Translation, Computer Software
Papin, Kevin; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This paper examines the impact of self-directed pronunciation practice using "Google Translate" (GT) on the acquisition of French liaison (the production of latent consonants when they appear in consonant-vowel contexts across words: /z/ in le/za/mis 'the friends'). Second-language (L2) French learners completed homework activities on GT…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Translation, Pronunciation
Sénécal, Anne-Marie; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This study examined the acquisition of L2 English vocabulary with clickers, focusing on the role of individual differences. Following a pretest-posttest design, we measured perception and performance among 61 English learners who took part in a vocabulary acquisition treatment, in which they answered Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) via clickers…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Vocabulary Development, Scores, Second Language Learning
Moussalli, Souheila; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This study investigates an Intelligent Personal Assistant's (IPA) ability to assist English as a Second Language (ESL) learners in developing their phonological awareness, perception, and production of the allomorphy in regular past tense marking in English (e.g. talk[t], play[d] and add[?d]). The study addresses the following questions: Can the…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence, Second Language Learning, Pronunciation Instruction
He, Yue; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2021
[For the complete volume, "CALL and Professionalisation: Short Papers from EUROCALL 2021 (29th, Online, August 26-27, 2021)," see ED616972.]This study investigated whether a translation tool (Microsoft Translator -- MT) and its built-in speech features (Text-To-Speech synthesis -- TTS -- and speech recognition) can promote learners'…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods
Johnson, Carol; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This mixed-methods one-shot study examines L2 writers' perceptions of using Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) to write using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), based on three criteria: usefulness, ease of use, and intention to use. After receiving training on Google voice typing in Google Docs, 17 English as a Second Language (ESL) students…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Cardoso, Walcir; Waddington, David; Kiforo, Enos; Sénécal, Anne-Marie – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This study examined whether the pedagogical use of Spaceteam ESL (English as a Second Language), a digital "shouting" game, could contribute to the development of Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) among 71 English students in secondary schools in Mombasa, Kenya. Following a mixed-methods approach for data collection and analysis, we pre- and…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Shouma, Amira; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This study explores the perceptions of English as a Second Language (ESL) learners and teachers on using tablets in their language classrooms, focusing on the device's four inherent affordances: learnability, usability, motivation, and willingness to use the technology. Adopting a quantitative and qualitative approach for data collection and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
Aloraini, Nouf; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2018
This study investigates Saudi students' attitudes towards the use of four Social Media (SM) applications for learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL): Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and WhatsApp. Ninety-nine adult students participated in this mixed-methods study, which included surveys and interviews to examine their perception of SM as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2018
The study explored the pedagogical use of Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesizers by comparing two groups of students learning the pronunciations associated with Regular Past Tense (RPT) marking in English (e.g. talk[t], clean[d], want[id]). While one group received TTS-based instruction, the other was taught RPT with teacher assistance. Our findings…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Morphemes