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Sounds: The Pronunciation App [Review]

Authors: Tom Elliot (Iowa State University) , Shireen Baghestani (Iowa State University)

Abstract

Computer assisted pronunciation teaching (CAPT) has the potential to provide students with high quality pronunciation instruction inside or outside the language classroom (Levis, 2007). The benefits of CAPT include the ability to provide “individualized instruction, frequent practice through listening discrimination and focused repetition exercises, and automatic visual support that demonstrates to learners how closely their own pronunciation approximates model utterances” (Levis, 2007, p. 184). Computer assisted pronunciation teaching (CAPT) has the potential to provide students with high quality pronunciation instruction inside or outside the language classroom (Levis, 2007). The benefits of CAPT include the ability to provide “individualized instruction, frequent practice through listening discrimination and focused repetition exercises, and automatic visual support that demonstrates to learners how closely their own pronunciation approximates model utterances” (Levis, 2007, p. 184).

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How to Cite: Elliot, T. & Baghestani, S. (2018) “Sounds: The Pronunciation App [Review]”, Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings. 10(1).