The impact of computer-assisted pronunciation on Saudi students’ production of English vowel sounds
This study aimed to investigate the extent to which computer-assisted pronunciation (CAP) is influential in helping Hijazi students to develop their pronunciation of English vowels within a Saudi English as a foreign language (EFL) context. It also examined whether Saudi Hijazi learners taught E...
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| Language: | English |
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Castledown Publishers
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://www.castledown.com/journals/ajal/article/view/102441 |
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| Summary: | This study aimed to investigate the extent to which computer-assisted pronunciation (CAP)
is influential in helping Hijazi students to develop their pronunciation of English vowels
within a Saudi English as a foreign language (EFL) context. It also examined whether Saudi
Hijazi learners taught English vowel sounds by CAP outperform those taught via hard-copy
pronunciation materials. Data were collected from 18 students who undertook an English
speaking course over 11 weeks. These learners were equally divided into the experimental
and control groups, who received instruction on English vowels through CAP and traditional
printed materials, respectively. Quantitative and qualitative methods were employed in this
study. The results of the study show that CAP significantly enhanced Hijazi EFL students’
pronunciation of English vowel sounds, especially for those vowels that were nonexistent
in their L1 phonemic inventory. They also suggest that CAP could be a beneficial tool to be
incorporated into English speaking lessons.
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| ISSN: | 2209-0959 |