The authors judge the one-month treatment duration insufficient for developing judge-rated L2 pronunciation, and impressionistic ratings a possible reason for the null fluency result¶
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q1 i? The authors interpret the null results as possibly due to the brevity of the one month treatment and the nature of impressionistic judge ratings. → Cardoso 2017
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Cardoso 2017¶
Cardoso, W., Rueb, A., & Grimshaw, J. (2017). Can an interactive digital game help French learners improve their pronunciation? In K. Borthwick, L. Bradley & S. Thouësny (Eds), CALL in a climate of change: adapting to turbulent global conditions – short papers from EUROCALL 2017 (pp. 67-72). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2017.eurocall2017.691
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Authors' interpretation offered in the discussion, not a tested result: they also suggest "the non-significance observed might be due to the nature of the impressionistic measures adopted, based merely on judges' ratings". No data test these explanations.
"It is possible that these results are due to the brevity of the one month treatment, which seems insufficient for the development of the three aspects of pronunciation in this study."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- One month of playing the digital information gap game PàN produced no statistically significant improvement in FSL learners' comprehensibility, fluency, or overall pronunciation — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- The null UK trial result contrasts with two US retrospective cohort studies, possibly due to shorter duration and lower intensity and to control groups already teaching foreign languages — related
- The authors interpret the null between-group result as reflecting the program's short duration and students' lack of experience with critical thinking tasks — related
- The authors interpret the weaker individual-level effects as possibly due to the informative-only format, short duration, and highly educated sample — related
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