TTS-group learners reported becoming aware of differences in RPT pronunciation in post-study interviews¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q1
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Subclaims¶

q1 i? Most participants, particularly in the TTS Group, reported in interviews that they had become aware of differences in regular past tense pronunciation. → Cardoso 2018

Evidence¶

Cardoso 2018¶

Cardoso, W. (2018). Learning L2 pronunciation with a text-to-speech synthesizer. In P. Taalas, J. Jalkanen, L. Bradley & S. Thouësny (Eds), Future-proof CALL: language learning as exploration and encounters – short papers from EUROCALL 2018. Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2018.26.806

q1 · i? · qualitative · r2

Qualitative analysis of a 20-minute posttest oral interview, audio-recorded, transcribed, and categorized into themes such as morphophonemic awareness. Learners reported, for example, "I never knew that the {ed} sometimes sounds strong, sometimes weak".

"That many learners became aware of RPT allomorphy became evident in the analysis of their interview data, particularly among participants in the TTS Group."

Discussion¶

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