Essays about: "pronunciation teaching"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 essays containing the words pronunciation teaching.

1. 1. Teaching pronunciation effectively in an EFL classroom; a literature review

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

   Author : My Olsson; Alice Osborne; [2024]
   Keywords : effective teaching; English as a Foreign Language; intelligibility; secondary education; pronunciation;

   Abstract : This study provides a literature review of the most effective ways to teach pronunciation to EFL secondary school students in Sweden. There is limited time allocated to pronunciation leading to a scarcity of available effective methods. This impacts the important role which intelligibility holds in pronunciation. READ MORE

3. 2. Teaching with Audiobooks in an EFL Classroom : The Didactical Benefits of Envisionment, Inclusion, and Narration in Audiobooks

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Cynthia Castillo Silva; Esin Alatas; [2023]
   Keywords : Audiobooks; The Graveyard Book; EFL students; Printed book;

   Abstract : This paper aims to investigate how audiobooks can be used didactically in the EFL classroom. The research questions are: “How do EFL students perceive and visualize the storyworld when listening to audiobooks?”, “Does EFL students’ comprehension differ when listening to an audiobook as opposed to reading a printed book”, and lastly, “What are the benefits of using audiobooks didactically in an EFL classroom?”. READ MORE

4. 3. Sentence Stress in Songs: The Potential of Using Authentic Songs for Teaching English Sentence Stress to EFL Learners in Swedish Lower-Secondary School

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska; Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Teo Mattiasson; [2023]
   Keywords : sentence stress; pronunciation teaching; musical instruction; English as a foreign language; English songs; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Using music as a tool for teaching a foreign language has been shown to positively affect the language learning process (Balčytytė-Kurtinienė, 2018; Cañete García et al., 2022; Heidari- Shahreza & Moinzadeh, 2012), and this essay suggests that authentic English songs can be used in the teaching of EFL in lower-secondary school in Sweden to efficiently meet many aspects of the syllabus. READ MORE

5. 4. English Teachers’ Use of Audiobooks When Working withLiterature in Upper Secondary School

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Sabina Lundqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Audiobooks; listening comprehension; reading comprehension; teaching literature; teachers’ attitudes;

   Abstract : This is a study about English teachers’ use of audiobooks when working with literature in upper secondary school. This study investigates to what extent and in what ways teachers use audiobooks as well as their attitudes toward them as a teaching tool. READ MORE

6. 5. Pronunciation improvement software : An implementation of a user interface that interacts with analgorithm that uses the output from a neural network to evaluatespeech

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Interaktiva och kognitiva system

   Author : Kristoffer Dahlquist; [2022]
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   Abstract : Recently, the usage of computer software as a tool to improve pronunciation has been provento give good results compared to conventional methods. Furthermore, teachers who have beentrained to use pronunciation improvement software have had a positive attitude towards it and theyhave considered it to have high potential to improve the teaching environment. READ MORE