Essays about: "pronunciation."

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  1. 16. Strategies used by Greek CFL Beginner’s level learners for Learning Chinese characters

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Kinesiska

    Author : Vasileios Floros; [2022]
    Keywords : Greek CFL learners; learning strategies; Chinese characters; 希腊学生; 汉字; 学习策略;

    Abstract : Every year, more and more foreign students learn Chinese. This also includes many Greeks. At present, the books and teaching materials related to learning Chinese are usually in English or other languages, but there are not many in Greek. READ MORE

  3. 17. Difficulties found in the English classroom at the upper secondary level when teaching English as an L3 : English teachers and students view on teaching and being taught English as a third language

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Ida Wallin; [2022]
    Keywords : English; L3; L2; Difficulty;

    Abstract : The study aimed to investigate the difficulties English teachers in Sweden experience when teaching English to students studying English as an L3. A second aim is to investigate what students at the upper secondary level in Sweden experience as difficult when learning English as an L3. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Influence of Teacher Beliefs on Classroom Practices in English Pronunciation Teaching

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Ramlah Warsame; [2021]
    Keywords : Pronunciation; Teacher beliefs; Accents; English as a Foreign language EFL ; Lingua Franca Core LFC ; Classroom practices;

    Abstract : This study aims to explore teacher beliefs on accents in the classroom and how they affect classroom practices as well as the teachers views on the LFC approach. Furthermore, the study investigates whether there exists a possible disconnect between teachers and the Swedish National Agency for Education when it comes to deciding what approach to take when teaching English pronunciation. READ MORE

  5. 19. Homograph Disambiguation and Diacritization for Arabic Text-to-Speech Using Neural Networks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Harm Lameris; [2021]
    Keywords : Computational Linguistics; Language Technology; Diacritization; Neural Networks; Deep Learning; Arabic; Natural Language Processing; NLP; Text-to-Speech; TTS; Homograph Disambiguation;

    Abstract : Pre-processing Arabic text for Text-to-Speech (TTS) systems poses major challenges, as Arabic omits short vowels in writing. This omission leads to a large number of homographs, and means that Arabic text needs to be diacritized to disambiguate these homographs, in order to be matched up with the intended pronunciation. READ MORE

  6. 20. Of Pronunciation and Correctness : The current impossibility of ensuring equitable pronunciation education in Sweden

    University essay from

    Author : anton sundin; Viktor Wenell; [2021]
    Keywords : Pronunciation; English as a Lingua Franca ELF ; Lingua Franca Core LFC ; Native Speaker Ideal; Syllabus; Teaching in Sweden; English education; Skolverket; Assessment; Equity;

    Abstract : This paper aims at investigating how upper secondary school teachers of English in Malmö, Sweden abide by the curriculum criteria of having their learners develop correctness in speech, as well as what support English teachers receive with regard to pronunciation teaching from official steering documents. Furthermore, this paper attempts to critically evaluate and discuss potential options for pronunciation models or standards in education which hold sway in contemporary research. READ MORE