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An Interactive Computer Programme for Pronunciation Acquisition

Radovan Lučić

Abstract

The article presents a computer programme for pronunciaiton acquisition in a meda lab designed at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The programme consists of audio recordings of sounds, words and sentences, accompanied by phonetic transcriptions and text translations. Additional video recordings show the positioning of the mouth during pronunciation, the spectrum and intonation. The pronunciation of individual sounds is explained and practiced in different positions and in different surroundings. Special attention is given to those sound combinations that seem to be particularly difficult for the student. The programme also includes interactive exercises The teacher's compute network enables him-her to follow the student's work actively, and to choose the texts or parts ot the programme made accessible to the student, whenever that may be necessary.

Keywords

pronunciation acquisition; Croatian language; Croatian as L2; interactive computer programme

Hrčak ID:

10917

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/10917

Publication date:

27.2.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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