BeatMaker: a computational system for foreign language pronunciation teaching based on speech prosody

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  • Leônidas José da Silva Jr. Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1679-1916.134363

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BeatMaker system, foreign language prosody, pronunciation teaching technologies

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This present research aims at presenting a system referred to as “BeatMaker” - a multilingual prosody-based program - to help researchers and teachers on foreign language pronunciation classes. For the purpose of testing the effectiveness of BeatMaker system, we conducted a pretest-posttest experiment where it was analyzed prosodic aspects, such as rhythm and intonation from the productions of ten Brazilians speakers of English as a foreign language in comparison to eight English native speakers. Data were collected once by the native group, and before and after the training with BeatMaker by the foreign-English speakers. Results showed a significant improvement for the intonational aspects after training, that is, the foreign-language group converged towards the native group in terms of intonation, nevertheless there was no significant correlation for the rhythmic aspects between groups. It is concluded on a preliminary basis that the use of technologies for teaching foreign-language prosody were of great help and practices involving these systems shall be considered for the sake of the importance of foreign-language prosody in oral communication.

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Publicado

2023-07-31

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SILVA JR., L. J. da. BeatMaker: a computational system for foreign language pronunciation teaching based on speech prosody. Revista Novas Tecnologias na Educação, Porto Alegre, v. 21, n. 1, p. 341–352, 2023. DOI: 10.22456/1679-1916.134363. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/renote/article/view/134363. Acesso em: 3 dez. 2023.

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Projeto e desenvolvimento de objetos educacionais