Original paper
The pedagogical use of mobile speech synthesis (TTS): focus on French liaison
Volume: 30, Issue: 3-4, Pages: 325 - 342
Published: Apr 10, 2017
Abstract
We examine the impact of the pedagogical use of mobile TTS on the L2 acquisition of French liaison, a process by which a word-final consonant is pronounced at the beginning of the following word if the latter is vowel-initial (e.g. peti/t.a/mi = > peti[ta]mi 'boyfriend'). The study compares three groups of L2 French students learning how to produce liaison over a two-month period, following a pretest-posttests design within a mixed-methods...
Paper Details
Title
The pedagogical use of mobile speech synthesis (TTS): focus on French liaison
Published Date
Apr 10, 2017
Volume
30
Issue
3-4
Pages
325 - 342