THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY-BASED PRACTICE MODULE TO IMPROVE THE PRONUNCIATION SKILL OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS STUDYING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN CHIANG MAI PROVINCE
Keywords:
Pronunciation Practice Module, Speech Recognition Technology, English PhonologyAbstract
The objectives of this research were 1) to construct a speech recognition technology-based practice module to improve pronunciation skill of English consonant clusters and find out the efficiency of the practice module 2) to compare the learning achievement on pronunciation skill of English consonant clusters between the experimental and controlled groups 3) to explore the satisfaction of the students with the implementation of the practice module. The sample group consisted of 29 year 2 English major students in Faculty of Education who studied with the supplement of practice module and the controlled group of 27 year 2 English major students in Faculty of Education who studied via the traditional methods in first semester of 2022 academic year at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University. The research instruments consisted of the practice module, the achievement test on English consonant cluster pronunciation, and a satisfaction questionnaire. The data were statistically analyzed by mean and standard deviation, and t-test.
The research results revealed the contrastive analysis of the syllable structures of English and Standard Thai, the wordlist contains 23 two-initial consonant cluster words, 7 three-initial consonant cluster words, 43 two-final consonant cluster words, 29 three-final consonant cluster words, and 6 four-final consonant cluster words. The efficiency of the practice module was 79.40/74.71. The comparison of the achievement test between the experimental group and the controlled group revealed that the achievement of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the controlled group at the .01 level. The overall satisfaction with the use of the practice module was at the highest level (M = 4.52, S =0.05).
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