Improvement of English Major Students’ Pronunciation Using Natural Language Processing
Keywords:
English pronunciation, natural language processing, English phoneticsAbstract
This research aimed to measure students’ development in producing the consonant sounds of /θ/, /ð/ and /dʒ/before and after using the NLP application, and to also study the students’ satisfaction level. Thirty-seven students from the Phonetics club participated in the study. Research instruments used included pronunciation tests, the ‘English Pronunciation’ application and questionnaires. Collected data were computed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that the students’ pronunciation significantly developed after the exposure to the application and they also rated their satisfaction in a very high level (x̅ = 4.41), Considering a particular item, it was found that the students highly satisfied with an obvious presentation of Phonetic symbols (x̅ = 4.68), the implementation of the application in teaching and learning (x̅ = 4.62), and Phonetics contents (x̅ = 4.59) respectively.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของ คณะมนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏธนบุรี
- บทความในวารสารวิชาการมนุษย์และสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏธนบุรี เป็นความคิดเห็นของผู้นิพนธ์ ไม่ใช่ความคิดเห็นของกองบรรณาธิการ และไม่ใช่ความรับผิดชอบของกองบรรณาธิการและ/หรือของคณะมนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏธนบุรี
- กองบรรณาธิการไม่สงวนสิทธิ์ในการคัดลอก แต่ให้อ้างอิงแสดงที่มา
- บทความที่ได้รับตีพิมพ์จะมีการตรวจความถูกต้องเหมาะสมจากกองบรรณาธิการและผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิในสาขาที่เกี่ยวข้อง (peer review) จำนวน 3 คน โดยผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิจะไม่ทราบผู้นิพนธ์ และผู้นิพนธ์ไม่ทราบชื่อผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิ (double-blind peer review)
