The potential of mobile technology in testing and enhancing L2 word recognition from speech

Title
The potential of mobile technology in testing and enhancing L2 word recognition from speech
Publication Date
2018
Author(s)
Matthews, Joshua
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2260-2331
Email: jmatth28@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jmatth28
Editor
Editor(s): Suwarsih Madya; Fuad Abdul Hamied; Willy A Renandya; Christine Coombe; Yazid Basthomi
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/26453
Abstract
Successful second language (L2) listening comprehension depends on the ability to recognise L2 words in connected speech. Despite this dependence, approaches to developing L2 word recognition from speech (WRS) have received relatively limited interest from researchers. This paper will briefly overview recent re-search that has begun filling this gap in existing knowledge. First, an approach to testing L2 WRS will be described, and the capacity of these test scores to predict L2 listening test performance will be presented. The design of a simple computer-mediated approach that is effective in the development of L2 WRS will then be overviewed. Next, the potential to integrate and deliver these testing and learning approaches through smartphone technology will be discussed. Lastly, the potential to enhance L2 WRS through mobile-assisted means will be briefly discussed as an example of how integrated technologies hold the potential to change aspects of English teaching in the digital era.
Link
Citation
ELT in Asia in the Digital Era: Global Citizenship and Identity, p. 343-348
ISBN
9780815379003
9781351217064
Start page
343
End page
348

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