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La integración de la pronunciación en el aula de ELE: Integrating pronunciation in the Spanish language classroom
Editado por Zsuzsanna Bárkányi, M. Mar Galindo Merino y Aarón Pérez-Bernabeu
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 42] 2024
► pp. 207–221

Chapter 13
Using technology to facilitate the integration of pronunciation into the classroom

| Universidad de Murcia
This chapter explores the potential of technology to facilitate the teaching and learning of pronunciation, with special emphasis on how technology can enhance the integration of pronunciation into the language classroom. First, the chapter discusses the role of technology in pronunciation instruction. Next, it offers an overview of the field of computer assisted pronunciation training (CAPT), presenting the tools and techniques available as well as relevant research findings and pedagogical implications. The chapter covers a range of techniques traditionally adopted in the field of CAPT, and also more recent uses of technology that hold great potential for pronunciation practice. Finally, it puts forward recommendations on how to facilitate Spanish pronunciation instruction with technology and it offers directions for future research and practice.
Keywords: computer assisted pronunciation training (CAPT), computer assisted language learning (CALL), Spanish pronunciation teaching and learning, educational technology
Article outline
  • 1.The role of technology in pronunciation teaching and learning
  • 2.Enhancing pronunciation instruction with technology: Insights from the field of CAPT
  • 3.Using technology to facilitate the integration of pronunciation instruction
    • 3.1Introductory activities and explicit instruction
    • 3.2Listening and perception practice
    • 3.3Listening and production practice
    • 3.4Reading and pronunciation
    • 3.5Speaking and pronunciation
  • 4.Conclusions and directions for future research and practice
  • Note
  • References
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