Visuele Terugkoppeling Van Engelse Intonatie;

Kees de Bot | Instituut Fonetiek/Interfakultaire Werkgroep Taal- en Spraakgedrag Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen

A description is given of an experiment in which we tried to show that visual feedback is more effective in intonation learning than auditory feedback. The factors in the experiment were feedback mode and practice time. The results showed a significant effect of visual feedback over auditory feedback, whereas amount of practice time doesn't seem to be a major factor. An analysis of learning behaviour of the subjects in the experiment revealed that feedback mode influences learning behaviour: subjects with visual feedback tend to practise more intensively than subjects with auditory feedback. Future research will concentrate on various factors related to intonation learning and the effectiveness of visual feedback, such as the role of age, mothertongue and degree of fluency in the second language.

Published online: 24 March 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/ttwia.9.09bot