Learning pronunciation is of great importance for perfect oral communication. According to Gilakjani (2012), good pronunciation may make first impressions, lead to better comprehension for the speaker and listener, avoid language attitudes and prejudice, lose learner fear of speaking English and build confidence in communication. It is a truism that many language learners have a lot of trouble in this field because of mother tongue inference. This action research aims to solve pressing issues in communication faced by Vietnamese learners. This intervention conducted in this study is a shadowing technique, originally developed as a training technique for simultaneous interpreting (Yajima, 2001), which enables learners to promote their listening and speaking competence. Data was collected through the recordings of 10 students as the respondents in this study, then using Gold Sound Wave software to measure their speech compared with a native speaker's speech. The core research cycles with 5 actions, namely shadowing introduction, audio sources, the audio listening practicing, audio shadowing with a transcript and shadowing without a transcript, were implemented until learners reached their goals. Findings show recognizable improvements in the participant pronunciation, including English rhythms, stresses, and intonation. The presenter will recommend shadowing, a great technique where language learners try to speak alone in time with an audio text, much like singing along with a song, and a good web page called deepenglish.com, which is most effective with lower-proficiency students.
Learning pronunciation is of great importance for perfect oral communication. According to Gilakjani (2012), good pronunciation may make first impressions, lead to better comprehension for the speaker and listener, avoid language attitudes and prejudice, lose learner fear of speaking English and build confidence in communication. It is a truism that many language learners have a lot of trouble in this field because of mother tongue inference. This action research aims to solve pressing issues in communication faced by Vietnamese learners. This intervention conducted in this study is a shadowing technique, originally developed as a training technique for simultaneous interpreting (Yajima, 2001), which enables learners to promote their listening and speaking competence. Data was collected through the recordings of 10 students as the respondents in this study, then using Gold Sound Wave software to measure their speech compared with a native speaker's speech. The core research cycles with 5 actions, namely shadowing introduction, audio sources, the audio listening practicing, audio shadowing with a transcript and shadowing without a transcript, were implemented until learners reached their goals. Findings show recognizable improvements in the participant pronunciation, including English rhythms, stresses, and intonation. The presenter will recommend shadowing, a great technique where language learners try to speak alone in time with an audio text, much like singing along with a song, and a good web page called deepenglish.com, which is most effective with lower-proficiency students.
Poster No.126 (Meeting Hall No.2) VietTESOL International Convention 2022 convention@viettesol.org.vn
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