Social media usage has been on the rise in last eight years. Different fields, including business, politics, social events, and education have reaped big from social media. However, the use of social media on language learning has been underresearched. As a result, the sole focus of the research paper was to explore the impact of social media on learning English vocabulary. A systematic review of the literature methodology was utilized. The analysis discovered that social media is an important learning tool. It provides motivation, engagement, and exposure to a wide range of English vocabularies, improving the learner's language skills. As a result, social media has been depicted as a valuable tool that modern-day teachers and curriculum developers should consider in their lesson planning and language acquisition teaching.
The present study focuses on determining whether automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology is reliable for improving English pronunciation to Iraqi EFL students. Non-native learners of English are generally concerned about improving their pronunciation skills, and Iraqi students face difficulties in pronouncing English sounds that are not found in their native language (Arabic). This study is concerned with ASR and its effectiveness in overcoming this difficulty. The data were obtained from twenty participants randomly selected from first-year college students at Al-Turath University College from the Department of English in Baghdad-Iraq. The students had participated in a two month pronunciation instruction course using ASR Eyespeak software. At the end of the pronunciation instruction course using ASR Eyespeak software, the students completed a questionnaire to get their opinions about the usefulness of the ASR Eyespeak in improving their pronunciation. The findings of the study revealed that the students found ASR Eyespeak software very useful in improving their pronunciation and helping them realise their pronunciation mistakes. They also reported that learning pronunciation with ASR Eyespeak enjoyable.
The use of technology, such as computer-assisted language learning (CALL), is used in teaching and learning in the foreign language classrooms where it is most needed. One promising emerging technology that supports language learning is automatic speech recognition (ASR). Integrating such technology, especially in the instruction of pronunciation in the classroom, is important in helping students to achieve correct pronunciation. In Iraq, English is a foreign language, and it is not surprising that learners commit many pronunciation mistakes. One factor contributing to these mistakes is the difference between the Arabic and English phonetic systems. Thus, the sound transformation from the mother tongue (Arabic) to the target language (English) is one barrier for Arab learners. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of using automatic speech recognition ASR EyeSpeak software in improving the pronunciation of Iraqi learners of English. An experimental research project with a pretest-posttest design is conducted over a one-month period in the Department of English at Al-Turath University College in Baghdad, Iraq. The ten participants are randomly selected first-year college students enrolled in a pronunciation class that uses traditional teaching methods and ASR EyeSpeak software. The findings show that using EyeSpeak software leads to a significant improvement in the students' English pronunciation, evident from the test scores they achieve after using EyeSpeak software.
This paper aims at analyzing the grammatical and linguistic issues of Shakespearean English. The various techniques of this paper are driven from main fields of English language such as linguistics, pragmatics, and discourse analysis. Moreover, this paper sheds light on the self-presentation of Shakespearean English speakers in language and their own ways in communicating with others. Furthermore, the argument in this paper shows that the grammatical rules that control the linguistic usage of the Shakespearean language provide a lot of information about interaction and interpersonal relationships. Therefore, this paper also focuses on the great influence of Shakespearean English on modern English language through many Shakespearean idioms and new words that are used even in the present times as well as the notable influence of Shakespearean English on today's English pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary.
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