Exploring How YouGlish Supports Learning English Word Stress: A Perception Study

Sardegna, Veronica G.; Jarosz, Anna

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“…The students significantly improved their ability to stress polysyllabic words stressed by KSR and LSR. The results also extend Sardegna and Jarosz's (2022) findings with respect to perceiving English word stress after using the same self-study approach for a similar group of highly engaged and motivated students.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…These results provide strong evidence for the teachability and effectiveness of these rules. They also extend Sardegna and Jarosz's (2022) findings from perception to production involving groups of highly motivated and successful self-regulated students. To determine learner profiles and what contributed to their improvement, we examined students' characteristics and practice behaviors after class, and their ability to learn the rules.…”

Section: Learners' Behaviors and Learning Outcomessupporting

confidence: 69%

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Learning English Word Stress With Technology

Sardegna

Jarosz

2023

Learning and Teaching Pronunciation in Diverse Contexts

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When learners misplace the stress in a word, they distort the rhythm, which may render it unrecognizable to the listener. Yet, despite its significance for intelligibility, word stress is rarely taught in English as a foreign language (EFL) courses. This study investigated an alternative to classroom instruction of lexical stress: autonomous practice outside of class. Participants were six Polish EFL high-school students taking a language course at a school in Poland. To improve their prediction and production of English word stress, the students learned and practiced orthographic word-stress rules using practice worksheets and YouGlish, a YouTube dictionary, out of class for four weeks. Data were gathered from read-aloud pre-and post-tests assessing students' ability to predict and produce the stress of English polysyllabic words; a background questionnaire; the teacher's observation field notes; and pronunciation activity trackers eliciting students' behaviours, practice choices, time spent practicing, and opinions about the resources used. The results provided support for the efficacy of the materials in supporting autonomous pronunciation learning for successful and highly motivated EFL students.

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Learning English Word Stress With Technology

Sardegna

Jarosz

2023

Learning and Teaching Pronunciation in Diverse Contexts

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“…Participants were 12 Polish EFL high-school students attending a language course in Poland. To facilitate students' learning of academic words, the teacher assigned six worksheets that provided explicit instruction and targeted practice on three orthographic word stress rules: The Key Stress Rule, Left Stress Rule, and V/VC Stress Rule (Sardegna & Jarosz, 2022;Sardegna & Dickerson, 2023). The learners were encouraged to practice ~ 59…”

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Accents 2023. Accent perception and production. 16th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English, Łódź, 30 Nov – 2 Dec, 2023. The Book of Abtracts

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‘Accents’ is an annual conference organized by the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics in Institute of English Studies at University of Lódź, Poland. The first edition of ‘Accents’ conference took place in 2007 and is successfully continued since. It brings together researchers and teachers interested in native and non-native accents of English approached from a variety of theoretical and/or practical perspectives. The key issues discussed each year include individual accent characteristics, the dynamism of accent usage, accent teaching and learning, and the methods and tools for accent studies. The leitmotif of Accents 2023 revolves around numerous accent varieties and their impact on perception and identity as well as native and non-native accent production, accent teaching/learning, perceptual training and its effectiveness in the language classroom and in the language laboratory.

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“…Students whose first language is not English often come to the English pronunciation class with a variety of linguistic backgrounds, goals, beliefs, concerns, attitudes, motivations, and feelings about pronunciation learning (Baran-Łucarz, 2022;Sardegna, 2012Sardegna, , 2022Sardegna and Jarosz, 2022;Sardegna et al, 2018). They also vary in their pronunciation awareness, efforts, learning approaches, cognitive skills for L2 speech learning, speed and readiness to learn (Mora, 2022;Sardegna and McGregor, 2013).…”

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Student-Teacher Conferences in an English Pronunciation Course: Goals, Characteristics and Views

Sardegna

2022

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Student-teacher conferences are considered an effective pedagogical tool for individualized writing instruction. Yet, little is known about the goals, characteristics and perceptions of student-teacher conferences for individualized English as a second language (ESL) pronunciation instruction. This article presents an exploratory study on student and instructor perceptions of mandatory student-teacher conferences in a semester-long ESL pronunciation course. Data were gathered from 24 college ESL students and five experienced ESL instructors via pre-/post-instruction read-aloud tests, four questionnaires and a focus group discussion. The results indicated pronunciation improvement during the course and participants’ overall satisfaction with the learning outcomes, goals, format and characteristics of the conferences. Participants’ views on benefits, drawbacks, and recommendations for these one-on-one meetings revealed valuable insights for pronunciation instructors.

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Exploring How YouGlish Supports Learning English Word Stress: A Perception Study

Cited by 6 publications

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Learning English Word Stress With Technology

Learning English Word Stress With Technology

Accents 2023. Accent perception and production. 16th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English, Łódź, 30 Nov – 2 Dec, 2023. The Book of Abtracts

Student-Teacher Conferences in an English Pronunciation Course: Goals, Characteristics and Views

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