Using Praat to Develop English Majors' EFL Intonation Production | ||
| المجلة التربوية لکلية التربية بسوهاج | ||
| Article 29, Volume 92, Issue 92, December 2021, Pages 91-125 PDF (1.36 M) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/edusohag.2021.208708 | ||
| Author | ||
| Marwa Said Mustafa El-Garawany* | ||
| Lecturer of Linguistics, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Archaeology and Languages, Matrouh University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study investigated the effect of using Praat on developing the EFL intonation production of English majors whose inefficiency in such a skill constituted the rational for the present study. Participants (N = 40) were third-year students in the English Department, Faculty of Education, University of Sadat City, during the first semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. They were divided into two groups: an experimental group (n = 20) and a control one (n = 20). An EFL intonation production test was developed and administered before and after experimentation, which lasted for 4 weeks. During this time, the experimental group students were taught using the speech analysis software Praat while the control group students received regular instruction. The results revealed that the experimental group students achieved significant improvement in EFL intonation production. Thus, using Praat had a positive effect on developing English majors' EFL intonation production. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Keywords: Praat; English majors; EFL intonation production | ||
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