Modulador de voz Talk It na construção da pronúncia do inglês: O caso dos jovens aprendizes de espanhol

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Cristhian Fernando Samaniego Andrade
Henry Xavier Mendoza Ponce
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2322-0383
José Rafael Vera Vera
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1721-8770

Resumo

Falar tem sido, em grande parte, uma das habilidades mais desafiadoras de dominar para os aprendizes de línguas, especialmente nos estágios iniciais do processo de aprendizagem, porque exige um bom domínio da pronúncia. Portanto, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a eficácia do modulador de voz Talk it para ajudar os jovens aprendizes de inglês como língua estrangeira (EFL) a melhorar sua pronúncia. Esta pesquisa exploratória aplica um delineamento quasi-experimental e possui uma abordagem mista (quantitativa-qualitativa). A metodologia implementada iniciou com a análise do domínio atual da pronúncia dos participantes, seguida pela implementação do modulador de voz chamado Talk it como ferramenta para promover a melhoria da pronúncia no grupo experimental e pela comparação da melhoria da pronúncia entre os grupos controle e experimental. Os resultados mostraram que o modulador de voz Talk It contribuiu efetivamente para a melhoria da pronúncia no grupo experimental, abrindo uma lacuna significativa em relação ao grupo controle. Como conclusão, os moduladores de voz podem trazer benefícios importantes para os jovens aprendizes e se tornar um aliado estratégico para que alcancem uma pronúncia nativa em seus estágios iniciais de aprendizagem.

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