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The contribution of the computer to improving L2 oral production

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Visual representations of language for students in Europe rely heavily on the imperialistic traditions of the Latin alphabet and the archaic complexity of the international phonetic alphabet. The computer can be used for graphic representations showing pitch height (fundamental frequency) and curves showing volume and length (oscillograms) but the accurate interpretation or decoding of such data generally limits its use to experts in phonetics and other acoustic scientists. The verdict after even a cursory examination of such representational systems is inescapable; foreign language learning is bedevilled by man’s incapacity to visualise accurately the invisible: the vibrations of sound waves as they travel through the air.

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Anthony Stenton. The contribution of the computer to improving L2 oral production: An examination of the applied and theoretical research behind the SWANS authoring programme. Etudes en didactique des langues, 2012, De l’anglais oral, 19, pp.59-80. ⟨hal-04047775⟩
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