CHAPTER 14: TIPS FOR ACCENT REDUCTION AND ACCENT DETECTION

2014 ◽  
pp. 225-240
Keyword(s):  
Accent Reduction

Effects of accent‐reduction techniques for the treatment of an individual with foreign accent syndrome

2007 ◽  
Vol 121 (5) ◽  
pp. 3134-3134
Author(s):  
William F. Katz ◽  
Diane M. Garst ◽  
Karen E. Kaplan ◽  
Emily J. Frisch
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Foreign Accent Syndrome ◽  
Accent Reduction

scholarly journals The Implementation of Online Accent Reduction Software to Improve Pronunciation of English and Arabic Department Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Nur Asmawati ◽  
Fitriningsih Fitriningsih
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Approach ◽  
English Department ◽  
Language Background ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
English Pronunciation ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Arabic Students ◽  
Accent Reduction

The objective of this study is to implement accent reduction software in English pronunciation teaching. This study employed an experimental approach. There were forty students recruited from the English and Arabic departments. The students were split into two classes, with one class being treated as an experimental class and another class as a controlled class. Each class consisted of twenty students, ten English department students, and the other ten Arabic department students. We administered an experimental class with twelve meeting treatments using the Elsa accent reduction software to teach English pronunciation. Meanwhile, the controlled class was not given any treatments.  The results show that there was a significant difference between the result of the pre-test and post-test of the students' pronunciations that were taught with the accent reduction software. It was found that the mean score of the experimental class was significantly improved from 53.12 to 85.44 after they were given the treatment. Meanwhile, the control group's mean score was also improved, but it was not significant from 49.33 to 59.11. Our study highlighted that the use of accent reduction software in teaching English pronunciations could help students to improve their English pronunciations. The students were able to imitate an English sound from the software. The limitation of this study is that we did not compare the results of English and Arabic students’ ability in pronunciations after the use of the software. Future studies are recommended to compare pronunciations between English and Arabic students through the use of the software to understand language background might affect the treatment.

scholarly journals “Come join us, and lose your accent!”

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Ennser-Kananen ◽  
Mia Halonen ◽  
Taina Saarinen
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Language Ideologies ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Accent Modification ◽  
Accent Reduction

In this article, we examine the hierarchization of international students by bringing together perspectives of linguistic legitimacy and language ideologies. Our data stems from 26 accent reduction (AR) or accent modification (AM) course descriptions and websites from US universities. Based on their analysis, we discuss the socio-political implications of the phenomenon of these courses for international students and the ways in which language-based, particularly accent-based, arguments are used to create or reinforce different categories of students. We argue that while international students are presented as having different kinds of “comprehensibility problems” that AM/AR courses are claimed to remedy, the seemingly linguistic arguments that are used for marketing do not hold. Rather, what is presented as an accent issue actually seems to be an ideological one, drawing on the students’ ethnic or geographical origins, and thereby racializing the question of language proficiency.  

Traditional and Phonological Treatment for Teaching English Fricatives and Affricates to Koreans

1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 828-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Marie Schmidt ◽  
Kelly A. Meyers
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Native Speakers Of English ◽  
Korean Speakers ◽  
Native Korean Speakers ◽  
Phonological Treatment ◽  
Accent Reduction

Non-native speakers of English are being seen for accent reduction in speech-language pathology clinics although there is little evidence that treatment is effective. Two types of treatment were evaluated. Traditional articulation-based treatment was successful for 2 native Korean speakers in improving English fricatives and affricate production. A second treatment using phonologically based contrasts was also successful for the same sounds with 2 other Korean speakers. Some issues in foreign accent reduction are discussed.

scholarly journals Accent Assessment: A Preliminary Study of Scaling Validity

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
D. Mike McDaniel ◽  
Richard A. Neeley ◽  
Julie J. Isaacson ◽  
G. Daniel Howard
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
International Students ◽  
Linear Relationship ◽  
Formal Training ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Significant Linear Relationship ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Accent Reduction

Direct Magnitude Estimations (DME) and Equal Appearing Interval (EAI) scaling techniques were used to compare listeners’ perceptions of the extent of accent from recorded speech samples of international students enrolled in a United States university who spoke English as a second language. Twenty five international students served as speakers by reading the same brief passage for recording purposes. Twenty five American-born students with no formal training or experience with accents or accent reduction rated the extent of the accent on each of the spoken samples using both scaling techniques. Statistical analysis of the listener’s perceptions indicated no significant differences between the DME or EAI scaling procedures and a scatterplot comparing the data sets for each technique produced a significant linear relationship between the data for the two techniques. 

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