An English pronunciation learning system for Japanese students based on diagnosis of critical pronunciation errors

ReCALL

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 173-188

  Tsubota, Yasushi ^a   Dantsuji, Masatake ^a   Kawahara, Tatsuya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 34248692750     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344004001314     Document Type: Article

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