The effectiveness of computer-based speech corrective feedback for improving segmental quality in L2 Dutch

ReCALL

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-243

  Neri, Ambra ^a   Cucchiarini, Catia ^a   Strik, Helmer ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

automatic speech recognition; pedagogical effectiveness; pronunciation training

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649107860     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958344008000724     Document Type: Article

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