从感知-生产角度系统回顾移动辅助发音实证研究

IF 0.9 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Languages Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI:10.3390/languages9070251
A. M. Stoughton, Okim Kang
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语言学习的交际法是第二语言(L2)课堂上常用的一种教学方法,几乎不强调发音训练。因此,移动辅助发音训练(MAPT)平台为课堂发音训练提供了另一种选择。迄今为止,已有几项关于移动辅助语言学习(MALL)研究的荟萃分析和系统综述,但其中只有少数集中在发音方面。为了更好地了解移动辅助语言学习(MAPT)对 L2 学习者对目标发音特征的感知和发音产生的影响,本研究按照 PRISMA 2020 指南对移动辅助语言学习(MAPT)文献进行了系统性综述。通过检索 ERIC、《教育全文》、《语言学与语言行为摘要》、MLI International 和 Scopus 数据库以及特定期刊,确定了潜在的移动辅助文章。本研究收录文章的标准包括:文章必须是经同行评审的实证或准实证研究,使用实验组和对照组来评估发音训练的影响。发音训练必须是通过 MALL 或 MAPT 技术进行的,研究必须是在 2014 年至 2024 年间发表的。共找到 232 篇论文,但符合既定标准的只有 10 篇文章,共有 524 名参与者。我们收集并讨论了与研究中使用的参与者(国籍和教育水平)、所使用的 MPAT 应用程序和平台、所针对的发音特征、对这些特征的感知和/或制作的集中程度以及所使用的训练和评估方法有关的数据。此外,还使用 Cohen's d 计算了每项研究的效果大小。综述结果显示,只有两篇文章评估了 MAPT 对 L2 学习者感知目标特征的影响,结果表明 MPAT 的使用并没有显著提高 L2 学习者感知音段特征的能力。在生成方面,所有十篇文章都评估了 MPAT 对 L2 学习者生成目标特征的影响。这些评估的结果差异很大,有些研究表明 MAPT 的效果显著且很大,而有些研究则指出 MAPT 的效果不显著,效果大小可以忽略不计。除了参与者类型、目标发音特征以及所使用的 MAPT 应用程序和平台不同之外,这些结果的差异也很难得出 MAPT 对 L2 学习者的发音有显著影响的结论。此外,所选研究主要集中于语段特征(即音素和单词发音),这很可能对参与者的可懂度影响有限。本文提出了进一步开展 MAPT 研究的建议,包括更加重视超音段特征和感知评估,以进一步了解 MAPT 在发音训练方面的有效性。
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A Systematic Review of Empirical Mobile-Assisted Pronunciation Studies through a Perception–Production Lens
The communicative approach to language learning, a teaching method commonly used in second language (L2) classrooms, places little to no emphasis on pronunciation training. As a result, mobile-assisted pronunciation training (MAPT) platforms provide an alternative to classroom-based pronunciation training. To date, there have been several meta-analyses and systematic reviews of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) studies, but only a few of these meta-analyses have concentrated on pronunciation. To better understand MAPT’s impact on L2 learners’ perceptions and production of targeted pronunciation features, this study conducted a systematic review of the MAPT literature following PRISMA 2020 guidelines. Potential mobile-assisted articles were identified through searches of the ERIC, Educational Full Text, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstract, MLI International, and Scopus databases and specific journal searches. Criteria for article inclusion in this study included the following: the article must be a peer-reviewed empirical or quasi-empirical research study using both experimental and control groups to assess the impact of pronunciation training. Pronunciation training must have been conducted via MALL or MAPT technologies, and the studies must have been published between 2014 and 2024. A total of 232 papers were identified; however, only ten articles with a total of 524 participants met the established criteria. Data pertaining to the participants used in the study (nationality and education level), the MPAT applications and platforms used, the pronunciation features targeted, the concentration on perception and/or production of these features, and the methods used for training and assessments were collected and discussed. Effect sizes using Cohen’s d were also calculated for each study. The findings of this review reveal that only two of the articles assessed the impact of MAPT on L2 learners’ perceptions of targeted features, with results indicating that the use of MPAT did not significantly improve L2 learners’ abilities to perceive segmental features. In terms of production, all ten articles assessed MPAT’s impact on L2 learners’ production of the targeted features. The results of these assessments varied greatly, with some studies indicating a significant and large effect of MAPT and others citing non-significant gains and negligible effect sizes. The variation in these results, in addition to differences in the types of participants, the targeted pronunciation features, and MAPT apps and platforms used, makes it difficult to conclude that MAPT has a significant impact on L2 learners’ production. Furthermore, the selected studies’ concentration on mostly segmental features (i.e., phoneme and word pronunciation) is likely to have had only a limited impact on participants’ intelligibility. This paper provides suggestions for further MAPT research, including increased emphasis on suprasegmental features and perception assessments, to further our understanding of the effectiveness of MAPT for pronunciation training.
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