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Improving English Stress and Intonation Pronunciation of the First Year Students of Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University through an e-Learning

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 91; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.442

1877-0428

Yangklang Warisara,

Phonetics and Phonology Research

Abstract This study aimed (1) to investigate the improvement of English stress and intonation pronunciation of the first year students at Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat university after using an e-learning program; to explore students’ satisfaction to the e-learning program for improving stress and intonation pronunciation. Forty students from English major of Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat were randomly selected. They did a pre-test in order to classify their abilities before using the program, and then they did a post- test after 4 weeks. The test scores were analyzed using SPSS for Windows Release 13.00. The statistics means employed to complete the students’ pronunciation achievement were arithmetic mean (x), standard deviation (SD.) and percentage. It was found that the students improved their pronunciation after they used the e-learning program. In addition, they were satisfied with the e-learning program in that it encourages and motivates their pronunciation improvement.