Teaching pronunciation through reading aloud
| dc.contributor.author | Belkherchouche, Abderrahim | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zerrouki, Souaad | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-15T22:36:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-15T22:36:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The problem this research dealt with is the negative effect that bad pronunciation can have on Learners' ability to communicate. The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of a reading-aloud technique on EFL Students' Pronunciation and showcase its potential uses in the EFL classroom. A quasi-experimental design was adopted to confirm, or reject the alternative hypothesis, which states that There would be a significant difference in students' pronunciation between learners who were taught through reading-aloud and those who were not. It involves an experimental group and a control group of 26 pupils each; and a sample of 52 second-year secondary school pupils at Ahmed LakhderBoukharouba secondary school, Oum EL Bouaghi. A pre-test and post-test were administered to both groups, consisting of reading aloud 10 sentences containing 20 target words that are commonly mispronounced and challenging to articulate. The experimental group received four separate sessions of reading-aloud instruction, focusing on difficult words based on orthographic aspects. Using the traditional method, the control group members were taught pronunciation of the same words as the experimental group. The post-test was similar to the pre-test and had the same 20 target. A paired samples t-test showed a sigma (2-tailed) =0.000 which is less than 0.05. in addition, In addition, independent samples t-test showed a P-value = 0.049 that is less than 0.05 which indicates a statistically significant difference between the post-test scores of the experimental group and the control group.Furthermore, the Cohen's d for effect size was found to be d = 0.56, which is a medium size (i.e., significant). Results confirm that, reading-aloud improves pronunciation. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.univ-oeb.dz:4000/handle/123456789/19304 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Oum El Bouaghi | |
| dc.subject | Pronunciation; EFL; Reading aloud; Alternative hypothesis; Traditional method | |
| dc.title | Teaching pronunciation through reading aloud | |
| dc.type | Other |