Mejorando la pronunciación de la terminación -S en una clase de inglés como lengua extranjera en Ecuador

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v12i12.43995

Palabras clave:

Pronunciación; PRAAT; Herramientas tecnológicas; Terminación -S; Ecuador.

Resumen

Esta investigación tiene como objetivo mejorar la pronunciación de los estudiantes de la terminación -S en un grupo de veintiún estudiantes de EFL de una escuela secundaria privada en la costa ecuatoriana donde la pronunciación de la terminación -s les parece débil. Mediante el uso del software informático PRAAT y explorando si, después de usarlo, su pronunciación había mejorado; Para responder a esta pregunta, presentamos a los estudiantes el aspecto gramatical específico de la pronunciación en inglés de /z/ /iz/ /s/, se utilizan sonidos grabados con oraciones completas, verbos y sustantivos de un hablante nativo de inglés para ayudar a los estudiantes a analizar su pronunciación como lo hace el hablante nativo al usar este software. Los resultados finales demostraron que algunos alumnos mejoraron su pronunciación de los sonidos finales -S, pero otros no; los estudiantes preocupados por su dominio del inglés mejoraron en comparación con los que tenían niveles bajos de dominio. El estudio sugiere utilizar herramientas tecnológicas para enseñar y aprender la pronunciación, ya que a algunos estudiantes no les gusta aprender un segundo idioma. Los docentes deben aplicar su plan de estudios para enseñar pronunciación con la ayuda de herramientas tecnológicas.

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13/11/2023

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MONCAYO HERRERA, E. Mejorando la pronunciación de la terminación -S en una clase de inglés como lengua extranjera en Ecuador. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 12, p. e55121243995, 2023. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v12i12.43995. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/43995. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

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Ciencias Humanas y Sociales