Examining the Effects of Self-Evaluation in an EFL Pronunciation Class

• 발행기관: 팬코리아영어교육학회(구 영남영어교육학회)
• 저자명: Boram Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『영어교육연구』제21권 3호, 45~68쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.09.30

영문 초록

The study investigated the effects of self-evaluation of pronunciation on three aspects: Self-evaluation skills, perception and production. Fifty EFL learners enrolled in a pronunciation course participated in the study. They all made in-class recordings of selected features every week, and only the experimental group carried out self-evaluations by identifying appropriate and inappropriate forms in comparison with the recorded native speaker's pronunciation throughout the semester. In order to examine the treatment effect, three measures (test of self-evaluation, speech perception test, oral test of pronunciation) were used. The data were collected during the first and fifteenth week for pre-post analyses. According to the results of independent t-test analyses, there was a statistically significant difference between two groups in self-evaluation skills and perceptual ability, but not in production although the experimental group showed progress in production compared with the pre-test. The findings suggest that through practice of self-evaluation, learners improve the ability to assess their own pronunciation and that the activity can function as self-directed perception training.

키워드

self-evaluation of pronunciation perception production