Computer assisted language learning in teacher education: training of tones and stress patterns in Asian languages
S. Chen, Minyue Fu · 2002
The paper investigates the application of speech recognition technology to assist English speaking teacher trainees of Asian languages to command tones and stress patterns in oral communication as well as the educational value of using computer assisted language learning techniques for effective teaching in teacher preparation. It discusses some discoveries of a research project supported by the Australian Research Council and demonstrates a new computer software developed by the University of Newcastle.