Exploring the potential of a pronunciation guide app to support non-native speaking students in higher education

Western, David

Abstract

Non-native speaking (NNS) students form an important part of the student population in the UK and many other countries’ higher education sectors. They face numerous additional challenges compared with their native speaking counterparts. Software to support language skill development among these students could be an important way to offer a more equitable university experience. This study evaluates the potential of a mobile pronunciation guide app for this purpose, based on a survey that captured perceptions of 96 non-native English speaking students at a UK university. The results indicate demand and promise for such a tool to support NNS
students and thus provide greater equality of education experience.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers
• Start Date: Oct 28, 2022
• End Date: Oct 30, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Oct 20, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jan 15, 2024
• Publication Date: Sep 26, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jul 25, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 14, 2023
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Pages: 78–85
• Book Title: ICETC '23: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers
• ISBN: 9798400709111
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3629296.3629309
• Keywords: CCS Concepts: • Applied computing → E-learning; • General and reference → Validation; • Social and professional topics → Cultural characteristics Additional Key Words and Phrases: Technology Enhanced Learning, Mobile Learning (M-learning), Social Context and Learning
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9749442
• Publisher URL: http://www.icetc.org/