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Effects of a pronunciation learning management system among students of different language anxiety levels

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of three presentation modes of ‘epronounce’ in learning correct pronunciation with phonetic symbols among non-native English speakers with different language anxiety levels. The ‘epronounce’ which is an interactive multimedia pronunciation lea...

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Main Authors: Fong Soon Fook, Por Fei Ping
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Published: Penerbit UMS 2017
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LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education
P1-85 General
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spelling my.ums.eprints.338102022-08-16T07:35:32Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33810/ Effects of a pronunciation learning management system among students of different language anxiety levels Fong Soon Fook Por Fei Ping LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education P1-85 General The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of three presentation modes of ‘epronounce’ in learning correct pronunciation with phonetic symbols among non-native English speakers with different language anxiety levels. The ‘epronounce’ which is an interactive multimedia pronunciation learning management system, was designed and developed with three presentation modes (Text + Sound + Phonetic Symbols[TSP], Text + Sound + Phonetic Symbols + Mouth Movements[TSPM], Text + Sound + Phonetic Symbols + Face Gestures[TSPF]) to address the needs of non-native English speakers with low, medium and high language anxiety in improving their pronunciation. The nature of pronunciation learning is a source of language anxiety. Non-native English speakers in particular, are very self-conscious when interacting with others in second/foreign language that might expose their inadequacies. The presentation modes acted as independent variable, while the dependent variable was the mean score of posttest. The moderator variable was the different language anxiety levels. The sample of the study was 329 Primary Five Malaysian students from three different schools. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were carried out to analyse the research data. Analyses of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used to study the main effects and the interaction effect of independent variables against the dependent variables. The findings of this study showed that there are no significant interaction effects between language anxiety levels and presentation modes of ‘epronounce’. Seemingly ‘epronounce’ is able to bring the students to medium language anxiety level and hence optimizing pronunciation learning, which is in line with the curvilinear relationship between anxiety and performance. Penerbit UMS 2017-09-20 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33810/1/Effects%20of%20a%20pronunciation%20learning%20management%20system%20among%20students%20of%20different%20language%20anxiety%20levels.ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33810/2/Effects%20of%20a%20pronunciation%20learning%20management%20system%20among%20students%20of%20differentlanguage%20anxiety%20levels.pdf Fong Soon Fook and Por Fei Ping (2017) Effects of a pronunciation learning management system among students of different language anxiety levels. Jurnal Kinabalu, 22. pp. 145-167. ISSN 2600-867X https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/ejk/article/view/855 https://doi.org/10.51200/ejk.v0i0.855
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P1-85 General
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P1-85 General
Fong Soon Fook
Por Fei Ping
Effects of a pronunciation learning management system among students of different language anxiety levels
description The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of three presentation modes of ‘epronounce’ in learning correct pronunciation with phonetic symbols among non-native English speakers with different language anxiety levels. The ‘epronounce’ which is an interactive multimedia pronunciation learning management system, was designed and developed with three presentation modes (Text + Sound + Phonetic Symbols[TSP], Text + Sound + Phonetic Symbols + Mouth Movements[TSPM], Text + Sound + Phonetic Symbols + Face Gestures[TSPF]) to address the needs of non-native English speakers with low, medium and high language anxiety in improving their pronunciation. The nature of pronunciation learning is a source of language anxiety. Non-native English speakers in particular, are very self-conscious when interacting with others in second/foreign language that might expose their inadequacies. The presentation modes acted as independent variable, while the dependent variable was the mean score of posttest. The moderator variable was the different language anxiety levels. The sample of the study was 329 Primary Five Malaysian students from three different schools. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were carried out to analyse the research data. Analyses of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used to study the main effects and the interaction effect of independent variables against the dependent variables. The findings of this study showed that there are no significant interaction effects between language anxiety levels and presentation modes of ‘epronounce’. Seemingly ‘epronounce’ is able to bring the students to medium language anxiety level and hence optimizing pronunciation learning, which is in line with the curvilinear relationship between anxiety and performance.
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author Fong Soon Fook
Por Fei Ping
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title Effects of a pronunciation learning management system among students of different language anxiety levels
title_short Effects of a pronunciation learning management system among students of different language anxiety levels
title_full Effects of a pronunciation learning management system among students of different language anxiety levels
title_fullStr Effects of a pronunciation learning management system among students of different language anxiety levels
title_full_unstemmed Effects of a pronunciation learning management system among students of different language anxiety levels
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33810/1/Effects%20of%20a%20pronunciation%20learning%20management%20system%20among%20students%20of%20different%20language%20anxiety%20levels.ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33810/2/Effects%20of%20a%20pronunciation%20learning%20management%20system%20among%20students%20of%20differentlanguage%20anxiety%20levels.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33810/
https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/ejk/article/view/855
https://doi.org/10.51200/ejk.v0i0.855
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