Sounds of Speech [Review]
- Afnan Fattany (Iowa State University)
- Sondoss Elnegahy (Iowa State University)
Abstract
Recently, teaching pronunciation has received much attention and second language (L2) teachers have been interested to include it in their curriculum (Derwing, 2018). Fortunately, there are a variety of computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) programs that are offered online, as a mobile application, or both. The question then becomes which one to choose. This paper reviews Sounds of Speech 3.0, a free online website that was developed for teaching phonetics for three languages: American English, German, and Spanish. The website also has a mobile application that can be downloaded on iOS or Android devices for $3.99. However, the application is only for American English pronunciation training, but provides translation for Korean, Spanish, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). This review will describe and evaluate the free website version of Sounds of Speech 3.0, referred to henceforth as SOS.
How to Cite:
Fattany, A. & Elnegahy, S., (2018) “Sounds of Speech [Review]”, Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings 10(1).
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