Opportunities for computer-aided instruction in phonetics and speech communication provided by the internet.
Date
1997Author
Huckvale, M
Benoit, C
Bowerman, Chris
Eriksson, A
Rosner, M
Tatham, M
Williams, Briony
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Abstract
Spoken language engineering is starting to deliver
technological products to the commercial market and
has an important future role in supporting the
multilingual structures of modern Europe. The field
will be driven forward by basic science and applied
research by experts drawn from a variety of
backgrounds; among them: linguistics, psychology,
computer science and electrical engineering. The wide
range of expertise required in this discipline brings
difficulties for our educational systems, but also
challenges us to use our knowledge of technology and
communication to improve the quality and effectiveness
of teaching and learning.
This paper investigates how resources currently
available on the Internet could be exploited in the
education of phonetics and speech communication. It
discusses the technology, outlines the requirements for
computer-aided learning in the field, gives a taxonomy
of the available components with examples, and
criticises the main weaknesses in the current provision.