Teaching Pronunciation using ICT Tools "Elsa Speak"

1. ICT Tools & Workshop
Teaching
Pronunciation
Presented by Group 3:
1. Desy Mutia Sari
2. Gandhes Cukat
3. Yeni Fitri
4. Yoyok Agus W

2. Pronunciation
Teaching
Pronunciation
Indicators of
Pronunciation
Aspects of
Pronunciation
Teaching
Technique
Related Research
ICT Tools & Workshop
“Elsa Speak”

3. Pronunciation?
The Importance of
Teaching Pronunciation
Cook (1996) defined
pronunciation as the
production of English
sounds.
Pronunciation refers to
the production of
sounds which are used
to make meaning.
Helping the learners to
overcome their anxiety
in oral communication.
Building up a lot of
learners’ motivation to
improve their
pronunciation.

4. Teachers’ Roles in Teaching Pronunciation
Kenworthy (1987:1-2)
Helping learners hear sounds
Helping learners make sounds
Providing Feedback
Pointing out what is going on
Establishing priorities

5. Learners’ Role in
Learning Pronunciation
The role of the learners is to respond.
How much efforts that learners put
into it will determine their success in
pronunciation

6. Indicators of Pronunciation
Djiwandono (2008)
a whole of text can
be pronounced
fluently
Fluency
heard clearly or not
causing
misunderstanding
Intelligibility
the whole text and its
parts are pronounced
like native speaker
Native-like
words and parts of text
are pronounced
accurately
Accuracy

7. Supra-segmental Aspects of
Pronunciation
Stress
Oxford dictionary (2008) defined that “stress is extra
force used when speaking a particular word or
syllable”.
Intonation
Intonation refers to the way voice goes up and down
in pitch when we are speaking.

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TECHNIQUES IN TEACHING PRONUNCIATION
Minimal
Pair Drills
• This is a pair of utterance-usually short- which differs in meaning, but which are exactly
alike in sound except in one point.
• as bid/bId/; big/bIg, and sound/saund/; round/raund;
Isolated
Sentences
• "Mike tried five times to get the prize"
• "Five times five is twenty-five"
Tongue
Twisters
• She sells seashells on the seashore.
• Red lorry yellow lorry.
Drilling • Listening to a model and repeating what is heard.
Chaining
Back
• Ly - fically – cifically – specificly

9. Summary of the article
USING ORAI APPLICATION IN TEACHING PRONUNCIATION
Lilis Suryani (2019)
Published by:
Indonesian EFL Journal (IEFLJ) Volume 5, Issue 2, July 2019
p-ISSN 2252-7427, e-ISSN 2541-3635

10. • The main objective of this research is to discover the pro and
cons from students as the main user in using ORAI
application in learning pronunciation.
Objective of the Study
• The participants of the research were 35 students of third
semester of English students in IKIP Siliwangi.
Subject of the Research

11. Research Method
• This research used qualitative descriptive
method.
• It was conducted into five meetings.
Observation was done when learning and
teaching process while the lecturer was
implementing ORAI application in teaching
pronunciation.

12. Result & Finding
The result of the research showed that most of the
participants agree that ORAI brings more benefits
in learning pronunciation practice class.
The students were motivated and they could
learn effectively.
While, some of the students indicated that they
did not want to use this application.
The implementation of ORAI has positive effect for
students in pronouncing correctly and they have
good feedback to trigger them for practicing a lot.

13. References
Cook, V. (1996). Second language learning and language teaching. London:
Arnold.
Harmer, J. (1998). How to teach English. Harlow: Longman.
Harmer, J. (2001). The practice of English language teaching. Essex, England:
Longman.
Kelly, Gerald. (2000). How to teach pronunciation. Essex: Pearson Education.
Kenworthy, Joanne. (1987). Teaching English pronunciation. New York:
Longman Group Limited.
Nunan, D. (2003). Practical English language teaching. New York: McGraw
Hill.

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The most impressive feature that the system
receives your pronunciation from the mic and
then tells exactly what sound or vowels or
consonants you don’t pronounce correctly.

15. ELSA’s Advantages in Educational Use
Helping students to improve their
pronunciation
Reducing students’ anxiety about awkward
repetition since they can practice it privately.
Enhancing teaching and learning through its
dynamic, interactive, and engaging content.
Providing real opportunities for individualized
instruction and self-assessment.

16. Weaknesses of ELSA SPEAK
This application only for smart phone (android/Iphone), so, it
can not be used in the website.
It is not designed for group learning.

17. Strengths of ELSA Giving instant pronunciation
feedback

18. Providing Varied Topics

19. Providing International Phonetic Alphabet

20. Providing pronunciation dictionary

21. Providing Word’s Stress and Intonation
The bold letters
must be stressed.

22. Providing Self-assessment Test Score

24. Open ELSA Speak  Choose Indonesian  INTERMEDIATE

25. Choose Next  Set your time LEARNING  Click Get Started

26. Choose Sign up with email  sign up  Start using ELSA

27. Click “continue with
limited access”

28. Start from “Skill 1” (there are 3 levels and 11 lessons)  choose lesson 1

29. Hearing the pronunciation  Recording your pronunciation  Hearing
your own pronunciation

30. If your pronunciation is not correct, there will be an explanation  Try again
to record your pronunciation until it correct

31. Your score can be seen  click next lesson

32. Choose “I’m a student or etc  Submit  Listening  checking your answer

33. After the test, your score is available Click continue

34. Lesson 3 “Taking Vacation” Trying the correct stress  Record your
pronunciation

35. If your stress is incorrect, try again  Click continue

36. You can see your result  click start to the next
level 4  recording your dialogues with Elsa

37. AFTER FINISHING THE TEST

38. Select a topic “food and drink  Click

39. IF YOUR PRONUNCIATION IS WRONG, THERE WILL BE FEEDBACK

40. YOUR SCORE

41. Home  Dictionary  recording

42. Home  Click Progress  Word Bank

43. Click Assessment  Take the test  FINISHING THE TEST THEN YOU CAN SEE YOUR SCORE

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Choir
Mountain
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Anaesthetize
ILLINOIS
Throughout
Worthlessly
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