Journals / Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi / 2019 / Cilt: 34 - Sayı: 2

Rehabilitating Fossilized Consonants through Computer-aided and Animated Material

Fosilleşmiş Ünsüzlerin Bilgisayar Destekli ve Animasyonlu Malzemelerle Rehabilitasyonu

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460–472
Publication Date
2022-10-19
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The results indicate that there is a significant difference between the experimental and the control group, meaning that the treatment group which received the computer-aided and animated material far outperformed the control group which received only traditional method.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Although pronunciation is considered critical in successful as well as effective communication, it only receives sporadic regard due to the prevailing factors in language education.
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Key Findings & Data:This quasi-experimental study involves a pre-posttest design with both an experimental group and a control group composed of 19 and 18 undergraduate Erasmus students respectively.
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Abstract

Although pronunciation is considered critical in successful as well as effective communication, it only receives sporadic regard due to the prevailing factors in language education. Nevertheless, there is now far greater awareness and increasing need amongst language learners regarding the necessity of possessing a good working pronunciation for a successful communication and international intelligibility. In this respect the fossilized pronunciations in the consonants interfere with and severely disrupt the quality of speech. In an attempt to rehabilitate this situation, this research, unlike the traditional one, offers a model of computer-aided and animated material (tool) to provide important assistance on correcting fossilized consonants. This quasi-experimental study involves a pre-posttest design with both an experimental group and a control group composed of 19 and 18 undergraduate Erasmus students respectively. Following a five-week’s treatment, the subjects were tested on general and fossilized consonants. The results indicate that there is a significant difference between the experimental and the control group, meaning that the treatment group which received the computer-aided and animated material far outperformed the control group which received only traditional method.

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Etkili ve verimli bir iletişim için çok önemli bir unsur olarak kabul edilmesine rağmen, yabancı dil eğitiminde hakim olan diğer unsurlardan dolayı telaffuz becerisi üzerinde çok fazla durulmamaktadır. Ancak, günümüzde başarılı bir iletişim ve uluslararası anlaşılabilirlik için doğru telaffuza sahip olmanın gerekliliği hususunda yabancı dil öğrencileri arasında giderek artan bir bilinç ve ihtiyaç olduğu görülmektedir. Bu bağlamda, ünsüz seslerdeki fosilleşmiş telaffuzlar, anlaşılabilirliğe engel olmakta ve konuşmanın kalitesini ciddi biçimde bozmaktadır. Benzer sorunlara çözüm olmak üzere yürütülen bu çalışma, geleneksel yöntemler kullanmak yerine fosilleşmiş ünsüzleri düzeltmek için önemli bir destek olarak bilgisayar destekli ve animasyon içerikli bir model sunmaktadır. Bu yarı-deneysel çalışma, lisans düzeyinde Erasmus öğrencilerini içeren deney (n=19) ve kontrol (n=18) grubunun yer aldığı ön test-son test araştırma desenine sahiptir. Toplam 5 haftalık bir uygulamanın sürecinin ardından, katılımcıların normal ve fosilleşmiş ünsüzleri kullanımları test edilmiştir. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre, deney ve kontrol grubu arasında anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur; diğer bir deyişle, bilgisayar destekli ve animasyon içerikli modelin kullanıldığı deney grubu, yalnızca geleneksel yöntemin kullanıldığı kontrol grubundan çok daha fazla başarılı olmuştur.

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KAYAOĞLU, M. N. (2022). Rehabilitating Fossilized Consonants through Computer-aided and Animated Material. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 34 - Sayı: 2, 460–472. https://ajindex.com/articles/532187

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