Bettering Pronunciation through Reading Aloud and Peer Appraisal
Tost, Gloria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Data:	2013
Resum:	Peer appraisal during repeated English reading aloud is a procedure for improving students' English language for reading clarity and pronunciation. The current study evaluates the feasibility and impact of partner reading out loud to improve English pronunciation, fluency and expression with three adult students of level 1 of English in the Official School of Languages located in a town near Barcelona. This study used recorded materials during the interactions, the transcript of the reading of three students and students' observations to evaluate and reflect upon the impact of peer appraisal among participants. Results indicated that peer-mediated repeated oral reading interventions carried out by students' cooperation was effective in assisting students to begin to improve their levels of reading pronunciation and fluency. The findings herewith analysed should be the base to fur ther on the effects of meditated oral reading to better English speaking and reading at large.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	Bellaterra journal of teaching and learning language and literature, Vol. 6, Núm. 1 (febrer-març 2013) , p. 35-55, ISSN 2013-6196

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/jtl3/article/view/v6-n1-tost
Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/Bellaterra/article/view/290227
DOI: 10.5565/rev/jtl3.495

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