THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OTTER APPLICATION IN IMPROVING ENGLISH FRESHMEN’S PRONUNCIATION AT SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES - THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This study was conducted as a quasi-experimental study with the purposes of evaluating the effectiveness of Otter application as a tool for pronunciation practice in order to improve students’ pronunciation in particular and their speaking performance in general; examining how it benefits students and should it be recommended for being used widely outside of the classroom. The subjects of the study were forty students of one English Oral proficiency class at School of Foreign Languages, Thai Nguyen University. To collect the data, questionnaire, tests and interviews were used. The results suggested that this application would make a great contribution to students’ pronunciation improvement if it was employed for supplementary practice. It can be concluded that the implementation of supplementary practices with Otter in learning process has beneficial effects on students’ speaking skill, especially in pronunciation.