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Learning technology teacher development blog: Text to Speech for EFL ESL Materials - 1 views

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Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 08

Nik Peachey previews ReadTheWords.com (beta) online text-to-speech converter, prior to suggesting ways for EAL learners to use it for help "with their listening, reading and pronunciation" (¶2)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Nik Peachey previews ReadTheWords.com (beta) online text-to-speech converter, prior to suggesting ways for EAL learners to use it for help "with their listening, reading and pronunciation" (¶2)</div>

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Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 08

Nik may (have) announce(d) this post on the mailing list. He's looking for teachers to try out ReadTheWords.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Nik may (have) announce(d) this post on the mailing list. He's looking for teachers to try out ReadTheWords.</div>

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ALIS Newsletter - June 2011 - 2 views

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Test performance data in this study suggest that nonnative varieties of English can be used as listening test input while attitude questionnaire results go counter.
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These findings support most of the previous research in this area.
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Until research shows that the use of nonnative English as input is irrelevant to the construct of listening, we may be unable to use such input in testing, especially in high-stakes tests such as TOEFL and IELTS.
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As nonnative speech gains recognition among language users and test takers, we hope the attitudes and perceptions toward the use of these varieties of English will change.
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Paul Beaufait on 30 Jun 11

Abeywickrama, Priyanvada. (2011). The validity of nonnative speaker input in listening comprehension tests. [TESOL] Applied Linguistics Interest Section Newsletter (June 2011).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Abeywickrama, Priyanvada. (2011). The validity of nonnative speaker input in listening comprehension tests. [TESOL] Applied Linguistics Interest Section Newsletter (June 2011).</div>

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AT&T labs Text-to-speech - 0 views

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shared by Learning with Computers group on 10 Jun 08 - Cached

Learning with Computers group on 10 Jun 08

You can write a paragraph and then listen to it.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">You can write a paragraph and then listen to it.</div>

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Create text-to-speech podcast from RSS feed with Odiogo for iPod, MP3 player and mobile... - 0 views

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Claudia Bellusci on 22 Sep 08

transforms news sites and blog posts into high fidelity, near human quality audio files ready to download and play anywhere, anytime, on any device.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">transforms news sites and blog posts into high fidelity, near human quality audio files ready to download and play anywhere, anytime, on any device. </div>

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Read The Words - 0 views

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shared by Nelba Quintana on 31 Aug 08 - Cached

Nelba Quintana on 31 Aug 08

you upload files in any format (word, PDF, HTML) and the soft reads it in English , French and Spanish

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">you upload files in any format (word, PDF, HTML) and the soft reads it in English , French and Spanish</div>

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