TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing visualization techniques for learning second language prosody
T2 - first results
AU - Niebuhr, Oliver
AU - Alm, Maria Helena
AU - Schümchen, Nathalie
AU - Fischer, Kerstin
PY - 2017/10/15
Y1 - 2017/10/15
N2 - We tested the usability of prosody visualization techniques for second language (L2) learners. Eighteen Danish learners realized target sentences in German based on different visualization techniques. The sentence realizations were annotated by means of the phonological Kiel Intonation Model and then analyzed in terms of (a) prosodic-pattern consistency and (b) correctness of the prosodic patterns. In addition, the participants rated the usability of the visualization techniques. The results from the phonological analysis converged with the usability ratings in showing that iconic techniques, in particular the stylized “hat pattern” visualization, performed better than symbolic techniques, and that marking prosodic information beyond intonation can be more confusing than instructive. In discussing our findings, we also provide a description of the new Danish-German learner corpus we created: DANGER. It is freely available for interested researchers upon request.
AB - We tested the usability of prosody visualization techniques for second language (L2) learners. Eighteen Danish learners realized target sentences in German based on different visualization techniques. The sentence realizations were annotated by means of the phonological Kiel Intonation Model and then analyzed in terms of (a) prosodic-pattern consistency and (b) correctness of the prosodic patterns. In addition, the participants rated the usability of the visualization techniques. The results from the phonological analysis converged with the usability ratings in showing that iconic techniques, in particular the stylized “hat pattern” visualization, performed better than symbolic techniques, and that marking prosodic information beyond intonation can be more confusing than instructive. In discussing our findings, we also provide a description of the new Danish-German learner corpus we created: DANGER. It is freely available for interested researchers upon request.
UR - https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publications/c69f5035-2727-4493-849b-67b30f2138a4
U2 - 10.1075/ijlcr.3.2.07nie
DO - 10.1075/ijlcr.3.2.07nie
M3 - Article
SN - 2215-1478
JO - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEARNER CORPUS RESEARCH
JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEARNER CORPUS RESEARCH
ER -