Week 7-8

Bonjour!

In this blog post, I will describe more on the pronunciation test that I had gone through. I used two medium which are Duolingo and Youtube to test my pronunciation. I was not really clear on how to test my pronunciation before, thus, I just stick to the test on Duolingo. It was not really focusing on one aspect of learning due to the affordances of Duolingo that provides variety of exercises testing multiple learning areas. Unfortunately, I forgot to collect the data by keeping an eye on my test scores. I do notice that every time I did the exercise, my scores getting better and better. This is due to the repetitive nature of Duolingo features. I got familiar with the concept, thus, it is quite easy to get it right and remember.

I wanted to do more of self evaluation pronunciation test. This is when Youtube came in the picture. It was not in my plan before. I found this video on Youtube for pronunciation test. However, Youtube is not an interactive application with feedback such as the Duolingo. I had to make it work for me. I decided to carry out my own method of "guessing and pausing" with the video. What I did is that I paused the video, pronounce the word out loud and record my voice, then I resume the video to listen to the correct pronunciation and compared it with mine. I have to say that I do improve from the first week. However, there are still few pronunciation that are confusing and needing more practice. I would score myself 6/10 for my performance in this test.

Before I end this entry, below is the video I used. You could make use of the video as well. It is just a simple test for an intermediate learner like me.