Bùi Thị Kim Phượng * , Nguyễn Thùy Linh , Nguyễn Diễm Quỳnh Hoàng Thu Thảo

* Người chịu trách nhiệm về bài viết: (phuong.buithikim@hust.edu.vn)

Abstract

This study investigates the use of shadowing as a teaching strategy to enhance engineering students' pronunciation at a science and technology university in Hanoi. It employed a mixed-methods approach, integrating insights from participant interviews with numerical data from pronunciation tests administered before and after the intervention. The findings revealed an improvement in students' pronunciation, highlighting the effectiveness of shadowing as a technique for enhancing phonemic awareness and self-confidence. By illustrating how shadowing boosts motivation and engagement in language learning and skill acquisition, this paper contributes to the advancement of language education.
Keywords: Shadowing, Pronunciation skills, Engineering students, Pedagogical technique, Phonetic awareness

Tóm tắt

Nghiên cứu xem xét tính hiệu quả của phương pháp shadowing trong việc cải thiện phát âm của sinh viên kỹ thuật tại một trường kỹ thuật tại Hà Nội. Kết quả cho thấy rằng khi sinh viên lặp lại ngôn ngữ nói trong quá trình thực hành shadowing, họ có thể nâng cao đáng kể độ chính xác về ngữ âm, ngữ điệu và kỹ năng nói tổng thể. Nghiên cứu áp dụng phương pháp kết hợp, tổng hợp dữ liệu từ các cuộc phỏng vấn với người tham gia cùng với kết quả kiểm tra phát âm trước và sau thử nghiệm. Kết quả chỉ ra sự cải thiện trong phát âm của sinh viên, nhấn mạnh hiệu quả của phương pháp shadowing trong việc nâng cao nhận thức ngữ âm và sự tự tin. Bằng cách chứng minh rằng shadowing có thể thúc đẩy động lực, sự hứng thú trong quá trình học ngôn ngữ và phát triển kỹ năng, nghiên cứu này đóng góp vào việc nâng cao chất lượng của đào tạo ngôn ngữ.
Từ khóa: Shadowing, Kỹ năng phát âm, Tiếp thu ngôn ngữ, Độ chính xác ngữ âm ngữ điệu, Đào tạo ngôn ngữ, Nhận thức ngữ âm

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