A systematic approach to the pronunciation training of phonotactics
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This article describes an extension of the ComputerAssisted Listening and Speaking Tutor (CALST), an online pronunciation training platform. New exercises help L2-learners of Norwegian to overcome repairs caused by the violation of the phonotactic constraints of their native language. The article presents the contrastive analysis implemented for this purpose and discusses the repair strategies used by speakers when they learn a new language. It also discusses the limitations of the approach and the opportunities for learning from the errors which learners make.
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