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Teaching Pronunciation with Visual Feedback

Sound discrimination often becomes a frustrating stumblingblock for adult language students unable to hear the differencesbetween two contrasting sounds. The use of a modifiedoscilloscope, in this case the Visipitch, enables students to seethe differences in pronunciation patterns they may be unable tohear. With the aid of immediate feedback, students are able tomonitor and mosify the activity of their speech organs andcompare their productions of specific sounds to those producedby the instructor. This instrument is useful in teachingintonation and rhythm patterns as well as most phonemes andallophones.