Aprendiendo el alfabeto internacional fonético a través de páginas de internet

Abstract

This paper presents a mixed model research conducted with English students in first and second semester from Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas located in Bogotá. The goal was to understand the role of technology in the process of learning English phonology and the meaning that students give to phonetic symbols. The selected participants were three groups, two of them were composed of second semester students who finished a subject called “phonetics and phonology” and another group composed of first semester students who still have not studied this subject. The chosen instruments were surveys, worksheets (artifacts), students’ journals and voice recordings. The data analysis showed preferences for some resources in particular, students’ positive views about phonetic instruction, similar pronunciation mistakes and students’ perceptions about the articulation of phonemes using their vocal tract.