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been listed here. This can show the giving the treatment we asked
way in which the study can enrich the the students to identify the words
present English language teaching of that they found difficult and take
our country. extra care to listen and correct
the same in the next reading. This
• During this experiment the majority
of the learners listened to the approach certainly awakens the
machine reading of the text with learners and compels them to take
full concentration and then they part in the reading actively and
repeated the same aloud. Thus, thus be responsible for their own
this method develops the learner’s development.
listening skill as well as reading skill. • The experiment provides the
learners exposure to British English
• They read the text aloud in chorus
which helps them to overcome their language. The learners listen to
anxiety of reading English. the native speakers, the receipt
pronunciation (RP). Thus, this
• They participated in the reading method can save the learners from
process willingly with their peers. any subjective error on the part of
Thus, they overcome their inferiority the teacher.
complex.
• Text-to-speech reading treatment
• Text-to-speech software generally not only improves learner’s
offers two or three variants of pronunciation and fluency but also
reading. In this case the options it improves their sense of intonation
were- British English, American and stress. Meihami and Husseini’s
English and Indian English. Here, (2012) study points this out. The
British English was chosen. Thus, same is evident in our study.
the students got an opportunity to
listen to the native speakers and • In our experiment the students are
imitate and internalise their style of required to read aloud the text after
speaking English which is beneficial listening carefully to the reading
for learning a foreign language, by the machine. Lee and Heinz’s
according to Lee and Heinz’s (2016). (2016) prescribe reading aloud as
an effective strategy to improve
• Lee and Heinz (2016) also highlight language learning. The experiment
the importance of learner autonomy includes this strategy also.
in English language learning. While
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