Using Electronic Visual Feedback to Teach Suprasegmentals

This paper discusses how electronic visual feedback is used to teach suprasegmentals to students in a program for international teaching assistants. A brief description of English suprasegmentals is presented and the use of electronic visual feedback for teaching suprasegmentals is explained. Procedures for teaching stress, rhythm, linking, and intonation are then presented, and examples of visual feedback graphs illustrating some typical student errors and students’ attempts at correcting them are shown. Finally, the advantages and limitations of using electronic visual feedback to teach suprasegmentals are discussed.