Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Quran and Hadith Studies Information Technology and Media in Conjunction with the 1st International Conference on Islam, Science and Technology, ICONQUHAS & ICONIST, Bandung, October 2-4, 2018, Indonesia

Research Article

Text-to-Speech Application for Foreign Language Learner’ Listening Comprehension in Indonesia

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.2-10-2018.2295544,
        author={Tika Nur Andriani and Yayuk Widyastuti Herawati and Teguh  Sulistyo},
        title={Text-to-Speech Application for Foreign Language Learner’ Listening Comprehension in Indonesia},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Quran and Hadith Studies Information Technology and Media in Conjunction with the 1st International Conference on Islam, Science and Technology,  ICONQUHAS \& ICONIST, Bandung, October 2-4, 2018, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICONQUHAS},
        year={2020},
        month={5},
        keywords={listening comprehension; natural speech; synthetic speech},
        doi={10.4108/eai.2-10-2018.2295544}
    }
    
  • Tika Nur Andriani
    Yayuk Widyastuti Herawati
    Teguh Sulistyo
    Year: 2020
    Text-to-Speech Application for Foreign Language Learner’ Listening Comprehension in Indonesia
    ICONQUHAS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.2-10-2018.2295544
Tika Nur Andriani1,*, Yayuk Widyastuti Herawati2, Teguh Sulistyo1
  • 1: University of Kanjuruhan Malang
  • 2: UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang
*Contact email: tikanurandriani@gmail.com

Abstract

Listening takes role to provide the main aural input which is really important. The use of difference speech origins for the listening material will bring different effect for students’ listening comprehension. This study identifies whether the students who are taught by synthetic speech have significant difference on their listening comprehension than those who are taught by natural non-native speaker. It used quasi experimental research design. The experimental group consisted of 34 students who treated by using synthetic speech audio material which produced by Text-To-Speech application. The control group consist of 32 students treated by non-native speaker. The instrument used in this research was test. The result of independent sample t-test from the post-test showed significant value of the data was 0.016. From the result above, it can be concluded that teaching listening using different speech origins has effect for students’ listening comprehension. It was proved by the result of the test. It is suggested that English teacher can use synthetic speech audio material which produced by Text-To-Speech application for teaching listening to make the teaching and learning process more enjoyable.