Peters, Thijs (2025) “The Student Speaks”: The Relationship Between Prosodic Speech Features, Subjective Confidence and Response Accuracy in Language Learning. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In the last decade, advances in memory research have led to the development of adaptive learning systems (ALS). ALS use reaction time and accuracy of learners to optimize item scheduling for learning facts, like studying vocabulary in a foreign language. Previous research has shown that this approach and its benefits can be translated to speech-based ALS, by using prosodic speech features (PSF) of learner responses, which seem to be indicative of the subjective confidence and response accuracy of the learner. This study investigates whether earlier findings for single words can be replicated for multiple-word items. Additionally, it aims to compare how PSF are indicative of subjective confidence and response accuracy when studied in the native language and a new foreign language. This was studied using a 2x2 within-subject design, with a sample of Dutch speaking university students (M = 20.1 years old, SD = 1.8; 34 females and 14 males), who studied Dutch and Italian vocabulary items in a speech-based language task. Results show that PSF are also associated with subjective confidence and response accuracy for multiple-word items, but the strength of these associations may depend on language direction. These findings contribute to further development of speech-based language learning systems.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Sarampalis, A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2025 10:33 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2025 10:33 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5707 |
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