Impact of Technology on Teaching Intonation to Indian Learners Through Digital Learning

Intonation is an important aspect of English Phonetics that helps learners to enhance the Pronunciation skills in English Language. Basically, it changes the pitch of the voice while articulating any words. Generally, the learners of the professional courses in the universities as well as colleges in India cannot make proper intonation in their communication for which the accuracy of pronunciation is not developed among the learners. The present study highlights the impact of technology on teaching Intonation to Indian learners who are learning communicative English, particularly the student of Engineering and Management stream. Specifically, the researcher has adopted the Praat Software in this context. In order to prove whether this technology is effective in teaching Intonation or not, the researcher has collected data from one of the colleges where students are randomly selected from BBA and BCA courses. The samples of the study were based on experimental group (use of Praat software) and control group (following the traditional method). The data were collected through the method of pre-test and post-test for both groups. The findings of the study were really very practical and positive for the students. It means teaching intonation through Praat software is highly effective for the students.