Playing With Playback Speed: Practicing L2 Pronunciation With Youglish

With recent advances in technology and multimedia materials that have transformed language learning by providing learners not only with the opportunity to access authentic language directly on their computers or phones, but also to adapt these materials to learners’ specific needs, the role of manipulation of playback speed for listening comprehension and oral proficiency development has been the target of L2 research (Mahalingappa et al., 2024). The present teaching tip is designed to demonstrate how to practice L2 pronunciation with the platform YouGlish, which allows for manipulation of playback speed by learners. As such, this teaching tip aims to (1) briefly introduce research findings that suggest that using YouGlish for L2 pronunciation practice can be beneficial for learners, (2) familiarize the reader with YouGlish and what it offers for instructors and learners, and (3) outline ideas for pronunciation activities with YouGlish both on the segmental and suprasegmental level.