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    Audiobooks and English pronunciation
    (Carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros, 2022-03-01) Sandoval Armijos, Shirley Milena; Chicaiza Redín, Verónica Elizabeth
    Pronunciation is an important sub-skill in English since it allows to articulate well the sounds and intonations of words in order to be understood by other speakers of the language. There are different learning strategies with which this aspect can be taught. The present research aims to determine the influence of audiobooks in English pronunciation in A1 level English students at Universidad Indoamérica. For this study, a preexperimental investigation was carried out with the participation of 17 students between 20 and 26 years of old. To collect the data, the Cambridge English Key (KET) was applied as pre-test and a post-test. To carry out this investigation, lesson plans were designed exclusively to improve pronunciation using audiobooks as a learning strategy. The results obtained showed a significant improvement in this indicator, because during the pre-test the students achieved an average of 3,59 points and once the experiment was applied then in the post-test, they obtained 4,50 out of 5, demonstrating an improvement of 0.91 points, which indicates that audiobooks have a positive influence on students' pronunciation. Finally, it is important to choose audiobooks according to the English level and age of the students