Didactic intralingual dubbing as a novel pedagogical tool for enhancing English aspirated plosives in Spanish EFL learners

This study examines the effectiveness of Didactic Intralingual Dubbing (DID) as an innovative technique to enhance Spanish learners’ production of word-initial aspirated English plosives (/p/, /t/, /k/). The lack of aspiration in these consonants, common among Spanish EFL learners, can compromise intelligibility, a key component of successful international communication. A DID-based pedagogical intervention, requiring learners to revoice short video excerpts in the target language, offers an ...