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gist-625	Wilches, Astrid	Learners’ Perceptions of the Benefits of Voice Toolbased Tasks on their Spoken Performance	2014	18	.pdf	application/pdf	6603	270	48	Gist2014FinalFinal.indd 48 Learners’ Perceptions of the Benefits of Voice Tool- based Tasks on their Spoken Performance1 Las Percepciones de los Estudiantes sobre los Beneficios de Tareas Basadas en Herramientas de Voz para su Desempeño Oral Astrid Wilches2* Centro Colombo Americano Bogotá, Colombia Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate learners’ perceptions of the benefits of tasks using voice tools to reinforce their oral skills. The findings show that tasks using voice tools are beneficial for students’ oral performance as they can raise self-awareness and self-correction of speech patterns and provide extra practice of language features such as pronunciation, fluency, intonation and accuracy.	cache/gist-625.pdf	txt/gist-625.txt