Pronunciation Matters
Title | Pronunciation Matters PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press ELT |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
Provides independent instructional units that help overcome pronunciation difficulties
English-Medium Instruction and Pronunciation
Title | English-Medium Instruction and Pronunciation PDF eBook |
Author | Karin Richter |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2019-01-11 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1788922476 |
This book offers new insights into the language gains of adult learners enrolled in an English-medium instruction (EMI) degree programme. It provides longitudinal empirical evidence of the phonological gains of the learners; discusses which individual factors contribute to the changes in the learners’ pronunciation and investigates whether and to what extent increased exposure to the target language in EMI classrooms leads to incidental learning of second language pronunciation. Furthermore, it expands on the discussions surrounding the Critical Period Hypothesis, the native-speaker norm, foreign language accent and the role of English as a Lingua Franca. The comparative and longitudinal design of the research study fills a significant gap in the literature and the book offers considerable original and important research-informed insights into the fields of EMI, bilingual education and second language acquisition. As such, it is a valuable resource and must-read book for researchers, practitioners and policymakers in these areas.
Second Language Pronunciation Assessment
Title | Second Language Pronunciation Assessment PDF eBook |
Author | Talia Isaacs |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2016-12-22 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1783096861 |
This book is open access under a CC BY licence. It spans the areas of assessment, second language acquisition (SLA) and pronunciation and examines topical issues and challenges that relate to formal and informal assessments of second language (L2) speech in classroom, research and real-world contexts. It showcases insights from assessing other skills (e.g. listening and writing) and highlights perspectives from research in speech sciences, SLA, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics, including lingua franca communication, with concrete implications for pronunciation assessment. This collection will help to establish commonalities across research areas and facilitate greater consensus about key issues, terminology and best practice in L2 pronunciation research and assessment. Due to its interdisciplinary nature, this book will appeal to a mixed audience of researchers, graduate students, teacher-educators and exam board staff with varying levels of expertise in pronunciation and assessment and wide-ranging interests in applied linguistics.
Pronunciation in EFL Instruction
Title | Pronunciation in EFL Instruction PDF eBook |
Author | Jolanta Szpyra-Kozłowska |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1783092610 |
This book addresses issues and debates at the centre of English pronunciation teaching. It offers new theoretical ideas and practical solutions to phonodidactic problems that arise in EFL contexts, approaching pronunciation instruction from global and local perspectives and supporting its theoretical claims with extensive empirical evidence.
Teaching the Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca
Title | Teaching the Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Walker |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2021-07-05 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 0194658856 |
English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) is one manifestation of the changing role of English in the world today. This book and audio links explore how ELF may be relevant to teaching your students pronunciation. It draws on the Lingua Franca core, a set of pronunciation features that research has found to be essential to intelligibility in ELF communications, and explores how adopting an ELF approach can benefit students. It covers techniques and materials for teaching ELF pronunciation, including planning and assessment and the influence of learners' first language pronunciation. The audio links feature dialogues between ELF speakers from fifteen different first language backgrounds.
Pronunciation Games
Title | Pronunciation Games PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Hancock |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 1995-12-07 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780521467353 |
Pronunciation Games is a photocopiable resource book for use with students of elementary to proficiency level.
Pronunciation Instruction in English for Academic Purposes
Title | Pronunciation Instruction in English for Academic Purposes PDF eBook |
Author | John Hodgetts |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2020-09-04 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 303056116X |
This book examines the pronunciation goals of teachers, course leaders, and learners on a ten-week UK pre-sessional access course, particularly with regard to suprasegmental instruction and target of instruction on how these goals are reflected in pronunciation assessment, and how teacher goals are informed by their attitudes and beliefs. A mixed methods approach, including direct observation and semi-structured interviews, is employed to address the area of enquiry. Results show a lack of clarity of course goals. Although there is a firm emphasis on suprasegmental instruction, in semi-structured interviews, teachers report a lack of clear course goals and guidance. Assessment and practice do not always adhere to a goal of intelligibility, and support for teachers, in terms of the materials and how they might be exploited seems limited. The book concludes with tentative recommendations on how suprasegmental instruction might be facilitated on EAP and other courses