Current Perspectives On Pronunciation

Author : Joan Morley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : English
ISBN : UCSC:32106013539801

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Current Perspectives on Pronunciation by Joan Morley Pdf

A collection of essays on pronunciation instruction theory and practice includes: "Teaching Pronunciation as Communication" (Marianne Celce-Murcia); "Learner Variables and Prepronunciation Considerations in Teaching Pronunciation" (Rita Wong); "Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension" (Judy B. Gilbert); "Pronunciation Tutorials for Nonnative Technical Professionals: A Program Description" (Sandra C. Browne, Thomas N. Huckin); "Linking and Deletion in Final Consonant Clusters" (Mary S. Temperley); "Phonetics and the Teaching of Pronunciation" (John C. Catford); and "The Pronunciation Monitor: L2 Acquisition Considerations and Pedagogical Priorities" (William W. Crawford). (MSE)

Author : Martha C. Pennington,Pamela Rogerson-Revell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137476777

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English Pronunciation Teaching and Research by Martha C. Pennington,Pamela Rogerson-Revell Pdf

This book offers contemporary perspectives on English pronunciation teaching and research in the context of increasing multilingualism and English as an international language. It reviews current theory and practice in pronunciation pedagogy, language learning, language assessment, and technological developments, and presents an expanded view of pronunciation in communication, education, and employment. Its eight chapters provide a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of pronunciation and the linguistic and social functions it fulfils. Topics include pronunciation in first and second language acquisition; instructional approaches and factors impacting teachers’ curriculum decisions; methods for assessing pronunciation; the use of technology for pronunciation teaching, learning, and testing; pronunciation issues of teachers who are second-language speakers; and applications of pronunciation research and pedagogy in L1 literacy and speech therapy, forensic linguistics, and health, workplace, and political communication. The chapters also critically examine the research base supporting specific teaching approaches and identify research gaps in need of further investigation. This rigorous work will provide an invaluable resource for teachers and teacher educators; in addition to researchers in the fields of applied linguistics, phonology and communication.

Author : Jack C. Richards,Willy A. Renandya
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-04-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521004403

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Methodology in Language Teaching by Jack C. Richards,Willy A. Renandya Pdf

An overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. The paperback edition provides an overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. The anthology, a broad collection of articles published primarily in the last decade, offers a comprehensive overview to the teaching of English and illustrates the complexity underlying many of the practical planning and instructional activities it involves. These activities include teaching English at elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels; teacher training; language testing; curriculum and materials development; the use of computers and other technology in teaching; as well as research on different aspects of second-language learning. Organized into 16 sections, the book contains 41 seminal articles by well-known teacher trainers and researchers. Also included are two sets of discussion questions - a pre-reading background set and a post-reading reflection set. This anthology serves as an important resource for teachers wishing to design a basic course in methodology.

Author : Joan Morley
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : IND:30000107374161

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Pronunciation Pedagogy and Theory by Joan Morley Pdf

This collection of essays on pronunciation theory and practice as it relates to second language instruction includes: "Pronunciation Assessment in the ESL/EFL Curriculum" (Janet Goodwin, Donna Brinton, Marianne Celce-Murcia); "Empowering Students with Predictive Skills" (Wayne B. Dickerson); "Intonation: A Navigation Guide for the Listener" (Judy B. Gilbert); "Some Perspectives on Accent: Range of Voice Quality Variation, the Periphery, and Focusing" (John H. Esling); "A Multidimensional Curriculum Design for Speech-Pronunciation Instruction" (Joan Morley); "Recent Research in L2 Phonology: Implications for Practice" (Martha C. Pennington); and "The Effects of Pronunciation Teaching" (George Yule, Doris Macdonald). (MSE)

Author : Tracey M. Derwing,Murray J. Munro
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789027268594

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Pronunciation Fundamentals by Tracey M. Derwing,Murray J. Munro Pdf

The emergence of empirical approaches to L2 pronunciation research and teaching is a powerful fourth wave in the history of the field. Authored by two leading proponents of evidence-based instruction, this volume surveys both foundational and cutting-edge empirical work and pinpoints its ramifications for pedagogy. The authors begin by tracing the history of pronunciation instruction and explicating L2 phonetic learning processes. Subsequent chapters explore the themes, strengths, and ethical problems of the field through the lens of the intelligibility principle. The importance of error gravity, and the need for assessment and individualized instruction are highlighted, and the role of L2 accents in social contexts is probed. Material readily available elsewhere has been omitted in favour of an emphasis on the how, why, and when of pronunciation instruction. Anyone with an interest in L2 pronunciation–especially graduate students, language teachers, and experienced researchers–will find much value in this indispensible resource.

Author : Talia Isaacs,Pavel Trofimovich
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783096862

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Second Language Pronunciation Assessment by Talia Isaacs,Pavel Trofimovich Pdf

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.

Author : Marianne Celce-Murcia,Donna Brinton,Janet M. Goodwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996-10-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521406943

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Teaching Pronunciation by Marianne Celce-Murcia,Donna Brinton,Janet M. Goodwin Pdf

This course includes an overview of current theory and practice. The paperback edition offers current and prospective teachers of English a comprehensive treatment of pronunciation pedagogy, drawing on current theory and practice. The text provides an overview of teaching issues from the perspective of different methodologies and second language acquisition research. It has a thorough grounding in the sound system of North American English, and contains insights into how this sound system intersects with listening, morphology, and spelling. It also contains diagnostic tools, assessment measures, and suggestions for syllabus design. Discussion questions encourage readers to draw on their personal language learning/teaching experiences as they assimilate the contents of each chapter. Follow-up exercises guide teachers in developing a range of classroom activities within a communicative framework.

Author : Irene Checa-García,Laura Marqués-Pascual
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110730418

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Current Perspectives in Spanish Lexical Development by Irene Checa-García,Laura Marqués-Pascual Pdf

New quantitative methodology and the development of corpus and experimental linguistics tools have recently made researching lexical comprehension and production more accessible. While several tools and data sets are available in English (Coh-metrix, CELEX) and a few other languages, the development of resources and empirical research is still lacking in Spanish. This volume brings together original empirical research and theoretical perspectives that examine lexical development in Spanish L1, L2 and L3, with a focus on different teaching approaches and textbook coverage of Spanish lexicon in L2 curricula and the use of corpus linguistics in methodological investigations. Some questions addressed include the role of lexical development in mapping grammatical acquisition phases, the potential transfers of L1 to L2 lexical abilities, the effect of explicit vocabulary learning techniques in L2, how affective meaning modulates L2 acquisition, or how a typological understanding of lexical organization can help in teaching more effectively the lexicon of a language, among many others. The book offers an overview of what is currently being done in the field of Spanish lexical acquisition through a myriad of approaches and topics.

Author : Paul Chamness Iida,Timothy Reagan,John W. Schwieter,Cuhullan Tsuyoshi McGivern,Jason Man-Bo Ho
Publisher : IAP
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781648027765

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Critical Perspectives on Teaching, Learning, and Society by Paul Chamness Iida,Timothy Reagan,John W. Schwieter,Cuhullan Tsuyoshi McGivern,Jason Man-Bo Ho Pdf

Founded in 2002, the International Society for Language Studies is a worldwide organization of volunteers, scholars, and practitioners committed to critical, interdisciplinary, and emergent approaches to language studies. Its eighth volume of the Readings in Language Studies series, Critical Perspectives on Teaching, Learning, and Society, presents international perspectives on issues of language related to a variety of themes.

Author : Dorothy M. Chun
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1588111695

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Discourse Intonation in L2 by Dorothy M. Chun Pdf

Intonation, rhythm, and general "melody" of language are among the first aspects of speech that infants attend to and produce themselves. Yet, these same features are among the last to be mastered by adult L2 learners. Why is this, and how can L2 learners be helped? This book first presents the latest linguistic theories of intonation, in particular, how intonation functions in discourse not only to signal sentence types and attitudinal meanings but also to provide turn-taking and other conversational cues. The second part of the book examines the research in applied linguistics on the acquisition of L2 phonology and intonation. The third section offers practical applications of how to incorporate the teaching of intonation into L2 instruction, with a focus on using new speech technologies. The accompanying CD-ROM makes a unique addition in allowing for simultaneous audio playback and visual display of the pitch contours of utterances contained in the book. Users can start or stop the playback at any point in the utterance and can observe first-hand how such visual and audio representations could be useful for L2 learners.

Author : Mohammad Ali Salmani Nodoushan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781329534056

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International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) – volume 9(4) by Mohammad Ali Salmani Nodoushan Pdf

Author : James Dean Brown,Kimi Kondo-Brown,National Foreign Language Resource Center (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Publisher : Natl Foreign Lg Resource Ctr
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780824831363

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Perspectives on Teaching Connected Speech to Second Language Speakers by James Dean Brown,Kimi Kondo-Brown,National Foreign Language Resource Center (University of Hawaii at Manoa) Pdf

This resource contains 14 articles on connected speech of interest to teachers, researchers, and materials developers in both ESL/EFL and Japanese.

Author : Juan de Dios Martínez Agudo
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789401210485

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English as a foreign language teacher education by Juan de Dios Martínez Agudo Pdf

The field of Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE) is mainly concerned with the professional preparation of L2 teachers. In order to improve teaching in the multilingual and multicultural classroom of the 21st century, both pre- and in-service L2 teachers as well as L2 teacher educators must be prepared to meet the new challenges of education under the current circumstances, expanding their roles and responsibilities so as to face the new complex realities of language instruction. This volume explores a number of key dimensions of EFL teacher education. The sixteen chapters discuss a wide variety of issues related to second language pedagogy and SLTE. Topics discussed include the importance of SLA research; competency-based teacher education approach; classroom-based action research; SLTE models; the value and role of practicum experience abroad; the models of pronunciation teaching; multicultural awareness and competence; the influence of teachers’ cognitions, emotions and attitudes on their emerging and changing professional identities; the potential of classroom materials and technology; and CLIL and ESP teacher education. English as a foreign language teacher education: Current perspectives and challenges will be of interest to teachers-in-training, teachers, teacher educators and to those educational researchers interested in how L2 teaching is actually learned in professional preparation programmes. Juan de Dios Martínez Agudo is Associate Professor of EFL Teacher Education at the University of Extremadura, Spain. His current research interests include Second Language Acquisition and English Teaching Methodology. His most recent books are Oral Communication in the EFL Classroom (2008), Errors in the Second Language Classroom: Corrective Feedback (2010) and Teaching and Learning English through Bilingual Education (2012).

Author : John Hodgetts
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030561161

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Pronunciation Instruction in English for Academic Purposes by John Hodgetts Pdf

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

Author : Martha C. Pennington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317893172

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Phonology in English Language Teaching by Martha C. Pennington Pdf

Phonology in English Language Teaching is an introductory text, specifically directed at the needs of language teachers internationally. Combining an overview of English phonology with structured practical guidance, this text shows how phonology can be applied in the classroom. An introductory chapter provides the philosophical framework, followed by separate chapters on the phonology of consonants, vowels and prosody. As well as presenting core material on English phonology, the book explores the relationship of orthography to the English sound system from a historical and a present-day perspective. The final chapter focuses on lesson design and provides practical advice to teachers on diagnosing and responding to students' pronunciation difficulties. As central themes, the book examines English seen from the perspective of international usage and considers the relationship of phonology to communication and the broader language curriculum. Consistent with its practical and communicative orientation each chapter concludes with pedagogical exercises and ideas for classroom and community research projects.