Pronunciation Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0472035169 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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She has taught ESL students at Georgia Tech, international teaching assistants at Emory University, and graduate students in applied linguistics at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Her special interests are applying pronunciation research to practice and integrating pronunciation into the oral communication curriculum. . About the Author Linda has pursued her interest in first and second language pronunciation for over forty years. She is the author of two pronunciation texts, Well Said and Well Said Intro (National Geographic Cengage) and the editor o
(Thomson)§ Teacher training programs provide adequate preparation in how to teach pronunciation (Murphy). The book concludes with an Epilogue by Donna M. Brinton, who synthesizes some of the best practices explored in the volume.. (Zielinski and Yates)§ Pronunciation teaching has to establish in the minds of language learners a set of distinct consonant and vowel sounds. (Field)§ Intonation is hard to teach. This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for pronunciation and speaking teachers in the way that Vocabulary Myths by Keith S. Like others in the Myths series, this book combines research with good pedagogical practices. The book opens with a Prologue by Linda Grant (author of the Well Said textbook series), which reviews the last four decades of pronunciation teaching, the differences between accent and intelligibility, the rudiments of the English sound system, and other factors related to the ways that pronunciation is learned and taught. The myths challenged in this book are:§ Once you’ve been speaking a second language for years, it’s too late to change your pronunciation. (Grant)§ Accent reduction and pronunciation instruction are the same thing. Folse is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. (Derwing and Munro)§ Pronunciation instruction is not appropriate for beginning-level learners. (
She is the author of two pronunciation texts, Well Said and Well Said Intro (National Geographic Cengage) and the editor of the teacher resource volume Pronunciation Myths (University of Michigan Press). . She has taught ESL students at Georgia Tech, international teaching assistants at Emory University, and graduate students in applied linguistics at Georgia State
This is a really useful book. I have taught English for nearly ten This is a really useful book. I have taught English for nearly ten years, and am considering moving to teach in East Asia, where teaching pronunciation is quite important. I feel quite confident in other areas of teaching- vocabulary, grammar, and reading, and to a lesser extent, writing and listening. Pronunciation is something I have never actively taught before, at least not in depth. This book gave me a good base of knowledge about the field, confirming some impressions I had that were strong enough to create my attitudes about. This book is great. If you are a teacher who is teaching This book is great. If you are a teacher who is teaching pronunciation or a pronunciation researcher, I recommend this book without hesitation. This is about teaching pronunciation based on numerous researches so you can overall most important researches. very practical and even easy to understand.. great. kindle version saves my money,great.