Fakta

Language	English
Book type	Paperback
Utgiven	2014-02-01
Pages	264
ISBN	9780472035168
Kategori(er)

Add to cart

Description

This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for pronunciation and speaking teachers in the way that "Vocabulary Myths" by Keith S. Folse is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. 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. (Derwing and Munro) Pronunciation instruction is not appropriate for beginning-level learners. (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. (Gilbert) Students would make better progress if they just practiced more. (Grant) Accent reduction and pronunciation instruction are the same thing. (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.

So far, we have reused

books.

Sweden's friendliest and environmental friendliest bookshop with the lowest priced textbooks.

This is our ambition, and we do what it takes to get there. We are here to help students to save and earn money on their textbooks while we at the same time save the environment. We were started in 2005 by two students and have since strived to constantly make it easier to buy and sell used textbooks for as many as possible.

Opening Hours