Intelligibility, oral communication, and the teaching of pronunciation
(2018)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
ESL/TUTOR/421.52071/LEVIS,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018
©2018
©2018
DESCRIPTION
xiii, 304 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781108404013), 9781108416627, 1108416624, 9781108404013 40028677862, 1108404014
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Intelligibility, comprehensibility and spoken language -- Setting priorities : what teachers and researchers say -- Segmentals and intelligibility -- Consonant clusters and intelligibility -- Word stress and intelligibility -- Rhythm and intelligibility -- Intonation and intelligibility : the roles of prominence and tune -- Teaching for intelligibility : guidelines for setting priorities -- The intelligibility-based classroom -- What should and should not be taught : an intelligibility-based approach
"A proper understanding of intelligibility is at the heart of effective pronunciation teaching, and with it, successful teaching of speaking and listening"--