The Phonology of English as an International LanguageThis book advocates a new approach to pronunciation teaching, in which the goal is mutual intelligibility among non-native speakers, rather than imitating native speakers. It will be of interest to all teachers of English as an International Language, especially Business English. It proposes a basic core of phonological teaching, with controversial suggestions for what should be included. |
Contents
Interspeaker variation | 25 |
Intraspeaker variation | 63 |
Phonological intraspeaker variation and its effects | 69 |
155 | 86 |
Intelligibility and the spread of English | 92 |
The role of transfer in determining the phonological core | 99 |
Identifying the phonological core | 123 |
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accent reduction accommodation skills accommodation theory acquire adjustments allophonic Applied Linguistics areas argues bilingual British Cambridge Chapter classroom communicative efficiency context convergence crucial different L1 different-L1 discussion EIL pronunciation English language English pronunciation English speakers epenthesis example exposure factors grammar ILT data interaction interlocutor intonation involved Japanese L1 identities L1 transfer L2 accents L2 English L2 speakers L2 varieties Language Learning language transfer learners of English Lingua Franca Core listeners markedness monolingual motivation multilingual mutual intelligibility native speakers NBES NBESS non-native speakers norms nuclear stress paragoge particular pedagogic phonetic phonological core phonological intelligibility pronunciation teaching repertoire same-L1 schwa Second Language Acquisition Seidlhofer situation social sociolinguistic sounds speak speakers of English speech suprasegmental syllable Tarone terminal devoicing TESOL understand University Press variation varieties of English vowel Widdowson word stress Zuengler