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Teaching and Researching the Pronunciation of English

Studies in Honour of Włodzimierz Sobkowiak

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Editors:
  1. Ewa Waniek-Klimczak

    1. Institute of English Studies, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

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  2. Mirosław Pawlak

    1. Department of English Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland

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  • Approaches pronunciation learning and teaching from a variety of theoretical perspectives
  • Provides an account of original studies investigating different aspects of pronunciation in a foreign language
  • Successfully links theoretical positions, empirical evidence and classroom practice
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLT)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Teaching the Pronunciation of English

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Exploring Advanced Learners’ Beliefs About Pronunciation Instruction and Their Relationship with Attainment

      • Mirosław Pawlak, Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak, Jakub Bielak
      Pages 3-22

    3. ‘Polglish’ in Polish Eyes: What English Studies Majors Think About Their Pronunciation in English

      • Ewa Waniek-Klimczak, Arkadiusz Rojczyk, Andrzej Porzuczek
      Pages 23-34

    4. Teaching English Phonetics with a Learner Response System

      • Małgorzata Baran-Łucarz, Ewa Czajka, Walcir Cardoso
      Pages 35-61

    5. Teaching English Pronunciation Online to Swedish Primary-School Teachers

      • Una Cunningham
      Pages 63-76

    6. English Phonetic and Pronunciation Resources for Polish Learners in the Past and at Present

      • Marta Nowacka
      Pages 77-106

    7. Good Servants but Poor Masters: On the Important Role of Textbooks in Teaching English Pronunciation

      • Elina Tergujeff
      Pages 107-117

    8. In Defense of the Usefulness of a Polish-Based Respelling Phonetic Transcription System in the Elementary to Lower-Intermediate EFL Classroom

      • Łukasz Furtak
      Pages 119-135

  3. Researching the Pronunciation of English

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. What to Teach and What Not to Teach, Yet Again: On the Elusive Priorities for L2 English Phonetics

      • Sylwia Scheuer
      Pages 139-151

    3. Compiling a Corpus-Based List of Words Commonly Mispronounced

      • Magdalena Zając
      Pages 153-167

    4. Handling Global and Local English Pronunciation Errors

      • Andrzej Porzuczek
      Pages 169-187

    5. Factors Affecting Word Stress Recognition by Advanced Polish Learners of English

      • Ewa Waniek-Klimczak
      Pages 189-204

    6. Vowel Dynamics for Polish Learners of English

      • Geoffrey Schwartz
      Pages 205-217

    7. A Personal Note on the Larynx as Articulator in English

      • Linda Shockey
      Pages 219-222

    8. Using FL Accent Imitation in L1 in Foreign-Language Speech Research

      • Arkadiusz Rojczyk
      Pages 223-233

    9. Teaching to Suppress Polglish Processes

      • Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, Anna Balas, Geoffrey Schwartz, Arkadiusz Rojczyk, Magdalena Wrembel
      Pages 235-247
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About this book

The book contains contributions from practitioners and theoreticians who explore the pronunciation of English from various perspectives: phonetic, phonological, psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic. In accordance with the unifying theme of the volume, individual contributions investigate the characteristics of a foreign accent, its production and perception, study the development of methods and techniques in pronunciation teaching, evaluate their use in classroom materials and in the classroom itself, and investigate the conditions for second language learning and teaching from the perspective of learners and teachers. The book offers a unique combination of a scholarly research with practical applications, inspired over the years by the work of Professor Włodzimierz Sobkowiak, who has researched pronunciation teaching and pioneered technology-oriented, corpus-based approaches to the study of English pronunciation in Poland.

Reviews

“The book is focused primarily on the status of pronunciation teaching and research in Poland, a context highly influenced by the visionary work of Professor Włodzimierz Sobkowiak in applied phonetics. … this book is a good representation of the value of localized research into pronunciation. If one takes into consideration how varied L2 pronunciation can be, resources which focus on pronunciation in specific EFL contexts such as this book with its Polish context are welcome.” (Arizio Sweeting, Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, Vol. 2 (2), 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of English Studies, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

    Ewa Waniek-Klimczak

  • Department of English Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland

    Mirosław Pawlak

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Teaching and Researching the Pronunciation of English

  • Book Subtitle: Studies in Honour of Włodzimierz Sobkowiak

  • Editors: Ewa Waniek-Klimczak, Mirosław Pawlak

  • Series Title: Second Language Learning and Teaching

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11092-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-11091-2Published: 03 November 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38285-2Published: 22 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-11092-9Published: 17 October 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2193-7648

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-7656

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 247

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Language Education

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