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Pragmatics and Prosody in English Language Teaching

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Jesús Romero-Trillo

    1. , Fac. de Filosofía y Letras, Uni. Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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  • Provides a problem-solving approach to prosodic difficulties in ELT
  • Includes links between current theories of prosody and acoustics and daily classroom practice
  • Contains illustrations of examples using freeware acoustic analysis programmes, allowing readers to create their own examples

Part of the book series: Educational Linguistics (EDUL, volume 15)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Jesús Romero-Trillo
    Pages 1-6

  3. Theoretical Approaches to the Teaching of Prosody

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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  5. Pragmatics, Prosody and Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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  6. Pragmatics, Prosody and communication

    1. Prosody and Meaning: Theory and Practice

      • Tim Wharton
      Pages 97-116

    2. Prosody and Feedback in Native and Non-native Speakers of English

      • Jesús Romero-Trillo, Jessica Newell
      Pages 117-131

    3. Early Prosodic Production: Pragmatic and Acoustic Analyses for L2 Language Learners

      • Heather L. Balog
      Pages 133-146

    4. Prosody in Conversation: Implications for Teaching English Pronunciation

      • Beatrice Szczepek Reed
      Pages 147-168

  7. Pedagogical Implications for English Language Teaching

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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  9. Back Matter

    Pages 235-249
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About this book

This volume explores the elusive subject of English prosody—the stress, rhythm and intonation of the language—, and its relevance for English language teaching. Its sharp focus will be especially welcomed by teachers of English to non-native speakers, but also by scholars and researchers interested in Applied Linguistics. The book examines key issues in the development of prosody and delves into the role of intonation in the construction of meaning. The contributions tackle difficult areas of intonation for language learners, providing a theoretical analysis of each stumbling block as well as a practical explanation for teachers and teacher trainers. The numerous issues dealt with in the book include stress and rhythm; tone units and information structure; intonation and pragmatic meaning; tonicity and markedness, etc... The authors have deployed speech analysis software to illustrate their examples as well as to encourage readers to carry out their own computerized prosodic analyses.

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“This book is mainly about prosody, its relationship with pragmatics, and the implications of this relationship for English language teaching, learning, and use. There is much in it that I recommend the book. … This book also draws out pedagogical implications relevant to teaching English and offers a platform for comparing native and non-native speech performance in the ELT context. … On the whole, this book offers a good example of critical scholarly engagement balanced with practical pedagogical recommendations.” (Christine C. M. Goh, ELT Journal, Vol. 68 (2), April, 2014)

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  • , Fac. de Filosofía y Letras, Uni. Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Jesús Romero-Trillo

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