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Coe, Norman – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1978
Discusses the importance of pronunciation in teaching English as a second language. The role of stress in English is emphasized in particular. (KM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Rhythm, Pronunciation
Peer reviewedJames, E. F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
A speech visualizer which provides a student with an immediate reinforcement in the form of a visual "feedback" of his own performance is vastly superior to other methods of teaching prosodic elements of speech in a second language, according to experiments carried out at the University of Toronto. (CFM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, French, Language Instruction, Language Rhythm
Peer reviewedMahandru, V. K. – English Language Teaching, 1975
Rules for determining word stress for verbs, nouns and adjectives are given as a useful tool for foreign learners of English. (CJ)
Descriptors: Adjectives, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Language Instruction
Lebel, Jean-Guy – 1974
Students of French learn to pronounce the syllables of the same rhythmic group with the same stress and the same intonation while lengthening slightly only the last syllable uttered. Several techniques designed to help students acquire correct French rhythm patterns are described here. They include: (1) counting aloud, (2) syllable division, (3)…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), French, Intonation, Language Instruction
Leeson, R. – Audiovisual Lang J, 1970
Identifies three types of pausing adn discusses their relevance to language teaching. (FB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Conversational Language Courses, Language Instruction, Language Rhythm
Download full textMueller, Theodore – 1974
The English speaker learning French tends to interpret the sound characteristics of the second language according to English conventions. The term "sound characteristics" as used here refers to the phonetic aspects, the rhythm, and the intonation of French. A number of examples are given to support the theory that insufficient knowledge of these…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Differences, English, French
Kettemann, Bernhard – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1977
Maintains that teaching phonetics should be aimed at enabling the learner to correct himself and that intonation, rhythm and suprasegmental phonemes have commonly been neglected. Describes the value and use of the SUVAG-Lingua Frequency Filter for correcting pronunciation, individually and in groups. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Educational Equipment, Intonation, Laboratory Equipment, Language Instruction
Gilbert, Judy B. – 1977
Recent findings from the fields of brain research and speech perception suggest that non-verbal approaches may be helpful in pronunciation learning. The left side of the brain uses sequential information, such as verbal descriptions. The right side works in a more simultaneous manner, specializing in spatial relations and pitch perception, among…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Higher Education
