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The Rival Virtues of Innocence and Sophistication: A Rationale for Teaching Pronunciation.
Strevens, Peter – 1972
Teaching pronunciation is more like gymnastics than linguistics because it involves converting a series of mental processes into motor activity. Many variables contribute to the facility with which a student will learn pronunciation, but age causes the greatest variation in standards of pronunciation learning between individuals. Though increased…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, English (Second Language), Language Instruction