Teaching Pronunciation: Focus on English Rhythm and Intonation

Focus Realization in Japanese English and Korean English Intonation

Teaching English Intonation using Entertainment shows

1 Introduction Many elementary and secondary school EFL teachers in Slovenia believe that teaching intonation is useless as it can hardly ever be faulty. The remaining few believe that it is enough to equip the learners with a set of very general rules explaining which pitch movements are used in which types of grammatical and syntactic structures (e.g. rising intonation in questions). Such sim...

Structuring Cooperative Learning in Teaching English Pronunciation

Classrooms incorporating Cooperative Learning (CL) structures facilitate a supportive learning environment for English Language Learners (ELLs). Accurate pronunciation by ELLs is important for communication, and also benefits academic achievement. The known benefits of CL for ELLs make it a desirable learning environment to teach pronunciation skills. Thus, sufficient consideration must be give...

Teaching Pronunciation of English with Computer Technology: A Qualitative Study

This study investigated teachers’ views toward computer technology in teaching English pronunciation. In order to select teachers for the semi-structured interview, the researcher used a questionnaire and distributed it to 25 teachers from two Islamic Azad Universities of Guilan, Iran. The researcher chose 15 of them based on their answers to the questionnaire. Then a qualitative method d...

Advantages of Using Computer in Teaching English Pronunciation

Pronunciation continues to grow in importance because of its key roles in speech recognition, speech perception, and speaker identity. Computer is being increasingly used in teaching English pronunciation to enhance its quality. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the advantages of using computer in English pronunciation instruction. Understanding the advantages of computer is an important ...