Article
Future Directions for Pronunciation Teaching: Intelligibility, Content, and Oral Communication
PASAA
(1999)
Abstract
Although pronunciation has become an important component
of a communicative approach to language teaching, the development of
pronunciation research and teaching is faced with three important,
unresolved issues. First, pronunciation theory and practice suffers from
a poorly developed understanding of intelligibility, a weakness which
stunts significant progress in research and teaching. Second, the widely
accepted belief that suprasegmentals such as stress, rhythm and
intonation are more important in intelligibility than vowel and consonant
sounds is overly simplistic and should be more carefully examined.
Finally, while the integration of pronunciation and oral communication
curricula is critically important, attempts to integrate have often been
less than successful. Reasons for this are explored and new directions
for integration are suggested.
Disciplines
Publication Date
1999
Publisher Statement
This is an article from PASAA 29 (1999): 67. Posted with permission.
Citation Information
John Levis. "Future Directions for Pronunciation Teaching: Intelligibility, Content, and Oral Communication" PASAA Vol. 29 (1999) p. 67 - 77 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-levis/5/