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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
Susan Spezzini, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE PAST-CHAIR |
Veronica G. Sardegna, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| ARTICLES |
| DRAMA TO TEACH PRONUNCIATION, PRAGMATICS, AND PROSODY |
Alice Savage,Lone Star College, Houston, Texas, USA
Walton Burns, Alphabet Publishing Ltd., Branford, Connecticut, USA |
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Theater is a powerful tool to teach communication skills using natural
language and realistic situations. This article provides some activities
for using scripts and drama activities in class to teach pragmatics,
pronunciation, and prosody. Read More |
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| PRONOUNCING WORDS IN ENGLISH THAT EXIST AS LOAN WORDS IN TURKISH: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM FOUR TURKISH-SPEAKING ENGLISH LEARNERS |
Sezgi Acar, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Susan Spezzini, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA |
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Turkish speakers can become frustrated at their
mispronunciation of words in English that exist as loan words in
Turkish. Influenced by first-language interference, their attempts at
pronouncing these words in English often lead to communication
breakdowns. To better understand this challenge, the authors conducted a
study with four Turkish-speaking English learners. Read More |
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| LEARNING TO TEACH PRONUNCIATION THROUGH STUDENT TEXTBOOKS |
Patricia Pashby, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA |
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For teachers who lack confidence in teaching pronunciation, a
well-written student textbook can provide the information and tools
needed to build skills for effective pronunciation instruction. This
article introduces two popular pronunciation textbooks written for ESL
students that teachers in training find particularly useful. Read More |
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| SMARTPHONES, SMART SPEAKING, SMART ASSESSMENT |
Yu-ju Hung, Air Force Academy, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan |
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This article proposes a teaching idea integrating smartphone technology
into student assessment in an EFL speaking class. An example is given to
demonstrate how abundant practice, repetition, reflective assessment,
and sensitive support work together to achieve recognizable learning
outcomes. Read More |
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| BOOK REVIEW |
| BOOK REVIEW: PROSODIC PATTERNS IN ENGLISH CONVERSATION |
Jennifer Zhang, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Julie Prentice, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR |
Matthias Maunsell, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA |
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Suzanne Franks, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA |
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| Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching 2020 |
Aug 6-8, 2020
Brock University
St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Contact: Ron Thomson |
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| TipTop: Trends in Pedagogical Transmission of Prosody |
June 24-25, 2020
Konstanz, Germany
Contact: Katharina Zahner
Invited Speaker: SPLIS member Marnie Reed (Boston University) |
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