For several decades of the 20th century, the main interest of pronunciation teaching
research was in applying contrastive analysis techniques to the sound segments of the L1 …

The model of English that should be used in classrooms has long been a subject of debate.
World Englishes, Implications for International Communication and English Language …

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-
stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an …

Clear Speech, the world's favorite pronunciation series, helps students master the most
important features of spoken English. The Clear Speech, Fourth Edition, Teacher's Resource …

Over the past few decades, Singapore English has been emerging as an independent
variety of English with its own distinct style of pronunciation, grammar and word usage. All …

An English lingua franca seems to be emerging in the ten ASEAN countries, and this paper
investigates features of the pronunciation of this lingua franca. Twenty speakers, two from …

Based on an innovative corpus-based approach, this book offers a comprehensive survey of
the phonological and phonetic properties of L2 speech in English and German. The first part …

This paper investigates the contrasting rhythmic properties of two varieties of English:
Singapore English, which is often described as syllable-timed, and British English, which is …

Despite the large number of speakers of English in China, little previous work has been
done to describe their pronunciation. Thirteen young speakers from north-east, east and …

Pronunciation plays a crucial role in learning English as an international language, yet often
remains marginalised by educators due to a lack of required phonetic and phonological …