Selecting segmental errors in non-native Dutch for optimal pronunciation training
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Selecting segmental errors in non-native Dutch for optimal pronunciation training∗ AMBRA NERI, CATIA CUCCHIARINI AND HELMER STRIK
The current emphasis in second language teaching lies in the achievement of communicative effectiveness. In line with this approach, pronunciation training is nowadays geared towards helping learners avoid serious pronunciation errors, rather than eradicating the finest traces of foreign accent. However, to devise optimal pronunciation training programmes, systematic information on these pronun...
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عنوان ژورنال: IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0019-042X,1613-4141
DOI: 10.1515/iral.2006.016