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Uribe Enciso, Olga Lucía; Fuentes Hernandez, Sol Smith; Rey Pabón, Andersson Steve – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2019
When learning English, learners might face a challenging task in mastering pronunciation due to differences in both languages such as sound-to-letter correspondence, size of phoneme inventory, allophonic realization of sounds, place and manner of articulation, among others. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to review both theoretical and…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Spanish Speaking, Pronunciation Instruction, Pronunciation
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Bode, Sylvie; Content, Alain – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2011
The purpose of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of a phonological awareness training program in the specific context of the Luxembourgish educational system. The intervention was run by the kindergarten teachers in their classes with minimal external supervision. Forty-one classes of the area around Luxembourg City participated in…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Difficulties, Class Activities, Learning Activities
Buss, Carol A. – Issues and Developments in English and Applied Linguistics (IDEAL), 1988
The importance of training second language learners in the patterns of occurrence of certain phonemes is discussed, focusing on the use of spelling as a primary predictor of pronunciation. Four different pronunciations of "ng" in English (as in "engaging, singer, changing, dangle") are used to illustrate this principle. A review of pronunciation…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Diachronic Linguistics, English (Second Language)