Perspectives on Teaching Connected Speech to Second Language Speakers (Nflrc Monographs)

Brown, James Dean [Editor]; Kondo-Brown, Kimi [Editor]; Schmidt, Richard [Editor];

ISBN 10: 0824831365 / ISBN 13: 9780824831363

Published by National Foreign Language Resource Center, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perspectives on Teaching Connected Speech to Second Language Speakers (Nflrc Monographs)
• Publisher: National Foreign Language Resource Center
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824831365
• ISBN 13: 9780824831363
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 25 ounces

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Synopsis

This book contains a collection of fourteen articles on connected speech of interest to teachers, researchers, and materials developers in both ESL/EFL (ten chapters focus on connected speech in English) and Japanese (four chapters focus on Japanese connected speech). The fourteen chapters are divided up into five sections: >What do we know so far about teaching connected speech? >Does connected speech instruction work? >How should connected speech be taught in English? >How should connected speech be taught in Japanese? >How should connected speech be tested?

About the Author

James Dean Brown is professor in the Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai'i. Kimi Kondo-Brown is associate professor in the Department of East Asian Languages, University of Hawai'i.