Presentation

What’s Hot 2015: Insights From Pronunciation Practitioners

Authors: Marsha J. Chan (Sunburst Media and Mission College) , Donna M. Brinton (Educational Consultant)

Abstract

What do pronunciation specialists consider to be topics worthy of discussion amongst themselves? As a follow-up to previous studies of "hot topics" on an invitational electronic mailing list (e-list) for pronunciation specialists, this study investigates the issues that international pronunciation specialists elected to discuss during a one-year period. The authors, both members of the e-list, analyzed the e-list discussion strands and threads over the one-year period from August 2014 to August 2015 to determine the four topics that elicited greatest degree of interest, interaction, and in-depth discussion. The hot topics of this year, summarized here, are: 1) techniques for helping Vietnamese speakers learn English pronunciation; 2) stress shifting in British and American English; 3) the respective merits of differing vowel charts; and 4) the value of contrastive analysis for research and teaching.

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How to Cite: Chan, M. J. & Brinton, D. M. (2015) “What’s Hot 2015: Insights From Pronunciation Practitioners”, Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings. 7(1).