Important Landmarks in Pronunciation Teaching

Abstract

The present study aims to explore the major fluctuations in attention that pronunciation teaching has attracted within foreign-language methodology since the end of the 19th century. Different and often opposing views on the role of pronunciation have been reconciled in the communicative approach which currently dominates foreign-language teaching.

Keywords

• pronunciation teaching
• language teaching methodology
• effective communication
• sound patterns
• imitation
• phonological awareness
• affective factors