Pronunciation models in the teaching of English as a second language (ESL) and English
as foreign language (EFL) are changing. This paper reviews purposes for pronunciation …

Storybook reading accompanied by adult-guided conversation provides a stimulating
context for children's language development. Conversational agents powered by artificial …

This book is the product of a collaboration between two pronunciation specialists, one
educated and based in the United Kingdom (Rogerson-Revell) and one in the United States …

Preparing to Teach Writing, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive survey of theories, research,
and methods associated with teaching composition successfully at the middle, secondary …

Intelligibility is the term most generally used to address the complex of criteria that describe,
broadly, how useful someone's English is when talking or writing to someone else. Set …

This book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World
Englishes (WEs) in the wake of globalization and its accompanying shifting priorities in …

Language proficiency constitutes a crucial barrier for prospective international teaching
assistants (ITAs). Many US universities administer screening tests to ensure that ITAs …

The article deals with the major issues of the World Englishes Paradigm, a comparatively
new linguistic discipline that deals with varieties of English as a language of intercultural …

There is overwhelming evidence the world over on the pedagogical benefits of learning in
the mother language. Zimbabwe recognized this significant role played by the mother …

Most studies of attitudes towards the Hong Kong English accent have concluded that Hong
Kong has a strongly exonormative orientation, with no sign of endonormative stabilisation …