Experienced teachers' perspectives on priorities for improved intelligible pronunciation: The case of Japanese learners of English

International Journal of Applied Linguistics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 250-277

  Saito, Kazuya ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intelligible pronunciation; Pronunciation teaching; Second language pedagogy; Teacher cognition; Teacher questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903892953     PISSN: 08026106     EISSN: 14734192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijal.12026     Document Type: Article

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