Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In Honor of James Emil Flegeстатья из журнала
Аннотация: ment, this collection of papers is a fitting tribute to one of the most influential and probably the most prolific scientists in the field of second language (L2) speech research.In 365 pages 20 papers offer discussion and present empirical findings on a wide variety of topics from the field of second-or foreign-language research, and a further 40 pages of bibliography, name and subject indexes complete a fascinating picture of present-day L2 research.Inevitably, since the book is a festschrift for an American scholar, there is a preponderance of North American or North-America-based authors among the 30 contributors (22, with 3 each based in Scandinavia and Australia, respectively, 1 in Japan and 1 in Germany).Flege's Speech Learning Model (SLM) is at the centre -or at least is the shared focus -of a large majority of the articles.This no doubt reflects both the authors' respect for his work and the extent of his influence in the field.As the editors write, all the central themes of pronunciation research receive attention from one or more papers.However, it is not our intention to duplicate the useful theme-orientated commentary offered by the editors in their introductory overview.We therefore try to capture the main thrust, with comments on the merits and points of special interest, of the individual papers in the order they are presented in five thematic sections, which form the structuring framework for the 20 papers.These sections are: Part I -The Nature of L2 Speech Learning, Part II -The Concept of Foreign Accent, Part III -Consonants and Vowels, Part IV -Beyond Consonants and Vowels, and Part V -Emerging Issues.It must be said, however, that the subsection titles do not necessarily capture a particular thread running
Год издания: 2009
Авторы: Ocke‐Schwen Bohn, Murray J. Munro
Издательство: Karger Publishers
Источник: Phonetica
Ключевые слова: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Learning and Teaching, Linguistic Education and Pedagogy
Открытый доступ: bronze
Том: 65
Выпуск: 4
Страницы: 272–276