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Article published In: Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
Vol. 2:1 (2016) ► pp.29–55

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Teacher cognition of pronunciation teaching amongst English language teachers in Uruguay

 | Auckland University of Technology
Published online: 31 March 2016
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.2.1.02cou
This article reports on the concerns and issues which 28 experienced and well-qualified teachers expressed during individual semi-structured interviews with the researcher. It describes and discusses the participants’ views, pulling together themes representative of a wide range of perspectives on pronunciation teaching. Themes include: teacher anxiety about pronunciation and pronunciation teaching; external factors affecting pronunciation teaching such as curriculum and exam pressures, textbooks, and training received; approaches to teaching and error correction; activities and techniques; and issues related to literacy bias, listen-and-repeat, use of phonemic symbols and pronunciation goals and models. These findings, taken in conjunction with studies of teacher cognition in other contexts, serve to inform all those with an interest in English language teaching, whether they be researchers, teachers or teacher educators, curriculum designers or textbook writers.
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