ERIC Number: ED288353
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Nov
Pages: 12
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Dialect Reduction and Accent Restructuring: Some Methods for the Bilingual Classroom.
Anderson, Johnny R.
A guide to English pronunciation instruction for native Spanish speakers uses eight basic steps to find and use appropriate techniques to address a specific phonological problem. The steps are (1) calling the student's attention to the learning point; (2) focusing attention on the problem area; (3) sharpening student recognition of the sound in different consonant environments; (4) generalizing the significant features to be mastered; (5) producing new sounds by mimicry or by production of opposite sounds; (6) checking student perception of sounds within minimal sentences; (7) substitution and pattern drilling; and (8) reinforcing and stabilizing the sounds taught in the laboratory and/or at home. An actual lesson plan to teach a specific minimal contrast is outlined, with accompanying teacher notes. (MSE)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Dialects, English (Second Language), Learning Strategies, Lesson Plans, Pattern Drills (Language), Pronunciation Instruction, Reinforcement, Second Language Instruction, Spanish Speaking, Speech Habits, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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