For example, The Pronunciation Book by Bowen & Marks or 'Sound Foundations' by Adrian Underhill seem very different from a book such as Ship and Sheep by Baker. ... " Achieving Intelligibility can be carried out through segmental (individual sounds) or suprasegmental (features of speech which extend over more than one sound segment in an utterance, such as a pitch, stress or juncture pattern) approach. ... In the area of teaching pronunciation, a lot of attention has traditionally been directed towards how best to impart prosodic and segmental information to students, but unti...

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The contention of this paper is that policy is being guided by an increasing awareness of the implications of a multicultural society and aims to challenge the inequalities faced by students with a diverse cultural and linguistic background. ... 'Sociological studies of education show how educational institutions are part of the social fabric and how what happens in school-scan both reflect and have consequences for social relations and social processes.'... (p. 411) Research Research undertaken to find an answer to this 'big question' has been based on both 'quan...

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The study in progress has actually grown out of my personal observations and interactions with my students inside and outside the classrooms. ... The current study that follows has actually grown out of my personal observations and interactions with my students inside and outside the classrooms and also out of my continual effort to find the middle ground to deal with these practical concerns. ... " My purpose is cash in on usefulness of the contact zone as a guiding pedagogical principle for teachers and students. ... The intended learning outcomes of the new teaching: A Study in Pract...

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Studies show that in order to be academically successful, students must have four foundational reading skills: . Understanding the ways in which the alphabet represents spoken sounds. . Understanding the systematic ways in which letters and sounds combine to form syllables and words. . Putting into practice understanding of sounds and letters to pronounce words. . ...

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Therefore, it is necessary for us to study and research on the current way of teaching reading to get the effective and feasible measures to improve the students reading ability. 2.Body 2.1The Current Situation of Reading Teaching and its Disadvantages According to the syllabus, the teacher must give the students adequate reading practice to pick up their reading speed. ... It has something to do with the students' rudimentary knowledge and their study habits. ... As time passes, it is inevitable to formulate the indolent attitude and unidirectional way of study. ...

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