Richter English-Medium Instruction and Pronunciation

Exposure and Skills Development
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78892-247-0
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 131, 224 Seiten

Reihe: Second Language Acquisition

This book offers new insights into the language gains of adult learners enrolled in an English-medium instruction (EMI) degree programme. It provides longitudinal empirical evidence of the phonological gains of the learners; discusses which individual factors contribute to the changes in the learners’ pronunciation and investigates whether and to what extent increased exposure to the target language in EMI classrooms leads to incidental learning of second language pronunciation. Furthermore, it expands on the discussions surrounding the Critical Period Hypothesis, the native-speaker norm, foreign language accent and the role of English as a Lingua Franca. The comparative and longitudinal design of the research study fills a significant gap in the literature and the book offers considerable original and important research-informed insights into the fields of EMI, bilingual education and second language acquisition. As such, it is a valuable resource and must-read book for researchers, practitioners and policymakers in these areas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richter, Karin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Phonetik, Phonologie, Prosodie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Tables and Figures

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. English-Medium Instruction in European Higher Education

Chapter 3. Language Learning in the English-Medium Classroom

Chapter 4. Factors Influencing L2 Pronunciation Mastery

Chapter 5. The Development of the Austrian Accent in the EMI Classroom

Chapter 6. Conclusion

References

Appendix

Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richter, Karin
Karin Richter is Senior Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Austria. She has been working in the field for over 15 years and her research focuses on English-medium instruction, teaching speaking skills and pronunciation learning and teaching.