English-Medium Instruction and Pronunciation (eBook)

Exposure and Skills Development

Karin Richter (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
Channel View Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78892-247-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book offers new insights into the language gains of adult learners enrolled in an English-medium instruction degree programme. It provides longitudinal evidence of the phonological gains of the learners and investigates whether increased exposure to the target language leads to incidental learning of second language pronunciation.

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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.

Autor

lt;p>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.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.1.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Second Language Acquisition
• Reihe/Serie: Second Language Acquisition
• Verlagsort: Bristol
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Critical Period Hypothesis • ELF • EMI classroom • english as a lingua franca • English-medium degree programme • English-Medium instruction • foreign accent • higher education • ICLHE • Implicit Learning • L2 Phonology • Language Learning • SLA
• ISBN-10: 1-78892-247-6 / 1788922476
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78892-247-0 / 9781788922470