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TASK-BASED PRONUNCIATION TEACHING AND RESEARCH

KEY ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2017

Joan C. Mora  and
Mayya Levkina
Joan C. Mora*
Affiliation:
Universitat de Barcelona
Mayya Levkina
Affiliation:
Universitat de Barcelona
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Joan C. Mora, Departament de Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos, Facultat de Filologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585, 08007 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: mora@ub.edu
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Abstract

This article synthesizes the conclusions of the empirical studies in this special issue and outlines key questions in future research. The research reported in this volume has identified several fundamental issues in pronunciation-focused task design that are discussed in detail and on which suggestions for further research are outlined. One crucial issue is how attention to pronunciation resulting in language-related episodes effectively leads to robust gains in accuracy. Another important aspect discussed is the need to adapt task design features to the phonological domain under focus and how to incorporate systematic patterns of first language interference into the task structure. Finally, we propose that future research in task-based pronunciation teaching and second language phonetics and phonology should systematically examine learner factors known to affect task performance and task features established in the research domains of lexical and grammatical development.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 39 , Special Issue 2: TBLT and L2 Pronunciation: Do the Benefits of Tasks Extend Beyond Grammar and Lexis? , June 2017 , pp. 381 - 399
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Footnotes

We would like to thank the editors of this special issue for their useful comments and suggestions on a previous version of this article. We would also like to thank the contributors to this volume for their inspiring presentations and discussion at the 2015 TBLT conference in Leuven (Belgium). This research is partly funded by AGAUR grant SGR137 from the Catalan government to the first author.

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