Non-Native Prosody: Phonetic Description and Teaching Practice (Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs 186) (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs)

__Non-Native Prosody: Phonetic Description and Teaching Practice__ is a response to the increasing interest in the field of prosody in second language acquisition and teaching. The volume presents an overview of the state of the art in second language prosody learning and teaching and brings together linguistic research on the description and modelling of non-native prosodic structures with L2 teaching methods and practices. The first part comprises descriptions of non-native prosodic structures (including intonation, stress and speech rhythm) as well as methodological considerations of research in second language acquisition written by experts in the field. These overviews of current theoretical models and results from empirical studies are presented in a format accessible to language teachers. In the second part, some of the leading teaching practitioners and developers of phonological learning materials present a variety of methods and exercises in the area of prosody. The accompanying audio examples make a useful addition illustrating the descriptions and exercises for various target and source languages. They could be found under "additional material" on this webpage (previously on the CD sold with the book).

Non-Native Prosody: Phonetic Description and Teaching Practice is a response to the increasing interest in the field of prosody in second language acquisition and teaching. The volume presents an overview of the state of the art in second language prosody learning and teaching and brings together linguistic research on the description and modelling of non-native prosodic structures with L2 teaching methods and practices.

The first part comprises descriptions of non-native prosodic structures (including intonation, stress and speech rhythm) as well as methodological considerations of research in second language acquisition written by experts in the field. These overviews of current theoretical models and results from empirical studies are presented in a format accessible to language teachers. In the second part, some of the leading teaching practitioners and developers of phonological learning materials present a variety of methods and exercises in the area of prosody.

The accompanying audio examples on a CD-ROM make a useful addition illustrating the descriptions and exercises for various target and source languages.

Bridging research on phonetic descriptions with knowledge from teaching practice / Ulrike Gut, Jürgen Trouvain and William J. Barry An introduction to intonation / Martine Grice and Stefan Baumann Phonological and phonetic influences in non-native intonation / Ineke Mennen Different manifestations and perceptions of foreign accent in intonation / Matthias Jilka Rhythm as an L2 problem / William Barry Temporal patterns in Norwegian as L2 / Wim van Dommelen Learner corpora in second language prosody research and teaching / Ulrike Gut Teaching prosody in German as a foreign language / Ulla Hirschfeld and Jürgen Trouvain Metacompetence-based approach to the teaching of L2 prosody / Magdalena Wrembel Individual pronunciation coaching and prosody / Grit Mehlhorn Prosodic training of Italian learners of German / Federica Missaglia. Frontmatter 1 Contents 7 Bridging research on phonetic descriptions with knowledge from teaching practice – The case of prosody in non-native speech 11 An introduction to intonation – functions and models 33 Phonological and phonetic influences in non-native intonation 61 Different manifestations and perceptions of foreign accent in intonation 85 Rhythm as an L2 problem: How prosodic is it? 105 Temporal patterns in Norwegian as L2 129 Learner corpora in second language prosody research and teaching 153 Teaching prosody in German as foreign language 179 Metacompetence-based approach to the teaching of L2 prosody: practical implications 197 Individual pronunciation coaching and prosody 219 Prosodic training for adult Italian learners of German: the Contrastive Prosody Method 245 Backmatter 267 This volume presents an overview of the state of the art in second language prosody learning and teaching. The first part comprises descriptions of non-native intonation, stress and speech rhythm written by experts in the field in a format accessible to language teachers. In the second part, leading teaching practitioners present a variety of methods and exercises in the area of prosody. The volume is accompanied by a CD-ROM with audio examples