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This funny and useful video will give you a very good idea of the essence of my current research in the field of pronunciation teaching. You can find it all in my dissertation but it is not an easy reading if you are not a specialist.
I can confirm that although this guy learned it all empirically, all that he says is true and has a firm scientific basis.
With renewed attention to pronunciation in language teaching, has come a revival of interest in the concept of “Articulatory Setting”. However, historically there has been considerable inconsistency in the understanding of this notion. The terms “Basis of Articulation” (BA), commonly used on the Continent and the predominantly British “Articulatory Setting” (AS) are usually considered synonyms. However, BA was originally conceived as a language specific posture of the tongue maintained in speech-ready and inter-speech positions (ISP). According to modern research, this posture is related to the language specific centre of mass of the tongue. It affects all aspects of speech production such as vowel quality, place of articulation etc. This gross position generally corresponds to the articulations of language specific “neutral” vowels and hesitation vowels. Read the rest of this entry »
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