Review de Jolanta Szpyra-Kozlowska, 2015. Pronunciation in EFL Instruction. A Research-Based Approach. Great Britian: Multilingual Matters

Abstract

[eng] Although pronunciation has long been considered the Cinderella in EFL classrooms (Underhill, 2013), the last years have witnessed an increase in the number of volumes and studies conducted on the teaching and learning of this important language area (Walker, 2010; Lane, 2010; Celce, Brinton and Goodwin, 2010; Estebas, 2010; Rogerson, 2011 and Marks and Bowen, 2012, to mention a few). Most of these studies can be classified into the following two groups: a) studies which focus on theoretical issues regarding the teaching and learning of pronunciation, including explanations of English pronunciation at both a segmental and suprasegmental level; and, b) volumes which represent a collection of exercises and/or tips so as to help EFL learners improve their pronunciation. The present book, however, is slightly different since it “does not provide a description of English phonetics (…) nor is it a pronunciation manual which contains sets of exercises to practise particular aspects of English phonetics although it does contain numerous practical hints and suggestions how to deal with specific problems” (Szpyra, 2015: ix).