{"product_id":"teaching-pronunciation-the-role-of-the-native-speaker-von-taylor-bruhn","title":"Teaching pronunciation. The role of the native speaker","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Didactics - English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 1,3, RWTH Aachen University, language: English, abstract: One of the most investigated topics in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) is the concept of the native speaker (cf. Cook 2008, James and Leather 1996). There is a roiling debate on the meaningfulness of the native speaker as the target of teaching pronunciation. Following Gonzáles-Nueno (1997), the ultimate goal in teaching is to make the student ¿sound like a native speaker¿ (261). On the other side, Abercrombie (1991: 93) argues in favour of the comprehensibility. The main goal of teaching L2 (second language) pronunciation is therefore to sound ¿comfortably intelligible¿ (ibid.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this paper I will discuss the reasonableness of teaching native-like pronunciation. Should the native-speaker be the target of teaching pronunciation? What are conceivable disadvantages? In a first step, it is essential to give a definition of the native speaker. Secondly, in chapter 3.1, these definitions will be analysed with regard to the research question. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3.2 analyses the general goals of teaching a second language. These goals will be referred to the issue of teaching L2 pronunciation. Furthermore, I will provide a survey from Waniek-Klimczak (2002) about students¿ attitudes towards the issue of accent, pronunciation in general, and pronunciation teaching and compare the results with the general goals of L2 teaching. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3.3 will focus on the concept of Received Pronunciation (RP). I will analyse the advantages and disadvantages of teaching RP to L2 learners. As a last point, I will take up Major¿s (2001: 28) statement that everybody speak an interlanguage and discuss it. In the conclusion I will summarize the results of the analysis and try to give a final statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783668086340\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783668086340","offer_id":39442655838301,"sku":"9783668086340","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/e12e35d8-ba61-4469-8ca5-dab2e5ae228a.jpg?v=1778304089","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/teaching-pronunciation-the-role-of-the-native-speaker-von-taylor-bruhn","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}