Native Teachers Can’t Fix Pronunciation - John Levis
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A native teacher isn't a vaccine against poor pronunciation. Equally, native teachers can be misinformed in thinking that students should just follow them.
We dive into pronunciation, intelligibility, and teacher effects on learner performance with the great John Levis.
John is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Technology at Iowa State University. He is founding editor of the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation and the founder of the annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference. His research focuses on pronunciation, intelligibility, pronunciation, and accent. John has received university awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, for Career Achievement in Research, and was named Angela B. Pavitt Professor of English in 2018.
In our conversation, John talks about:
accent vs pronunciation
the nativeness principle vs the intelligibility principle
how he coined "the intelligibility principle"
high and low value features of pronunciation
why some vowel sounds don't matter
native and non-native teacher effects on learner performance
learners viewing native speakers as a vaccine for poor pronunciation
some native teachers believing learners should just follow them
getting "caught" with accent
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About John Levis
John M. Levis is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Technology at Iowa State University. He is founding editor of the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation and the founder of the annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, the premier conference for second language pronunciation in North America. He is the author of several books including Intelligibility, Oral Communication and the Teaching of Pronunciation and co-editor of several books, including Second Language Pronunciation: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice, The Evolution of Pronunciation Research and Teaching: 25 years of Intelligibility, Comprehensibility, and Accentedness, the Handbook of English Pronunciation, and Social Dynamics in Second Language Accent. He has received university awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, for Career Achievement in Research, and was named Angela B. Pavitt Professor of English in 2018.
Link to professional page: https://faculty.sites.iastate.edu/jlevis/
Other links:
Pronunciation for teachers website: https://www.pronunciationforteachers.com/
His publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Z9d6h_YAAAAJ&hl=en
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