A Multisensory Approach to Teaching and Learning Speech Sounds
The Multimodal Context of Phonological Learning - Debra M. Hardison
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Michigan State University
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Debra M. Hardison (PhD, Indiana University) is a faculty member in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at Michigan State University. She has directed language and academic programs, and taught courses on second-language phonetics and phonology, linguistics for language teachers, second language acquisition, and research methods. Her research focuses on auditory-visual integration in spoken language processing, co-speech gesture, applications of technology in perception and production training, and the relationship between learner variables and oral communication skill development. She has published in numerous handbooks, edited collections, and journals such as Language Learning & Technology, Applied Psycholinguistics, and Language Teaching Research.
Description
Chapter 8 outlines the basics of a multisensory approach to the teaching and learning of speech sounds in American English as they are produced in isolation and in connected speech. Teachers and learners should know how consonants and vowels look, sound, and feel in order to maximize the value of visual cues to guide perception and production, and of proprioceptive feedback to guide production. The chapter was designed for teacher educators, and pre- and in-service teachers to address the gap that they often report in their knowledge base with regard to phonetics and its application to language teaching and learning.