e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(5):26-41

The Research of Methodological Principles of Teaching Foreign Language Pronunciation

Zdena Kráľová
doc. PaedDr. Zdena Kráľová, PhD., Katedra anglického jazyka a literatúry, Fakulta prírodných vied, Žilinská univerzita v Žiline, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovenská republika, zdena.kralova@fpv.uniza.sk

The study analyzes and summarizes the research of methodological principles used in teaching foreign language pronunciation. It focuses on metaphonetic input and training modality discussed in relevant studies and experiments.

Keywords: Foreign language pronunciation, teaching, methodology

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