Key Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation

Introduction

Rajiv Rao

Part 1

The Sound System of Spanish

1 Description of Spanish Vowels and Guidelines for Teaching Them

Eugenio Martinez Celdran and Wendy Elvira-Garcia

2 Pronunciation in the L2 Spanish Classroom: The Voiceless Stops /p, t, k/

Mary L. Zampini

3 Suggestions for Teaching Spanish Voiced Stops /b, d, ?/ and Their Lenited Allophones [??, ??, ??]

Manuela Gonzalez-Bueno

4 A Theoretical Framework in the Acquisition and Teaching of Fricatives to L2 Learners of Spanish

A. Raymond Elliott

5 Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Liquid Consonants

Benjamin Schmeiser

6 The Polymorphism of Spanish Nasal Stops

Carlos-Eduardo Pineros

7 Incorporating Syllable Structure into the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation

Sonia Colina

8 Improving Non-Native Pronunciation: Teaching Prosody to Learners of Spanish as a Second/Foreign Language

Carme de-la-Mota

Part 2

Pedagogical Challenges and Suggestions for the Classroom

9 Spanish Pronunciation and Teaching Dialectal Variation

German Zarate-Sandez

10 Incorporating Technology into the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation

Gillian Lord

11 Navigating Orthographic Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation

Yasaman Rafat and Scott James Perry

12 The Role of Perception in Learning Spanish Pronunciation

C. Elizabeth Goodin-Mayeda

13 An Analytical Approach to Teaching Spanish Pronunciation to Native Speakers of German: First Language and Age of First Exposure as Crucial Factors

Conxita Lleo and Marta Ulloa

14 Teaching Pronunciation to Spanish Heritage Speakers

Amanda Boomershine and Rebecca Ronquest

15 Spanish Pronunciation and Teacher Training: Challenges and Suggestions

Manuel Delicado Cantero, William Steed, and Alfredo Herrero de Haro

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