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    • Knowledge base of pronunciation teaching : staking out the territory 

      Baker, Amanda A.; Murphy, John (2011)
      Despite decades of advocacy for greater investigative attention, research into pronunciation instruction in the teaching of English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) continues to be limited. ...
    • Variation and change 

      D'Arcy, Alexandra (2013)
      This chapter notes that the ultimate concern of variationist sociolinguistics is the evolution of linguistic systems and the mechanisms which operate on them. One feature that offers particularly good insight into these ...
    • Language center design and management in the post-language laboratory era 

      Kronenberg, Felix A. (2014)
      This article is based on a survey sent to the IALLT membership and to members of all regional groups. Divided into 3 sections titled “Personal,” “Profession/Organization” and “Language Center,” the survey aims to provide ...
    • Ethical problems in translation : why we might need steiner after all 

      Goodwin, Phil (2010)
      Translation represents the quintessential ethical situation of the encounter with the other. Beginning from Levinas, this paper argues that translation is intrinsically ethical. Making extensive use of a case study from ...
    • Skills and strategies : towards a new methodology for listening 

      Field, John (1998)
      This article calls for a rethinking of the purposes of the listening lesson, and examines ways in which we can teach the skill rather than simply practise it. The approaches proposed are based on micro-listening exercises ...