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English Pronunciation Models in a Globalized World - Accent, Acceptability and Hong Kong English (Paperback)
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English Pronunciation Models in a Globalized World - Accent, Acceptability and Hong Kong English (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in World Englishes
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This book explores the topics of English accents and pronunciation.
It highlights their connections with several important issues in
the study of English in the world, including intelligibility,
identity, and globalization. The unifying strand is provided by
English pronunciation models: what do these models consist of, and
why? The focus on pronunciation teaching is combined with
sociolinguistic perspectives on global English, and the wider
question asked by the book is: what does it mean to teach English
pronunciation in a globalized world? The book takes Hong Kong -
'Asia's World City' - as a case study of how global and local
influences interact, and of how decisions about teaching need to
reflect this interaction. It critically examines existing
approaches to global English, such as World Englishes and English
as a Lingua Franca, and considers their contributions as well as
their limitations in the Hong Kong context. A data-based approach
with quantitative and qualitative data anchors the discussion and
assists in the development of criteria for the contents of
pronunciation models. English Pronunciation Models in a Globalized
World: Accent, Acceptability and Hong Kong English discusses, among
other issues: Global English: A socio-linguistic toolkit Accents
and Communication: Intelligibility in global English Teaching
English Pronunciation: The models debate Somewhere Between: Accent
and pronunciation in Hong Kong Researchers and practitioners of
English studies and applied linguistics will find this book an
insightful resource.
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