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Learning L2 Pronunciation While Studying Vocabulary

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Abstract

Teaching practices can be more efficient if they are similar to the way the brain functions. Findings in L1 acquisition research give us important insights into successful L2 language learning, as in the normal course of events, children succeed in being proficient in their L1. According to the Usage Based Model (Ellis, 2002), frequency of items is a major contributor to the acquisition of items and structures. Once speakers have acquired a sufficient number of items with all their lexical and phonetic properties, word sequences, chunks and formulaic language in their database, they can naturally create abstract categories which enable them to apply a rule systematically, and produce novel sequences which they had never heard before.

How to Cite:

de Moras, N., (2015) “Learning L2 Pronunciation While Studying Vocabulary”, Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings 7(1).