Vol. 4 Issue 15 – BBC TeachingEnglish Article: Global English and the teaching of pronunciation

“The emergence of so many different kinds (or ‘varieties’) of international English has caused a number of linguists to question the use of native speaker pronunciation models in the teaching of English. This article presents my research into the pronunciation of global English and gives some teaching implications.

• What is global English?

• What are the implications of EIL for pronunciation?

• The findings from research

• What are the implications for pronunciation teaching?

What is global English?

The term ‘global English’ is being used increasingly nowadays. It is a means of demonstrating that English is spoken in every part of the world, both among speakers within a particular country who share a first language, and across speakers from different countries/first languages”.

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