#47, Download Webinar: Pronunciation in Communication: An aviation Perspective

By Tarun Patel

Pronunciation is an essential ingredient in the ability to communicate effectively. This is illustrated in the new requirements for pilots and air traffic controllers to be able to pass their message successfully. Perfection is not the goal but mutual intelligibility is. In this webanair I’ll look at the background to the requirements and question whether the traditional method of pronunciation teaching is relevant for the modern International English world.

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January 16th, 2010

About... Tarun Patel

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Tarun Patel (http://tarunpatel.net/blog/) is an ELT and Communication skills teacher, working with Charotar University of Science & Technology (CHARUSAT - http://charusat.ac.in/). He has been dealing with the Language learning processes for last seven years. 'Technology in Teaching English' is his favorite domain and he has presented several research papers in national and international conferences on the same theme. He is the founder editor of ELTWeekly (http://eltweekly.com/), India's first weekly ELT eNewsletter which reaches in more than forty countries and benefits more than 1600d teachers of English and Communication Skills. Have a look at his personal blog http://tarunpatel.net/blog/.