The ideal English pronunciation resourcenon-native teachers’ beliefs

  1. Castillo Rodríguez, Cristina
  2. Torrado Cespón, Milagros
  3. Lago Ferreiro, Alfonso
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Opción: Revista de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales

ISSN: 1012-1587

Year of publication: 2023

Issue: 100

Pages: 131-154

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.7637478 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

This paper aimed to explore teachers’ beliefs on the digital resources for an adequate practice of English pronunciation/phonetics. Two teacher samples were collected: preuniversity teachers (secondary education and vocational training) (PU = 51) and university teachers (UN = 76). The results showed that i) PU teachers usually employed paperbased materials from textbooks whilst UN teachers created their own materials; ii) pronunciation practice was integrated into activities devoted to practising speaking and listening skills; iii) teachers would like to employ more materials to download and specialized websites to practice phonetics; and iv) their ideal resource should be ‘reusable’, ‘multimedial’, and ‘open’.

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