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What about pronunciation?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Peter Duppenthaler
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Abstract

A review of recent research in the acquisition of pronunciation skills in learners of English and other languages and of the implications for teachers

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , July 1991 , pp. 32 - 36
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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