March 2021 Seminar

Mar 18 2021 Posted: 18:00 GMT

Prosody and Language Acquisition

In this seminar, Dr Francesca Nicora of NUI Galway will join CALM Co-Director Dr John Walsh to discuss the prosodic features of speech in the context of teaching and learning foreign languages, particularly regarding the role of intonation and its relevance in speech communication. She will also present the overarching conceptual framework underpinning the teaching of foreign language prosody, including current models of intonational analysis, second language theories as well as didactic methods and approaches.

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