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Phonology: Familiarizing Yourself With a Student's Heritage Language
Since we know that students’ pronunciation of words in English may be influenced by their heritage language, it is useful to gain some familiarity with the sounds of a student’s first language. Swan and Smith’s (2001) Learner English is an excellent resource for understanding the differences in sounds between English and 20+ other languages (see the Links page for a link to an on-line version of the book).
Since we know that students’ pronunciation of words in English may be influenced by their heritage language, it is useful to gain some familiarity with the sounds of a student’s first language. Swan and Smith’s (2001) Learner English is an excellent resource for understanding the differences in sounds between English and 20+ other languages (see the Links page for a link to an on-line version of the book).