Publication Date
1985
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
First Advisor
Annie Hawkinson
Abstract
This project provides materials that are to be used to improve the listening comprehension and communicating skills of intermediate and advanced students of ESL by exposing them to the sounds and rhythms of different dialects of United States English. The project consists of samples of genuine speech that are unrehearsed and unedited, as is the 'real English' that ESL students encounter in the United States. By listening to the tapes, students can grow accustomed to the natural flow of casual spoken English.
Disciplines
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Curriculum and Instruction | Curriculum and Social Inquiry | Education | Educational Methods
Recommended Citation
Wilson Bergan, Laura, "Dialects in Discourse: Regional Speech of United States English" (1985). MA TESOL Collection. 605.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/ipp_collection/605
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, Educational Methods Commons