Teaching Pronunciation: Using Phonology in the ESL and Foreign Language Classroom

As is true of many readers of this textbook, I have always loved learning languages and the beautiful sounds of languages. As a child I studied French and Chinese before moving on to study Spanish, Italian, and German as I became older. My exciting career preparing teachers to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) flowed naturally from my years teaching ESL and experiences teaching Spanish as a foreign language. I began teaching ESL in 1983 and right away started specializing in the teaching of pronunciation.