<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The fact that English has become the major lingua franca of international business and economy has influenced the goal of teaching pronunciation in an ESP economics classroom: the nativelike speaking skill as the ultimate goal has been superseded by a more realistic and more reasonable goal - the adoption of intelligibility and communicability skills. We argue here, however, that pronunciation skills should be included in a university level ESP economics course syllabus. We point out common pronunciation errors made by economics students due to first-language transfer, exemplifying our points with various types of exercises aiming at overcoming their pronunciation problems.</p></abstract>

The fact that English has become the major lingua franca of international business and economy has influenced the goal of teaching pronunciation in an ESP economics classroom: the nativelike speaking skill as the ultimate goal has been superseded by a more realistic and more reasonable goal - the adoption of intelligibility and communicability skills. We argue here, however, that pronunciation skills should be included in a university level ESP economics course syllabus. We point out common pronunciation errors made by economics students due to first-language transfer, exemplifying our points with various types of exercises aiming at overcoming their pronunciation problems.

An Increase in Imported Goods, Imports Have Increased – The Role of Teaching Pronunciation in an Esp Classroom

Romanian Journal of English Studies

The fact that English has become the major lingua franca of international business and economy has influenced the goal of teaching pronunciation in an ESP...

An Increase in Imported Goods, Imports Have Increased – The Role of Teaching Pronunciation in an Esp Classroom

Published Online: Feb 22, 2013

Page range: 89 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0007

Keywords
errors, ESP, exercises, pronunciation, Serbian

This content is open access.

An Increase in Imported Goods, Imports Have Increased – The Role of Teaching Pronunciation in an Esp Classroom

Published Online: Feb 22, 2013

Page range: 89 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0007

Keywordserrors, ESP, exercises, pronunciation, Serbian

This content is open access.

Keywords
errors, ESP, exercises, pronunciation, Serbian