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Volume 9, Issue 2
  • ISSN 2215-1931
  • E-ISSN: 2215-194X

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Abstract

This editorial argues that, despite strong evidence that pronunciation teaching leads to improvement, the field needs to question whether teaching techniques and pedagogical approaches to pronunciation teaching are all similarly effective.

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