Dick Smakman
List of John Benjamins publications for which Dick Smakman plays a role.
Article
2014 The acoustics of English vowels in the speech of Dutch learners before and after pronunciation training Above and Beyond the Segments: Experimental linguistics and phonetics, Caspers, Johanneke, Yiya Chen, Willemijn Heeren, Jos Pacilly, Niels O. Schiller and Ellen van Zanten (eds.), pp. 288–301 | Article
Amongst all second-language skills, pronunciation seems to be in a league of its
own. It is difficult to teach and acquire as it is a highly intuitive and physiological
skill. This research describes the successes of pronunciation training, specifically
related to Dutch learners of English.… read more