Thomas De France

List of John Benjamins publications for which Thomas De France plays a role.

Article

Smakman, Dick and Thomas De France 2014 The acoustics of English vowels in the speech of Dutch learners before and after pronunciation trainingAbove 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