[EDLING:23] Vowel research valuable to language teachers

[Francis M. Hult]

UQ News Online

Vowel research valuable to language teachers

It was a usual day at the annual agricultural show in Dirranbandi, Queensland, 
in 2001 – except for the Japanese professor scurrying around asking people to 
drawl into a microphone. 

The academic was Professor Kazuo Misono, who has recently completed his PhD on 
regional English accents in America, Britain and Australia, focusing on how the 
vowels in those accents are interpreted by Japanese speakers of English.

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