Badania fonetyczne a glottodydaktyka – samogłoski języka niderlandzkiego w wymowie rodzimych użytkowników polszczyzny
Phonetic Research and Foreign Language Teaching – Dutch Vowels in the Pronunciation of Native Speakers of Polish

Summary/Abstract: Phonetic research is both valid and important in the context of teaching foreign pronunciation. Its results provide methodological guidelines as well as they facilitate understanding of certain linguistic phenomena. The present paper is a review article of a recent monograph written by Zuzanna Czerwonka-Wajda, entitled “Wymowa samogłosek niderlandzkich przez osoby polskojęzyczne. Teoria, praktyka i dydaktyka” (Wrocław 2022: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT – Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe). The monograph is situated within the field of phonetics and is concerned with the pronunciation of Dutch vowels by native speakers of Polish. What seems important and particularly valuable, the book presents multifaceted research: theoretical, practical and foreign language teaching issues are being analysed. The author focuses not only on discussing concepts such as e.g. transfer, interference, norm etc. in theory, her book was also based on experimental research which enabled to draw practical conclusions relevant to teaching Dutch as a foreign language. In this article the monograph is presented and briefly discussed in terms of its structure and content. After a brief introduction of some previous research conducted by Czerwonka-Wajda, each of the chapters is described in terms of its thematic scope, also some selected issues are discussed. The main focus of the present paper is on the issues which seem particularly interesting and relevant in the context of teaching foreign pronunciation. The author of the review article concentrates also on methodology applied by Czerwonka-Wajda, points out its value and the importance of this type of research in foreign language teaching.

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