Ana P Biazon Rocha

In ELT, arguing against the central importance of feedback in the language learning process would be pointless. Feedback helps raise learners’ awareness of language forms, uses and meanings, guiding them to notice and address their difficulties (Darcy, 2018; Patsko, 2017; Saito, 2021:407–428). Furthermore, research has demonstrated that form-focused instruction and corrective feedback do contribute to learners' pronunciation development (Saito & Lyster, 2012), and many students are not only willing to receive feedback on their pronunciation but also consider it important (Saito, 2021). Still, striking a balance between feedback that is too detailed or vague, too frequent or infrequent, too...

A review of Teaching English Pronunciation for a Global World.