The Sounds of English Theory and Practice for Latin American Speakers

do you speak English? Most people ask this question when they want to know whether you can communicate in this language. By doing it they evince the widespread tendency to equate our ability to speak with our overall communicative competence. Paradoxically, for most EFL and ESL learners, speaking is...

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Main Author: José Vicente Abad Olaya (auth)
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Published: 2020
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