Prof. Alison Kitzman of Kindai University talks to us about the what, why, and how of teaching English pronunciation in Japan. Included free: cicadas and a very bad Eliza Dolittle impersonation.

Mentioned:

• Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, Peter C. Brown: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Stick-Peter-C-Brown-ebook/dp/B00JQ3FN7M/ref=sr\_1\_1?dchild=1&keywords=make+it+stick&qid=1627252684&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
• Stress in the Speech Stream, Dr. Wayne Dickerson: https://www.amazon.com/Stress-Speech-Stream-English-Teachers/dp/0252060962
• “The ‘Cornfield Test’: A Study into the ‘Katakana Effect’,” Alison B. Kitzman
• Lenneberg’s (1967) Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical\_period\_hypothesis
• My Fair Lady: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My\_Fair\_Lady\_(film)
• My Cousin Vinny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My\_Cousin\_Vinny