Key Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation: From Description to Pedagogy is a resource that encourages Spanish teachers and curriculum designers to increase their incorporation of pronunciation into the classroom. Combining theory and practical guidance, it will help language practitioners integrate the teaching of Spanish pronunciation with confidence and effectiveness. The international group of scholars across its 15 chapters is made up of individuals with well-established research records and training in best pedagogical practices.

Introduction / Rajiv Rao --Part I. The sound system of Spanish: Description of Spanish vowels and guidelines for teaching them / Wendy Elvira-Garcia -- Pronunciation in the L2 Spanish classroom: the voiceless stops /p, t, k/ / Mary L. Zampini -- Suggestions for teaching Spanish voiced stops /b, d, g/ and their lenited allophones [[beta], [gamma]] / Manuela Gonzalez-Bueno -- A theoretical framework in the acquisition and teaching of fricatives to L2 learners of Spanish / A. Raymond Elliott -- Issues in the teaching of Spanish liquid consonants / Benjamin Schmeiser -- The polymorphism of Spanish nasal stops / Carlos-Eduardo Pineros -- Incorporating syllable structure into the teaching of Spanish pronunciation / Sonia Colina -- Improving non-native pronunciation: teaching prosody to learners of Spanish as a second/foreign language / Carme de-la-Mota -- Part II. Pedagogical challenges and suggestions for the classroom: Spanish pronunciation and teaching dialectal variation / German Zarate-Sandez -- Incorporating technology into the teaching of Spanish pronunciation / Gillian Lord -- Navigating orthographic issues in the teaching of Spanish pronunciation / Scott James Perry -- The role of perception in learning Spanish pronunciation / C. Elizabeth Goodin-Mayeda -- An analytical approach to teaching Spanish pronunciation to native speakers of German: first language and age of first exposure as crucial factors / Maria Ulloa -- Teaching pronunciation to Spanish heritage speakers / Rebecca Ronquest -- Spanish pronunciation and teacher training: challenges and suggestions / Alfredo Herrero de Haro.