Connected speech is based on a set of rules used to modify pronunciations so that words connect and flow more smoothly in natural speech (hafta versus have to).

This resource contains 14 articles on connected speech of interest to teachers, researchers, and materials developers in both ESL/EFL and Japanese.

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Listening offers a state-of-the-art, systematic discussion of the role of listening in second language

An intelligibility-based approach to teaching that presents pronunciation as critical, yet neglected, in communicative language teaching.