Second Language Pronunciation Assessment: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

book: Second Language Pronunciation Assessment

Open Access Published by Multilingual Matters 2017

Second Language Pronunciation Assessment

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by: Talia Isaacs and Pavel Trofimovich

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783096855

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About this book

This book is open access under a CC BY licence. It spans the areas of assessment, SLA and pronunciation and examines topical issues and challenges that relate to formal and informal assessments of second language (L2) speech in classroom, research and real-world contexts. It will be of interest to anyone working on L2 pronunciation and assessment.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	i
Contents Open Access Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	ix
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	xi
Part 1: Introduction
1 Key Themes, Constructs and Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Second Language Pronunciation Assessment Talia Isaacs and Pavel Trofimovich Open Access Download PDF	3
2 What Do Raters Need in a Pronunciation Scale? The User’s View Luke Harding Open Access Download PDF	12
Part 2: Insights From Assessing Other Language Skills and Components
3 Pronunciation and Intelligibility in Assessing Spoken Fluency Kevin Browne and Glenn Fulcher Open Access Download PDF	37
4 What Can Pronunciation Researchers Learn From Research into Second Language Writing? Ute Knoch Open Access Download PDF	54
5 The Role of Pronunciation in the Assessment of Second Language Listening Ability Elvis Wagner and Paul D. Toth Open Access Download PDF	72
Part 3: Perspectives on Pronunciation Assessment From Psycho linguistics and Speech Sciences
6 The Relationship Between Cognitive Control and Pronunciation in a Second Language Joan C. Mora and Isabelle Darcy Open Access Download PDF	95
7 Students’ Attitudes Towards English Teachers’ Accents: The Interplay of Accent Familiarity, Comprehensibility, Intelligibility, Perceived Native Speaker Status, and Acceptability as a Teacher Laura Ballard and Paula Winke Open Access Download PDF	121
8 Re-examining Phonological and Lexical Correlates of Second Language Comprehensibility: The Role of Rater Experience Kazuya Saito, Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs and Stuart Webb Open Access Download PDF	141
9 Assessing Second Language Pronunciation: Distinguishing Features of Rhythm in Learner Speech at Different Proficiency Levels Evelina Galaczi, Brechtje Post, Aike Li, Fiona Barker and Elaine Schmidt Open Access Download PDF	157
Part 4: Sociolinguistic, Cross-cultural and Lingua Franca Perspectives in Pronunciation Assessment
10 Commentary on the Native Speaker Status in Pronunciation Research Alan Davies Open Access Download PDF	185
11 Variation or ‘Error’? Perception of Pronunciation Variation and Implications for Assessment Stephanie Lindemann Open Access Download PDF	193
12 Teacher-Raters’ Assessment of French Lingua Franca Pronunciation Sara Kennedy, Josée Blanchet and Danielle Guénette Open Access Download PDF	210
13 Pronunciation Assessment in Asia’s World City: Implications of a Lingua Franca Approach in Hong Kong Andrew Sewell Open Access Download PDF	237
Part 5: Concluding Remarks
14 Second Language Pronunciation Assessment: A Look at the Present and the Future Pavel Trofimovich and Talia Isaacs Open Access Download PDF	259
Index Open Access Download PDF	272

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 288

eBook

Published: December 22, 2016
ISBN: 9781783096855