TY - BOOK AU - Isaacs,Talia AU - Trofimovich,Pavel TI - Second Language Pronunciation Assessment: Interdisciplinary Perspectives SN - 9781783096831 (pbk) SN - 1754-2642 PY - 2017/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit, PA PB - Multilingual Matters KW - Second language acquisition KW - Ability testing KW - Language and languages KW - Pronunciation KW - Pronunciation for foreign speakers KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Research N1 - Volume 107 in the Second Language Acquisition. The pdf and epub versions of this book are freely available to download at https://zenodo.org/record/165465. This book is open access under a CC BY licence; Includes bibliographical references and index; "This book spans the areas of assessment, second language acquisition (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 showcases insights from assessing other skills (e.g. listening and writing) and highlights perspectives from research in speech sciences, SLA, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics, including lingua franca communication, with concrete implications for pronunciation assessment. This collection will help to establish commonalities across research areas and facilitate greater consensus about key issues, terminology and best practice in L2 pronunciation research and assessment. Due to its interdisciplinary nature, this book will appeal to a mixed audience of researchers, graduate students, teacher-educators and exam board staff with varying levels of expertise in pronunciation and assessment and wide-ranging interests in applied linguistics." (Book Jacket); TABLE OF CONTENTS; PART 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 - Key Themes, Constructs and Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Second Language Pronunciation Assessment /; Talia Isaacs and Pavel Trofimovich ; Assessment of Second Language Pronunciation: Where We Are Now ; Bringing Together Different Research Strands ; Structure of the Book ; Key Concepts and Definitions; Chapter 2 - What Do Raters Need in a Pronunciation Scale? The User’s View /; Luke Harding; Introduction ; Background ; Aim and Research Questions ; Methodology ; Findings ; Discussion; PART 2: INSIGHTS FROM ASSESSING OTHER LANGUAGE SKILLS AND COMPONENTS; Chapter 3 - Pronunciation and Intelligibility in Assessing Spoken Fluency /; Kevin Browne and Glenn Fulcher ; Introduction ; The Fluency Construct ; Methodology ; Findings and Discussion ; Conclusion; Chapter 4 - What Can Pronunciation Researchers Learn From Research into Second Language Writing? /; Ute Knoch ; Introduction ; Rating Scale Development and Validation ; Rater Effects and Training ; Task Effects ; Classroom-based Assessment ; Implications and Conclusion; Chapter 5 - The Role of Pronunciation in the Assessment of Second Language Listening Ability /; Elvis Wagner and Paul D. Toth ; Introduction ; Review of the Literature ; The Current Study ; Methodology ; Results ; Discussion ; Implications and Conclusion ; Appendix: Post-test Questionnaire; PART 3: PERSPECTIVES ON PRONUNCIATION ASSESSMENT FROM PSYCHOLINGUISTICS AND SPEECH SCIENCES; Chapter 6: The Relationship Between Cognitive Control and Pronunciation in a Second Language /; Joan C. Mora and Isabelle Darcy ; Introduction ; Background ; The Present Study ; Methodology ; Results ; Discussion and Conclusion ; Implications ; Appendix: Results of a Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis Using Attention and PSTM as Predictors of Pronunciation Accuracy Scores; Chapter 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 ; Introduction ; Background ; The Current Study ; Methodology ; Procedure ; Results ; Discussion ; Implications ; Conclusion; Chapter 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 ; Introduction ; Pronunciation Aspects of Comprehensibility ; Lexical Aspects of Comprehensibility ; Discussion ; Implications for Second Language Assessment ; Limitations ; Conclusion ; Appendix: Training Materials and Onscreen Labels for Comprehensibility Judgement; Chapter 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 ; Introduction ; Role of Rhythm in English Speech ; Rhythm Metrics ; Prosody, Rhythm and Second Language English Learners ; Study Aim and Research Questions ; Methodology ; Results ; Discussion ; Implications ; Future Research and Conclusion; PART 4: SOCIOLINGUISTIC, CROSS-CULTURAL AND LINGUA FRANCA PERSPECTIVES IN PRONUNCIATION ASSESSMENT; Chapter 10 - Commentary on the Native Speaker Status in Pronunciation Research /; Alan Davies; Chapter 11 - Variation or ‘Error’? Perception of Pronunciation Variation and Implications for Assessment /; Stephanie Lindemann; Introduction ; Variation and Perception of Variation in Native English ; Pronunciation and Perception of ‘Nonnative’ English Variation ; Bias Against Nonnative Speakers ; Implications for Assessment ; Conclusion; Chapter 12 - Teacher-Raters’ Assessment of French Lingua Franca Pronunciation /; Sara Kennedy, Josée Blanchet and Danielle Guénette ; Introduction ; French as a Lingua Franca ; Assessment of French Pronunciation ; Rater Reports as Evidence of Rater Decision Making ; The Current Study ; Methodology ; Results ; Discussion ; Limitations and Conclusion ; Implications for Assessment, Teaching and Research ; Appendix: Empirical Codes, Examples and Frequencies of Coded Categories Used to Analyze Teacher-raters’ Transcribed Verbatim Comments; Chapter 13 - Pronunciation Assessment in Asia’s World City: Implications of a Lingua Franca Approach in Hong Kong /; Andrew Sewell ; Introduction ; Pronunciation Assessment in Hong Kong: Room for Improvement? ; Implications of a Lingua Franca Approach; PART 5: CONCLUDING REMARKS; Chapter 14 - Second Language Pronunciation Assessment: A Look at the Present and the Future /; Pavel Trofimovich and Talia Isaacs ; Introduction ; Current Trends ; Future Directions; Index UR - http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?K=9781783096831 UR - https://zenodo.org/record/165465 UR - https://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UO/1qgui7k/alma991003509039705161 ER -