Second language pronunciation : different approaches to teaching and training / edited by Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves, Jeniffer Imaregna Alcantara de Albuquerque.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alves, Ubiratã Kickhöfel, editor.

Alcantara de Albuquerque, Jeniffer Imaregna, editor.

Series:

Studies on language acquisition ; Volume 64.

Studies on language acquisition ; Volume 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Pronunciation by foreign speakers.

English language.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2023]

Summary:

In the field of second language (L2) acquisition, the number of studies focusing on L2 pronunciation instruction and perceptual/production training has increased as new classroom methodologies have been proposed and new goals for L2 pronunciation have been set. This book brings together different approaches to L2 pronunciation research in the classroom or in the language laboratory. 13 chapters, written by well-known researchers focusing on a variety of first and target languages, are divided into four parts: Pronunciation development and intelligibility: implications for teaching and training studies; L2 pronunciation teaching; L2 pronunciation training: implications for the classroom; and Pronunciation in the laboratory: High Variability Phonetic Training. Intended for researchers in the fields of second language acquisition, phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics, speech therapies, speech technology, as well as second language teaching, this book not only summarizes the current research questions on L2 pronunciation teaching and training, but also predicts future scenarios for both researchers and practitioners in the field.

Contents:

Frontmatter

About the Authors

Contents

Introduction

Part I: Pronunciation development and intelligibility: Implications for teaching and training studies

Plural formation in English: A Brazilian Portuguese case study

Effect of task, word length and frequency on speech perception in L2 English: Implications for L2 pronunciation teaching and training

L2 accented speech measured by Argentinian pre-service teachers

Dynamic paths of intelligibility and comprehensibility: Implications for pronunciation teaching from a longitudinal study with Haitian learners of Brazilian Portuguese

Part II: L2 pronunciation teaching

A dynamic account of the development of English (L2) vowels by Brazilian learners through communicative teaching and through explicit instruction

An extra layer of support: Developing an English-speaking consultation program

Putting participation first: The use of the ICF-model in the assessment and instruction of L2 pronunciation

Part III: L2 pronunciation training: Implications for the classroom

Orthographic interference in the acquisition of English /h/ by Francophones

Improving fossilized English pronunciation by simultaneously viewing a video footage of oneself on an ICT self-learning system

Speech technologies and pronunciation training: What is the potential for efficient corrective feedback?

Part IV: Pronunciation in the laboratory: High variability phonetic training

On the robustness of high variability phonetic training effects: A study on the perception of non-native Dutch contrasts by French-speaking learners

Effects of perceptual training in the perception and production of heterotonics by Brazilian learners of Spanish

Assessing the robustness of L2 perceptual training: A closer look at generalization and retention of learning

Conclusion

An overview of pronunciation teaching and training

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-11-073612-8