| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) |
| Series |
Second language acquisition ; 107 |
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Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; 107.
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| Contents |
Part 1. Introduction - Key themes, constructs and interdisciplinary perspectives in second language pronunciation assessment / Talia Isaacs and Pavel Trofimovich - What do raters need in a pronunciation scale? The user's view / Luke Harding - Part 2. Insights from assessing other language skills and components - Pronunciation and intelligibility in assessing spoken fluency / Kevin Browne and Glenn Fulcher - What can pronunciation researchers learn from research into second language writing? / Ute Knoch - The role of pronunciation in the assessment of second language listening ability / Elvis Wagner and Paul D. Toth - Part 3. Perspectives on pronunciation assessment from psycholinguistics and speech sciences - The relationship between cognitive control and pronunciation in a second language / Joan C. Mora and Isabelle Darcy - 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 - Re-examining phonological and lexical correlates of second language comprehensibility : the role of rate experience / Kazuya Saito, Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs and Stuart Webb - Assessing second language pronunciation : distinguishing features of rhythm in learner speech at different proficiency levels / Evelina Galaczi, Brechtje Post, Aike Li, Fiona Baker and Elaine Schmidt - Part 4. Sociolinguistic, cross-cultural and Lingua Franca perspectives in pronunciation assessment - Commentary on the native speaker status in pronunciation research / Alan Davies - Variation or 'error'? Perception of pronunciation variation and implications for assessment / Stephanie Lindemann - Teacher-raters' assessment of French Lingua Franca pronunciation / Sara Kennedy, Josée Blanchet and Danielle Guénette - Pronunciation assessment in Asia's world city : implications of a Lingua Franca approach in Hong Kong / Andrew Sewell - Part 5. Concluding remarks - Second language pronunciation assessment : a look at the present and the future / Pavel Trofimovich and Talia Isaacs |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| In |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition -- Ability testing
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Language and languages -- Pronunciation -- Ability testing
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Language and languages -- Pronunciation by foreign speakers
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Phonetics & Phonology.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
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Second language acquisition -- Ability testing
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Isaacs, Talia, editor
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Trofimovich, Pavel, editor
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| ISBN |
9781783096862 |
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1783096861 |
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9781783096855 |
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1783096853 |
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9781783096879 |
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178309687X |
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1783096845 |
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9781783096848 |
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1783096837 |
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9781783096831 |
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