Investigating English Pronunciation: Trends and Directions

by Jose A. Mompean (Editor), Jonïs Fouz-Gonzïlez (Editor)

Overview

This book updates the latest research in the field of 'English pronunciation', providing readers with a number of original contributions that represent trends in the field. Topics include sociophonetic or sound-symbolic aspects of pronunciation English pronunciation teaching and learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137509437
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	10/08/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	345
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Lesley Curnick, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Jonás Fouz-González, Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), Spain Dan Frost, Grenoble University, France Mark Gray, Université Paris Est-Créteil, France Alice Henderson, University of Savoie, France Sophie Herment, Aix-Marseille University, France Céline Horgues, University of Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle, France Alexander Kautzsch, University of Regensburg, Germany Alan S. Kennedy, Columbia University, USA Anastazija Kirkova-Naskova, University of Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Denise Cristina Kluge, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brazil Darlene LaCharité, Laval University, Canada Andrée Lepage, Laval University, Canada David Levey, University of Cádiz, Spain Pekka Lintunen, University of Turku, Finland Jose A. Mompean, University of Murcia, Spain Pilar Mompeán Guillamón, Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), Spain Pauliina Peltonen, University of Turku, Finland Martha C. Pennington, School for Oriental and African Studies and Birkbeck College, UK Anabela Rato, University of Minho, Portugal Andréia Schurt Rauber, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Giane Rodrigues dos Santos, Catholic University of Pelotas, Brazil Sylwia Scheuer, University of Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle, France Jim Scobbie, Queen Margaret University, UK Elina Tergujeff, Jyväskylä Language Campus, Finland Sarah Thomas, Independent Scholar Gabor Turcsan, Aix-Marseille University, France Joshua Webb, University of Turku, Finland Janice Wing Sze Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Jose A. Mompean 
PART I: IN AND OUT OF THE LAB/SPEECH IN CONTEXT
2. Making Sense of Nonce Word Stress in English; Gabor Turcsan and Sophie Herment
3. Why Some Things Are Better Done in Tandem; Céline Horgues and Sylwia Scheuer
4. Mixed Accents: Scottish Children with English Parents; Sarah Thomas and James M. Scobbie
PART II: PERCEPTION OF L2 ACCENTED SPEECH
5. Perceptions of Intelligibility and RTs: Accent-tolerant vs. Non-accent-tolerant Listeners; Andrée Lepage and Darlene LaCharité
6. Non-native Accent and Listener Perceptions of Grammaticality; Alan S. Kennedy
PART: III – L2 PHONOLOGY AND ACQUISITION
7. Research, Theory, and Practice in Second Language Phonology: A Review and Directions for the Future; Martha C. Pennington
8. Training L1 French Learners to Perceive Prosodically Marked Focus in English; Mark Gray
9. Tone Units as Indicators of L2 Fluency Development: Evidence from Native and Learner English; Pekka Lintunen, Pauliina Peltonen and Joshua Webb
10. The Impact of L2 Proficiency on Vowel Training; Janice Wing Sze Wong
PART IV: PRONUNCIATION TEACHING
11. Sound Symbolism and Pronunciation Teaching: A Preliminary Study; Pilar Mompeán-Guillamón
12. The English Pronunciation Teaching in Europe Survey: Factors Inside and Outside the Classroom; Alice Henderson, Lesley Curnick, Dan Frost, Alexander Kautzsch, Anastazija Kirkova-Naskova, David Levey, Elina Tergujeff and Ewa Waniek-Klimczak
PART V: TECHNOLOGY
13. Designing Speech Perception Tasks with TP; Anabela Rato, Andréia Schurt Rauber, Denise Cristina Kluge and Giane Rodrigues dos Santos
14. Trends and Directions in Computer-assisted Pronunciation Training; Jonás Fouz-González

Editorial Reviews

This is a valuable resource for TESOL and other L2 practitioners and researchers alike, especially those who would like to learn more about L2 phonology in Europe. … Teachers and teacher trainers who wish to stay current with advancements in pronunciation teaching practices, or to find new teaching ideas will benefit from the instructional designs that are explained in details.” (Hilal Ergül, Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, Vol. 3 (1), 2017)

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