Second Language Pronunciation Assessment: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Part 1: Introduction -- 1 Key Themes, Constructs And Interdisciplinary Perspectives In Second Language Pronunciation Assessment -- 2 What Do Raters Need In A Pronunciation Scale? The User's View -- Part 2: Insights From Assessing Other Language Skills And Components -- 3 Pronunciation And Intelligibility In Assessing Spoken Fluency -- 4 What Can Pronunciation Researchers Learn From Research Into Second Language Writing? -- 5 The Role Of Pronunciation In The Assessment Of Second Language Listening Ability -- Part 3: Perspectives On Pronunciation Assessment From Psycho Linguistics And Speech Sciences -- 6 The Relationship Between Cognitive Control And Pronunciation In A Second Language -- 7 Students' Attitudes Towards English Teachers' Accents: The Interplay Of Accent Familiarity, Comprehensibility, Intelligibility, Perceived Native Speaker Status, And Acceptability As A Teacher -- 8 Re-examining Phonological And Lexical Correlates Of Second Language Comprehensibility: The Role Of Rater Experience -- 9 Assessing Second Language Pronunciation: Distinguishing Features Of Rhythm In Learner Speech At Different Proficiency Levels -- Part 4: Sociolinguistic, Cross-cultural And Lingua Franca Perspectives In Pronunciation Assessment -- 10 Commentary On The Native Speaker Status In Pronunciation Research -- 11 Variation Or 'error'? Perception Of Pronunciation Variation And Implications For Assessment -- 12 Teacher-raters' Assessment Of French Lingua Franca Pronunciation -- 13 Pronunciation Assessment In Asia's World City: Implications Of A Lingua Franca Approach In Hong Kong -- Part 5: Concluding Remarks -- 14 Second Language Pronunciation Assessment: A Look At The Present And The Future -- Index Ed. By Talia Isaacs, Pavel Trofimovich. In English.