Assessment in Second Language Pronunciation

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ACTFL Guideline
advanced pronunciation assessment research
Alistair Van Moere
Anastassia Loukina
April Ginther
ASR System
Automated Scoring Systems
Category Probability Curves
Category=CBX
Category=CFDM
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Category=CJBG
Chinese L1 Speaker
Comprehensibility Ratings
Comprehensibility Scores
Daniel R. Isbell
Debriefing Questions
EMI Program
English Pronunciation
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ESOL Specialist
Item Characteristic Curve
Japanese L1 Speaker
L2 Accent
L2 Pronunciation
L2 Pronunciation Research
language assessment in pronunciation
language testing methods
Larry Davis
listener-based evaluation
Luke Harding
Masanori Suzuki
NNS Variety
phonology and assessment
Pronunciation
pronunciation and assessment
Pronunciation Assessment
Pronunciation Constructs
Pronunciation Instruction
Pronunciation Quality
Pronunciation Scoring
Rasch Measurement
rater reliability
Romy Ghanem
Ron Thomson
second language pronunciation
Slobodanka Dimova
speech intelligibility
speech recognition technology
Teaching English to speakers of other languages
TEFL
TESOL
TOEFL iBT
Unconstrained Speech
Van Moere
world englishes assessment
Xiaoming Xi
Xun Yan

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138856868
  • Weight: 430g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Jun 2017
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Assessment in Second Language Pronunciation highlights the importance of pronunciation in the assessment of second language speaking proficiency. Leading researchers from around the world cover practical issues as well as theoretical principles, enabling the understanding and application of the theory involved in assessment in pronunciation.

Key features of this book include:

  • Examination of key criteria in pronunciation assessment, including intelligibility, comprehensibility and accentedness;
  • Exploration of the impact of World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca on pronunciation assessment;
  • Evaluation of the validity and reliability of testing, including analysis of scoring methodologies;
  • Discussion of current and future practice in assessing pronunciation via speech recognition technology.

Assessment in Second Language Pronunciation is vital reading for students studying modules on pronunciation and language testing and assessment.

Okim Kang is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics/TESL at Northern Arizona University, USA. April Ginther is Associate Professor of Second Language Studies at Purdue University, USA.