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Assessment in Second Language Pronunciation [Kietas viršelis]

Edited by (Purdue University, USA), Edited by (Northern Arizona University, USA)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 178 pages, aukštis x plotis: 234x156 mm, weight: 430 g, 11 Tables, black and white; 17 Line drawings, black and white; 17 Illustrations, black and white
  • Išleidimo metai: 22-Jun-2017
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 113885686X
  • ISBN-13: 9781138856868
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Hardback, 178 pages, aukštis x plotis: 234x156 mm, weight: 430 g, 11 Tables, black and white; 17 Line drawings, black and white; 17 Illustrations, black and white
  • Išleidimo metai: 22-Jun-2017
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 113885686X
  • ISBN-13: 9781138856868
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
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.

Recenzijos

"This volume revitalizes the field of second language pronunciation assessment, offering new and diverse scholarly insights on features of pronunciation and how these are perceived and evaluated by listeners and trained raters, on the challenges to test validity posed by shifting pronunciation norms, and on technological advances in measurement. Essential reading for pronunciation researchers, professional language testers and graduate students of language assessment, the book will also be illuminating for ESL teachers and applied linguists more generally." Catherine Elder, University of Melbourne, Australia

List of figures
vii
List of tables
viii
Acknowledgements ix
Notes on contributors x
Introduction 1(8)
Okim Kang
April Ginther
PART I Current issues in pronunciation assessment
9(104)
1 Measurement of accentedness, intelligibility, and comprehensibility
11(19)
Ron Thomson
2 Validity in pronunciation assessment
30(19)
Luke Harding
3 Pronunciation assessment in the context of World Englishes
49(18)
Slobodanka Dimova
4 Listeners and raters: similarities and differences in evaluation of accented speech
67(22)
Xun Yan
April Ginther
5 Assessing pronunciation for research purposes with listener-based numerical scales
89(24)
Daniel R. Isbell
PART II Technology and pronunciation assessment
113(59)
6 Pronunciation features in rating criteria
115(22)
Romy Ghanem
Okim Kang
7 Using speech processing technology in assessing pronunciation
137(16)
Alistair Van Moere
Masanori Suzuki
8 Automated assessment of pronunciation in spontaneous speech
153(19)
Anastassia Loukina
Larry Davis
Xiaoming Xi
Index 172
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.