It has been a long time since Jack Richards and I (Pennington and Richards, 1986) noted
that pronunciation, once a central concern of language teaching, had been sidelined in …

We provide an exhaustive review of studies in the relatively new domain of research on the
influence of orthography on second language (L2) phonological acquisition. While language …

This viewpoint essay considers the current status of computer-assisted pronunciation
training (CAPT) before examining some of the current issues and future directions in the …

Abstract named two conflicting approaches to pronunciation teaching, the Nativeness
Principle and the Intelligibility Principle. This paper revisits those two principles to argue for …

Now in its second edition, Introduction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition continues
to present a cohesive view of the different theoretical and pedagogical perspectives that …

The current study presents two meta‐analyses to explore what underlies the assessment
and teaching of comprehensible and nativelike pronunciation among English‐as‐a‐Second …

While research has shown that provision of explicit pronunciation instruction (PI) is
facilitative of various aspects of second language (L2) speech learning (Thomson & …

Research has increasingly demonstrated that pronunciation difficulties in English can
seriously affect learners' intelligibility and ability to comprehend spoken English. It is thus …

The type of voice model used in Computer Assisted Pronunciation Instruction is a crucial
factor in the quality of practice and the amount of uptake by language learners. As an …

The present study investigated the training benefits of segmental vs. suprasegmental
aspects for the intelligibility and comprehensibility of spoken English as a Foreign Language …