This paper provides a narrative review of empirical research on the assessment of speaking
proficiency published in selected journals in the field of language assessment. A total of 104 …

The emergence of empirical approaches to L2 pronunciation research and teaching is a
powerful fourth wave in the history of the field. Authored by two leading proponents of …

This article summarizes some of the main issues, concerns, and debates that have ensued
over the years in the field of L2 assessment and shows how past concerns have shaped …

Comprehensibility, a major concept in second language (L2) pronunciation research that
denotes listeners' perceptions of how easily they understand L2 speech, is central to …

English language teaching continues to be restricted. This article provides a comprehensive
review of some important issues of English pronunciation instruction. The purposes of this …

This mixed-methods study examines the effects of rating scale length and rater experience
on listeners' judgments of second-language (L2) speech. Twenty experienced and 20 …

For the past two decades, there has been enormous growth in research on second
language (L2) pronunciation. Pronunciation is an essential aspect of the assessment of oral …

This book is open access under a CC BY licence. It spans the areas of assessment, second
language acquisition (SLA) and pronunciation and examines topical issues and challenges …

This study investigated EFL teachers' orientations toward the assessment of pronunciation at
the upper-secondary school level in Norway. Data were gathered from purposeful samples …

Economic globalization and technological advances are bringing together people from
different linguistic and cultural backgrounds who were once oceans apart (Gatbonton and …