Pronunciation, long on the periphery of applied linguistics research and pedagogy,
continues to grow in importance because of its central roles in speech recognition, speech …

A proper understanding of intelligibility is at the heart of effective pronunciation teaching,
and with it, successful teaching of speaking and listening. Far from being an optional'add-it …

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 …

To what extent do our accents determine the way we are perceived by others? Is a foreign
accent inevitably associated with social stigma? Accent is a matter of great public interest …

This volume gives language teachers, software designers, and researchers who wish to use
technology in second or foreign language education the information they need to absorb …

Sixty‐five Japanese learners of English participated in the current study, which investigated
the acquisitional value of form‐focused instruction (FFI) with and without corrective feedback …

In high‐stakes oral proficiency testing as well as in everyday encounters, accent is the most
salient aspect of nonnative speech. Prior studies of English language learners'(ELLs') …

Suprasegmentals have been emphasized in ESL/EFL pedagogy since the advent of
communicative language teaching. However, it is still unclear how individual …

Abstract Language learning is a multimodal endeavor; to improve their pronunciation in a
new language, learners access not only auditory information about speech sounds and …

Rapid evolution of communication technologies has changed language pedagogy and
language use, enabling new forms of discourse, new forms of authorship, and new ways to …