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Pronunciation fundamentals : evidence-based perspectives for L2 teaching and research
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 evidence-based instruction, this volume surveys both foundational and cutting-edge empirical work and pinpoints its ramifications for pedagogy. The authors begin by tracing the history of pronunciation instruction and explicating L2 phonetic learning processes. Subsequent chapters explore the themes, strengths, and ethical problems of the field through the lens of the intelligibility principle. The importance of error gravity, and the need for assessment and individualized instruction are highlighted, and the role of L2 accents in social contexts is probed. Material readily available elsewhere has been omitted in favour of an emphasis on the how, why, and when of pronunciation instruction. Anyone with an interest in L2 pronunciation-especially graduate students, language teachers, and experienced researchers-will find much value in this indispensible resource.
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Aktuelle Aussprachewörterbücher des Deutschen und des Englischen im Vergleich
In dem vorliegenden Artikel werden insgesamt fünf, zwei deutsche und drei englische Aussprachewörterbücher, die den aktuellen Entwicklungsstand der Phonolexiko-graphie des Deutschen und des Englischen repräsentieren, einer kritisch-vergleichenden Betrachtung unterzogen. Das Ziel dieser Gegenüberstellung besteht nicht nur darin, die Stärken und die Schwächen der einzelnen Werke vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen lexikographischen Praxis zu erörtern und ggf. auch Impulse für zukünftige Entwicklungen in der Darstellung und Vermittlung von Ausspracheinformationen zu geben, sondern auch, einen interlingualen Diskurs anzuregen, der zur Reflexion über universelle und sprachspezifische Herausforderungen in der phonetischen Standardisierung und Kodifizierung beitragen könnte.Den Ausgangspunkt bildet eine allgemeine Charakteristik der zu untersuchenden Wörterbücher, bei der Aspekte wie ihre Entstehungsgeschichte, ihre Zielgruppen sowie Konstruktion und Umfang des jeweiligen Wörterverzeichnisses und des einführenden Textteils zur Sprache kommen. Die eigentliche Analyse fokussiert sich auf vier Schwerpunkte: die Auffassung dessen, was als Standard-aussprache zu verstehen und zu kodifizieren ist, den Umgang mit phonostilistischen und regionalen Aussprachevarianten, ferner die grafische Gestaltung der verglichenen Nachschlagewerke und schließlich ihre multimedialen Erweiterungen. Im letzten Abschnitt werden die in den genannten Bereichen festgestellten Gemeinsamkeiten und vor allem Unterschiede zwischen den analysierten Wörterbüchern zusammenfassend geordnet und abschließend wird noch kurz ein subjektiver Ausblick auf die Zukunftsperspektiven der Aussprachewörterbücher gewagt.
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Scandinavian song : a guide to Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish repertoire and diction
\"Scandinavian art songs are a unique expression of the cultures of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Although these three countries are distinct from one another, their languages and cultures share many similarities. Common themes found in art and literature include a love of nature, especially of the sea, feelings of longing and melancholy, the contrast between light and dark, the extremes of the northern climate, and lively folk traditions. These shared sensibilities are reflected and expressed in a tangible way through music. Scandinavian art song has faced several challenges over the years in North America, but matters have changed with the recent expansion of diction curricula to cover languages other than English, French, German, and Italian. The primary obstacle remains a lack of practical resources for the study of art songs and lyric diction of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Scandinavian Song: A Guide to Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish Repertoire and Diction remedies this problem. Unlike other sources that give at best a cursory overview of lyric diction in the Scandinavian languages, this book provides practical information, enabling teachers and students to render transcriptions of text written in these languages into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) -- an absolute necessity for any study of repertoire. An extensive survey of available music and sample IRA transcriptions and translations, as well as a companion website with native speakers reciting selected song texts, make this book an invaluable resource for students and professors in college, university, and conservatory voice programs.\"--Back cover.
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Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Systems Applied to Pronunciation Assessment of L2 Spanish for Japanese Speakers
General-purpose automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems have improved in quality and are being used for pronunciation assessment. However, the assessment of isolated short utterances, such as words in minimal pairs for segmental approaches, remains an important challenge, even more so for non-native speakers. In this work, we compare the performance of our own tailored ASR system (kASR) with the one of Google ASR (gASR) for the assessment of Spanish minimal pair words produced by 33 native Japanese speakers in a computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) scenario. Participants in a pre/post-test training experiment spanning four weeks were split into three groups: experimental, in-classroom, and placebo. The experimental group used the CAPT tool described in the paper, which we specially designed for autonomous pronunciation training. A statistically significant improvement for the experimental and in-classroom groups was revealed, and moderate correlation values between gASR and kASR results were obtained, in addition to strong correlations between the post-test scores of both ASR systems and the CAPT application scores found at the final stages of application use. These results suggest that both ASR alternatives are valid for assessing minimal pairs in CAPT tools, in the current configuration. Discussion on possible ways to improve our system and possibilities for future research are included.
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Computer-assisted pronunciation training: A systematic review
This systematic review maps the trends of computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) research based on the pedagogy of second language (L2) pronunciation instruction and assessment. The review was limited to empirical studies investigating the effects of CAPT on healthy L2 learners’ pronunciation. Thirty peer-reviewed journal articles published between 1999 and 2022 were selected based on specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were collected about the studies’ contexts, participants, experimental designs, CAPT systems, pronunciation training scopes and approaches, pronunciation assessment practices, and learning measures. Using a pedagogically informed codebook, the pronunciation training and assessment practices were classified and evaluated based on established L2 pronunciation teaching guidelines. The findings indicated that most of the studies focused on the pronunciation training of adult English learners with an emphasis on the production of segmental features (i.e. vowels and consonants) rather than suprasegmental features (i.e. stress, intonation, and rhythm). Despite the innovation promised by CAPT technology, pronunciation practice in the studies reviewed was characterized by the predominant use of drilling through listen-and-repeat and read-aloud activities. As for assessment, most CAPT studies relied on human listeners to measure the accurate production of discrete pronunciation features (i.e. segmental and suprasegmental accuracy). Meanwhile, few studies employed global pronunciation learning measures such as intelligibility and comprehensibility. Recommendations for future research are provided based on the discussion of these results.
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The evolution of pronunciation teaching and research : 25 years of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness
This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in up-to-date coverage of L2 pronunciation matters. Originally published as special issue of Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 6:3 (2020).
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