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Assessment in second language pronunciation / edited by Okim Kang and April Ginther.
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English
Published/Created
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Description
xii, 177 pages ; 24 cm
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P118.75 .A77 2018
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Subject(s)
Second language acquisition
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Ability testing
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Language and languages
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Pronunciation by foreign speakers
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Language and languages
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Pronunciation
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Ability testing
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Language and languages
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Pronunciation
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Language and languages
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Phonology
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Speech acts (Linguistics)
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Editor
Kang, Ong-mi, 1959-
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Ginther, April
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Kang, Ong-mi, 1959-
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Ginther, April
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Summary note
"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" -- From the publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Okim Kang and April Ginther
Measurements of accentedness, intelligibility, and comprehensibility / Ron Thomsom
Validitiy in pronunciation assessment / Luke Harding
Pronunciation assessment in the context of world Englishes / Slobodanka Dimova
Listeners and raters : similarities and differences in evaluation of accented speech / Xun Yan and April Ginter
Assessing pronunciation for research purposes with listener-baed scales / Daniel R. Isbell
Pronunciation features in rating criteria / Romy Ghanem and Okim Kang
Using speech processing technology in assessing pronunciation / Alistair Van Moere and Masanori Suzuki
Automated assessment of pronunciation in spontaneous speech / Anastassia Loukina, Larry Davis, and Xiaoming Xi.
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ISBN
9781138856868 (hardcover)
113885686X (hardcover)
9781138856875 (paperback)
1138856878 (paperback)
LCCN
2016057602
OCLC
968557515
Other standard number
40027346561
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