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A prospectus for pronunciation research in the 21st century

A point of view

 | Simon Fraser University
 | University of Alberta
Published online: 30 March 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.1.1.01mun
This inaugural issue of the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, an auspicious step forward in our field, gives us an opportunity to take stock of current trends in pronunciation research with an eye to the future of this evolving field. As longtime researchers, we have learned many lessons by trial and error and wish to share our perspectives on sound methodological practices and on pitfalls to avoid. Our review follows the outline of a traditional experimental investigation, starting with the conceptualization of pronunciation research studies. We then discuss theoretical motivations, choice of constructs, and issues arising from the literature review. Next we compare several research designs and summarize types of data commonly used in pronunciation research. We then move on to consider data collection and analysis, focusing on reliability, effect sizes, and speaker variability, and to offer some caveats regarding the interpretation of results. We conclude by suggesting areas for future second language speech research, in terms of both replications and new studies.
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2021. Perception du discours académique de locuteurs non anglophones. Recherches en didactique des langues et des cultures 3:18-3 DOI logo
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2021. Foreign Accent in L2 Japanese. In Second Language Speech Learning, ► pp. 377 ff. DOI logo
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2021. Exploring the Pronunciation Awareness Continuum through Self-Reflection in the L2 French Learning Process. Languages 6:4 ► pp. 182 ff. DOI logo
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2020. Rating L2 speaker comprehensibility on monologic vs. interactive tasks. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 6:1 ► pp. 96 ff. DOI logo
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2020. Does personality influence ratings of foreign accents?. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 6:1 ► pp. 68 ff. DOI logo
Kamerhuber, Julia, Julia Horvath & Elissa Pustka
2020. Lecture, répétition, parole spontanée : l’impact de la tâche sur le comportement du schwa en FLE. Journal of French Language Studies 30:2 ► pp. 161 ff. DOI logo
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2020. English and Portuguese consonant clusters: contrasts and challenges. DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada 36:2 DOI logo
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2020. Language attitudes and L2 pronunciation. English Text Construction 13:2 ► pp. 178 ff. DOI logo
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2020. Comprehensibility andeveryday English use. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 6:3 ► pp. 352 ff. DOI logo
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2022. Comprehensibility and everyday English use. In The Evolution of Pronunciation Teaching and Research [Benjamins Current Topics, 121], ► pp. 75 ff. DOI logo
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2019. Reflections on the Development of L2 Pronunciation Research in Canada. The Canadian Modern Language Review 75:4 ► pp. 329 ff. DOI logo
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2019. Rethinking perceptions of fluency . Applied Linguistics Review 10:2 ► pp. 259 ff. DOI logo
Idemaru, Kaori, Peipei Wei & Lucy Gubbins
2019. Acoustic Sources of Accent in Second Language Japanese Speech. Language and Speech 62:2 ► pp. 333 ff. DOI logo
Isbell, Daniel R., Ok-Sook Park & Kyujin Lee
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2018. Investigating L1 lay assessments of L2 French pronunciation. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 4:1 ► pp. 103 ff. DOI logo
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2017. Joint Development of Teacher Cognition and Identity Through Learning to Teach L2 Pronunciation. The Modern Language Journal 101:1 ► pp. 128 ff. DOI logo
Cavus, Nadire & Dogan Ibrahim
2017. Learning English using children's stories in mobile devices. British Journal of Educational Technology 48:2 ► pp. 625 ff. DOI logo
Hopf, Suzanne C., Sharynne McLeod & Sarah H. McDonagh
2017. Validation of the Intelligibility in Context Scale for school students in Fiji. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 31:7-9 ► pp. 487 ff. DOI logo
Jung, YeonJoo, YouJin Kim & John Murphy
2017. THE ROLE OF TASK REPETITION IN LEARNING WORD-STRESS PATTERNS THROUGH AUDITORY PRIMING TASKS. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 39:2 ► pp. 319 ff. DOI logo
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