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Editorial published In: Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
Vol. 5:2 (2019) ► pp.181–194

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Editorial

Pronunciation research in recent dissertations

 | Iowa State University


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Published online: 17 September 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.19008.edi
Abstract
This editorial looks at L2 pronunciation dissertations from 2017 and 2018 to see what topics were of interest in research, to examine trends, and to suggest ideas for the future. The largest group of dissertations reflect interest in instruction and instructional interventions. These interventions look at a wide variety of features, types of instruction (e.g., implicit vs. explicit), different L1-L2 combinations, and the importance of materials in teacher training. The next most common topic was perception, followed by prosody (including stress, intonation, tone and fluency) and acquisition. English and Spanish were the most frequently studied L2s, indicating a need for L2 pronunciation in less commonly researched languages.
Article outline
  • The dissertations
    • Conclusion
  • This issue
    • Full-length articles
      • Korean L2 learners’ perception and production of Vietnamese tones. (Đào and Nguyễn)
      • Exploring the effects of instruction on L2 French learner pronunciation, accentedness, comprehensibility, and fluency: An online classroom study. (Inceoglu)
      • Intelligibility of an L2 variety in ELF interactions: Brunei English and vowel pronunciation. (Gardiner)
      • Nonnative accent and the perceived grammaticality of spoken grammar forms. (Ruivivar and Collins)
      • Developing and validating a methodology for crowdsourcing L2 speech ratings in Amazon Mechanical Turk. (Nagle)
    • Reviews
  • References
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