Second Language Pronunciation - Bridging the Gap Between Research and Teaching

John Levis is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at Iowa State University, USA. He is a veteran ESL teacher, and his research is focused on second language acquisition, especially second language pronunciation. Tracey Derwing is Professor Emeritus of TESL in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta, Canada and an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University. She focuses her research on L2 pronunciation and investigates the elements of successful social integration amongst immigrants and refugees. Sinem Sonsaat-Hegelheimer is Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, USA. Her research is focused on pronunciation teaching, computer-assisted language learning, and teaching materials evaluation.

1 Bridging the Research-Practice Gap in L2 Pronunciation 1 Tracey M. Derwing, John M. Levis, and Sinem Sonsaat-Hegelheimer 2 Integrating Pronunciation into Language Instruction 19 John M. Levis and Andrea Echelberger 3 Perception in Pronunciation Training 42 Ron I. Thomson 4 Making the Teaching of Segmentals Purposeful 61 Joshua Gordon 5 Making the Teaching of Suprasegmentals Accessible 85 Mary Grantham O'Brien 6 Classroom Research for Pronunciation 107 Veronica G. Sardegna and Alison McGregor 7 Using Technology to Explore L2 Pronunciation 129 Dorothy M. Chun and Yan Jiang 8 Beyond Controlled, Guided, and Free Practice: Teaching Pronunciation Effectively Via a Coaching Model 151 Donna M. Brinton, Michael Burri, and Amanda A. Baker 9 Effective Feedback for Pronunciation Teaching 174 Graeme Couper 10 Pronunciation Assessment in Classroom Contexts 194 Daniel R. Isbell and Mari Sakai 11 Pronunciation in Varied Teaching and Learning Contexts 215 Mark Tanner and Lynn Henrichsen 12 Pronunciation Teaching in EFL K-12 Settings 235 Elina Tergujeff 13 The Laboratory, the Classroom, and Online: What Works in Each Context 254 Ines A. Martin and Solène Inceoglu 14 Teaching Pronunciation in the Context of Multiple Varieties of English 273 Lucy Pickering and Meichan Huang 15 Research-Informed Materials for Pronunciation Teaching 293 Sinem Sonsaat-Hegelheimer and Shannon McCrocklin Glossary 315 Index 329