We propose a new framework for conceptualizing measures of instructed second language
(L2) pronunciation performance according to three sets of parameters:(a) the constructs …

One of the basic goals of second language (L2) speech research is to understand the
perception-production link, or the relationship between L2 speech perception and L2 …

This chapter summarizes, from the perspective of the revised Speech Learning Model (SLM-
r; Chapter 1), some of the numerous studies that have examined the learning of English …

Understanding speech in our native tongue seems natural and effortless; listening to speech
in a nonnative language is a different experience. In this book, Anne Cutler argues that …

To what extent do our accents determine the way we are perceived by others? Is foreign
accent inevitably associated with social stigma? Accent is a matter of great public interest …

This book is intended to give you a broad overview of Applied Linguistics. It will introduce
you to important areas in the field, and familiarize you with the key issues in each of those …

The examples presented above are stark illustrations of the importance of speech
intelligibility, the most fundamental characteristic of successful oral communication. When …

Despite abundant evidence of malleability in speech production, previous studies of the
effects of late second-language learning on first-language speech production have been …

We present a test of a revised version of the Second Language Linguistic Perception (L2LP)
model, a computational model of the acquisition of second language (L2) speech perception …

Second language acquisition has rapidly grown as a field over the past decade, as our
knowledge of the ways in which children and adults learn and use a second language has …