<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><span id="m_294577737869897853gmail-docs-internal-guid-e72a28ee-7fff-7678-4e83-ad5ea8e6d99a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear colleagues,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are excited to share that our new book </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Voice and Mirroring in L2 Pronunciation Instruction</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (2023) is in print and available now at </span><a href="https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/voice-mirroring/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/voice-mirroring/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Currently, they are offering a 25% promotional discount if you use the promo code: <b style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">voice</b></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This book is the first in a new series on Applied Phonology and Pronunciation Teaching, edited by Martha C. Pennington, which seeks to provide a forum for dissemination of knowledge in the area of applied phonology and pronunciation teaching. There are several upcoming volumes that may be of interest to this group, and anyone who may wish to propose their own volume in the series is welcomed to contact Martha directly. (See here for more information on that: <a href="https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/applied-phonology-pronunciation-teaching/" target="_blank">https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/applied-phonology-pronunciation-teaching/</a>)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><u>About the book:</u></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><u><br></u></b></span></p><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>Voice and Mirroring in L2 Pronunciation</i> Instruction presents an approach to teaching pronunciation which aims for learners to internalize the “voices” (complexes of linguistic and non-linguistic features that embody particular speakers’ emotion, social stance, and group identification) of proficient speakers of the second language (L2). Beginning with a review of “bottom-up” and “top-down” approaches to second language acquisition (SLA) research and pronunciation teaching, the authors present previously published and new findings in interlanguage phonology and variationist approaches to SLA showing the powerful impact of sociolinguistic context on L2 pronunciation. On the basis of this review, the authors argue that a top-down approach which begins with social context is preferable in both the research and teaching of L2 pronunciation. They highlight the Mirroring Project as one such approach that includes the social factors impacting L2 pronunciation, such as interlocutor, empathy, and nonverbal elements. With accompanying instructional activities that have been used in a variety of teaching and learning settings in the U.S., the authors demonstrate how this project can help language learners modify their L2 pronunciation patterns and improve their intelligibility as they internalize and channel the voices of speakers they have selected as models.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">The audience for the volume includes language teachers, particularly those desiring to use top-down pedagogical approaches like the Mirroring Project to improve learners’ intelligibility, and academic researchers interested in studying the way adults can acquire second language phonology by holistically adopting and channeling the voices of speakers they admire. The book is also of potential interest to language teacher educators, curriculum developers, and textbook writers.</span></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please feel free to contact any of us if you have any questions. We hope that you will find this book to be of interest to the work that you do, and we look forward to your reviews!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sincerely,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Darren LaScotte, Colleen Meyers, and Elaine Tarone</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p></span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="1"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>Darren K. LaScotte</b><div>Teaching Specialist, Minnesota English Language Program (MELP)<div>20 Nicholson Hall | University of Minnesota | <a href="http://ccaps.umn.edu/melp" target="_blank">ccaps.umn.edu/melp</a><div><a href="http://z.umn.edu/lascotte" target="_blank">http://z.umn.edu/lascotte</a><div><i>Pronouns: he/him/his</i></div></div></div></div><div><i><font size="1"><br></font></i></div><div><i><b><font size="1">New publications!</font></b></i></div><div><font size="1"><b>LaScotte, D.</b>, & Tarone, E. (2022). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12812" target="_blank">Channeling “voices” to improve L2 English intelligibility</a>. <i>The Modern Language Journal</i>, <i>106</i>(4), 744-763. [Recipient of the <a href="https://www.tesol.org/careers/awards-grants-scholarships/tesol-award-for-excellence-in-research/" target="_blank">2023 TESOL Award for Excellence in Research</a>]</font></div><div><font size="1"><b>LaScotte, D</b>., Meyers, C., & Tarone, E. (2023). <a href="https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/voice-mirroring/" target="_blank"><i>Voice and mirroring in L2 pronunciation instruction</i></a>. Equinox Publishing Ltd. <br></font></div><div><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><font size="1"><a href="https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/voice-mirroring/" target="_blank"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