24.805, Calls: Phonetics, Phonology, Applied Ling, Language Acquisition/USA

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Subject: 24.805, Calls: Phonetics, Phonology, Applied Ling, Language Acquisition/USA

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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:56:11
From: John Levis [jlevis at iastate.edu]
Subject: Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching

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Full Title: Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching 
Short Title: PSLLT 

Date: 20-Sep-2013 - 21-Sep-2013
Location: Ames, Iowa, USA 
Contact Person: John Levis
Meeting Email: pslltconference at gmail.com
Web Site: http://pslltconference.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Phonetics; Phonology 

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2013 

Meeting Description:

5th Annual Conference
Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa USA

Pronunciation in the Language Teaching Curriculum
September 20-21, 2013

Plenary Speaker: Lynda Yates, Macquarie University

Pronunciation, once a mainstay of language teaching and language teacher education, has long been ignored or relegated to elective status in the classroom. Even though research has established that pronunciation plays a central role in speech intelligibility (e.g., Brodkey, 1972; Fayer & Krasinski, 1987; Smith & Rafiqzad, 1979), and teachers and learners believe in its value (MacDonald, 2002), pronunciation is rarely incorporated into instructional objectives, and when it is taught is usually done so in an ad hoc fashion. In regard to teacher education, Murphy (1997) found that TESL teacher preparation programs that included coursework in phonetics and phonology could greatly benefit by focusing on applied approaches to phonology, including practical training in teaching pronunciation. However, pronunciation teacher education has not changed much since that time, and there is still a great need for training in the teaching of pronunciation in language teacher education.

A special 1-day pre-conference workshop on Listening and Pronunciation will be held on Thursday, September 19. This will be available for a nominal fee for all conference participants.

2nd Call for Papers:

The 5th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference invites proposals for papers and posters on all topics related to re-establishing a significant role for pronunciation in language teaching curricula. Possible paper topics include descriptive and experimental studies, discussions of instructional approaches that emphasize intelligibility and that connect pronunciation to other language skills such as listening, speaking, reading, and vocabulary; case studies of ways in which pronunciation is included in language teaching; studies about how pronunciation is represented in language teaching texts; choices of targets for instruction; and innovative approaches to teacher education.

In addition to papers related to the place of pronunciation in the language teaching curriculum, the conference invites proposals for papers or posters on any aspect of pronunciation research, teaching and learning. Papers will be given in English, but papers addressing the teaching and learning of pronunciation for any language are encouraged.

Presenters will be invited to submit their papers for a peer-reviewed, online proceedings of the conference.

Abstracts should have a title, be no more than 300 words and should specify clearly the purpose of the presentation. Also, please specify whether you wish to be considered for a paper presentation, poster presentation, or brief Teaching Tips presentation.

Submission site: http://linguistlist.org/confservices/PSLLT2013

For further information about the conference, go to http://pslltconference.com or contact John Levis, Conference Organizer at pslltconference at gmail.com.

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