[Edling] Queen's University Belfast Research Seminar: "A primer on second language English pronunciation assessment" Dr Talia Isaacs, UCL Institute of Education

Tue Jul 6 13:58:56 UTC 2021

Greetings from the Centre for Language Education Research, Queen's University Belfast!

Centre for Language Education Research | Queen's University Belfast (qub.ac.uk)<https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentreforLanguageEducationResearch/>

Please see details below on our upcoming research seminar. We look forward to your participation and please feel free to share this info.

Centre for Language Education Research

Queen’s University Belfast

Seminar Series

A primer on second language English pronunciation assessment

Speaker: Dr Talia Isaacs, UCL Institute of Education

Facilitator: Dr Sin Wang Chong, Queen's University Belfast

Link to registration: https://tinyurl.com/y2z2jrp<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fy2z2jrp&data=04%7C01%7Ca.oboyle%40qub.ac.uk%7Cb82d87a52d1f474f2cc608d940643ab3%7Ceaab77eab4a549e3a1e8d6dd23a1f286%7C0%7C0%7C637611622672615202%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=4tGlKdZaWk3h3GdaffkF%2Fz52UIn4W6pbKNPq6qQGhIE%3D&reserved=0>

All welcome.

Date: 6 August 2021 (Fri)

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (BST)

Platform: Microsoft Teams

Abstract

This presentation will provide an overview of fundamental considerations in research on pronunciation assessment in adult second language learners of English. We will begin by overviewing the ways in which pronunciation instructional priorities and assessment targets have shifted over time, including reasons for its neglect and resurgence and competing tensions between key global constructs. Content coverage will also include, in brief, sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic perspectives as they relate to standards and learner attainment, human evaluative judgments and the transformative role of technology in the assessment terrain, and finally, the challenges that global Englishes poses in transnational communication and developing authentic pronunciation assessments.

Speaker

Talia Isaacs is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL and Programme Leader of the MA TESOL In-Service at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London. She has a wide range of research interests in applied linguistics, including second language speech, language assessment, and health communication. Her current projects centre on applying complexity, accuracy, and fluency measures to validate rating scale descriptors, language-based inclusion/exclusion decisions in participant recruitment to clinical trials, and the relationship between English proficiency test scores and academic attainment. She is a member of the TOEFL Committee of Examiners and the Editorial Board of Language Testing and was a core adviser to the OECD on the development of questionnaires for the PISA 2025 foreign language assessment.

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A primer on second language English pronunciation assessment (Dr Talia Isaacs, UCL)

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For any queries or further information about the event, please contact Dr Sin Wang Chong: s.chong at qub.ac.uk

Best wishes,

Aisling

Please note my current schedule includes working outside of normal working hours. There is no expectation of a response during the same.

Dr. Aisling O'Boyle

Senior Fellow HEA, Lecturer in Education

Director, Centre for Language Education Research

School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work

Queen's University Belfast

20 College Green

Belfast

BT7 1NN

Email: a.oboyle at qub.ac.uk

Phone: +44 28 9097 5935

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