5. Understanding the Impact of Social Factors on L2 Pronunciation: Insights from Learners

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: The Nature of Accent
5. 1. The Social Nature of L2 Pronunciation 11
6. 2. Acoustic-Phonetic Parameters in the Perception of Accent 31
7. 3. Developmental Sequences and Constraints in Second Language Phonological Acquisition: Balancing Language-internal and Languageexternal Factors 53
8. 4. Suprasegmental Measures of Accentedness 75
9. Part II: The Learner’s Approach to Pronunciation in Social Context
10. 5. Understanding the Impact of Social Factors on L2 Pronunciation: Insights from Learners 97
11. 6. L2 Accent Choices and Language Contact 119
12. 7. Accentedness, “Passing” and Crossing 145
13. Part III: The Teacher’s Approach to Accent
14. 8. Problematizing the Dependence on L1 Norms in Pronunciation Teaching: Attitudes toward Second-language Accents 171
15. 9. Phonological Literacy in L2 Learning and Teacher Training 195
16. 10. Training Native Speakers to Listen to L2 Speech 219
17. Part IV: The Social Impact of Accent
18. 11. Listener Expectations, Reverse Linguistic Stereotyping, and Individual Background Factors in Social Judgments and Oral Performance Assessment 239
19. 12 Accent and ‘Othering’ in the Workplace 255
20. Part V: Conclusions
21. 13. Future Directions in the Research and Teaching of L2 Pronunciation 275
22. Subject index 293