LINGUIST List 22.4957 Sat Dec 10 2011 Calls: Applied Ling, Phonetics, Phonology/Canada Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Murray Munro , Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Message 1: Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Date: 09-Dec-2011 From: Murray Munro <pslltconferencegmail.com> Subject: Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Short Title: PSLLT Date: 24-Aug-2012 - 25-Aug-2012 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Contact Person: Murray Munro Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://pslltconference.com Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology Call Deadline: 10-Apr-2012 Meeting Description: Setting the Course for Pronunciation Teaching and Assessment The 4th Annual Conference Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Simon Fraser University (Vancouver Campus) Vancouver, British Columbia August 24-25, 2012 Pronunciation has moved from being a central feature of language teaching and assessment to being largely ignored, but today, pronunciation is again becoming an integral rather than a peripheral part of language teaching and assessment. This conference explores visions of how pronunciation can become more integrated into language teaching and learning and into language assessment. Plenary Speaker: Pavel Trofimovich Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec 'Teaching Second Language Pronunciation: From the Psycholinguistic Lab to the Language Classroom' Call for Papers: Submissions for papers and posters are welcome for any topic related to pronunciation teaching and learning, and especially for presentations related to the theme of the conference, including 1. How can pronunciation teaching be more effectively targeted so that teaching and learning are more likely to improve speech comprehensibility? 2. How can pronunciation be integrated into instruction? 3. What is the most appropriate role of technology in pronunciation learning? 4. What is the role of pronunciation in assessing oral communication ability? 5. What are the washback effects of including pronunciation in speaking tests? 6. How can speech intelligibility be assessed reliably? Proposals must be submitted December 15, 2011 through April 10, 2012 at: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/PSLLT2012 A special feature of this conference is a roundtable on pronunciation assessment, to be held on August 25, 2012. Papers will be given in English, and presenters will be invited to submit their papers for a peer-reviewed, on-line proceedings of the conference. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 10-Dec-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.