Dear colleagues,

This spring’s final Nordic Speech Research Forum webinar takes place on Fri, May 23rd at 13:00 - 14:00 (Helsinki/Eastern European Summer Time EEST; UCT+3). Join the webinar at https://jyufi.zoom.us/j/65558081185 or via our website www.jyu.fi/nsrf.

Awareness is the key? Perspectives on the role of phonetic awareness in L2 pronunciation learning
Pekka Lintunen, University of Turku

News:

- The webinar series continues in September. The autumn term is full of interesting talks, e.g. “L2 accent in Icelandic: Folk ideas and attitudes” by Stefanie Bade, University of Iceland (Sept 12, 2025), and “Vowels in speech and vowel-like sounds in nature: A speech acoustics view on vocal production by cats, wolves, and apes” by Axel Ekström, University of Neuchâtel (Oct 10, 2025).

- Who would you like to hear present their work? You can suggest speakers at https://forms.office.com/e/4DjYzpbxVp.

The Nordic Speech Research Forum is organized by the Speech and Speech Research Special Interest Group of the Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics (AFinLA) and the Nordic Network for L2 Pronunciation (NNL2P). The current coordinators are Riikka Ullakonoja (University of Jyväskylä) and Elina Vasu (Tampere University).

Best regards,
Riikka Ullakonoja & Elina Vasu

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Phonetics
Phonology