Contributors; Introduction; Part 1 Phonetic Analysis; Chapter 1 Second Language Acquisition: The Articulation of Vowels and the Importance of Tools in the Learning Process; Chapter 2 On Phonetic Negative Transfer from Chinese to English; Chapter 3 Understanding L2 and the Perspicacious Pole; Chapter 4 Perception of the English Voice Onset Time Continuum by Polish Learners; Chapter 5 The Productive and Receptive Acquisition of Consonants and Connected Speech by Polish Students of English; Part 2 Phonological Analysis
Chapter 6 The Role of Phonological Awareness in Beginning Reading: A Cross-Linguistic PerspectiveChapter 7 Aspects of Phonological Strength: Evidence from Language Acquisition; Chapter 8 The Role of Phonemic Awareness in the Development of L1 and L2 Reading; Part 3 Pedagogical Perspectives; Chapter 9 Phonological Issues in Second Language Acquisition Studies: Focus Areas and Implications for FL Instructional Practices; Chapter 10 PDI as a Tool of Phonetic Enhancements to Graded E-Readers; Chapter 11 Suprasegmentals: Tools for Increased Language Teacher Effectiveness
Summary
The Acquisition of L2 Phonology is a wide-ranging new collection which focuses on various aspects of the acquisition of an L2 phonological system. The authors are researchers and practitioners from five different countries. The volume has been divided into three major sections. Phonetic Analysis presents five studies of language learners in both naturalistic and formal-educational settings, which illustrate aspects of L2 production and perception. In Phonological Analysis a more abstract and comparative perspective is taken, in order to use recent theories modeling the route of L1/L2 pronuncia
