L2APR: L2 accent and pronunciation research: acquisition, teaching, attitudes Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Venice, Italy, November 15-16, 2023
The Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice is pleased to announce the international conference “L2 accent and pronunciation research: acquisition, teaching, attitudes” which will be held on November 15-16, 2023, in Venice, Italy.
Our aim is to bring together scholars interested in the three main lines of research in foreign accented speech indicated in the conference title: acquisition, teaching and attitudes. We invite contributions of original research related to all languages.
Possible topics include L2 phonetics and phonology acquisition, methodological advances in pronunciation teaching and assessment of foreign accented speech. Contributions exploring general attitudes towards foreign accents and learners’ viewpoints on the value of explicit classroom instruction in L2 phonetics are particularly welcome.
Venue
The event will be hosted by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. There will be no fee for participants.
Keynote Speakers
Małgorzata Baran-Łucarz (University of Wrocław)
Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck, University of London)
Ineke Mennen (University of Graz)
Submission Guidelines
Please use the following EasyChair link for submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=l2apr
The anonymous abstracts should be no longer than one page (single-spaced, 12 pt, 2.5 cm margins), with a possible second page reserved for figures, tables, and references. The languages of the conference are English and Italian. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed. For all accepted abstracts, we plan 20 minute oral presentations with 10 minutes reserved for discussion.
Important Dates
April 15, 2023 (AOE): Abstract submission deadline
June 1, 2023: Notification of acceptance
Organizing Committee
Ignacio Arroyo Hernández
Elena Dal Maso
Pavel Duryagin
Marie Christine Jamet
David Newbold
Peter Martin Paschke
Ashley Riggs
Contact
For additional information about the conference, please contact us at L2APRvenezia@unive.it