Murray J. Munro
List of John Benjamins publications for which Murray J. Munro plays a role.
Journal
The Evolution of Pronunciation Teaching and Research: 25 years of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness
Edited by John M. Levis, Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro
[Benjamins Current Topics, 121] 2022. v, 234 pp.
Subjects Language acquisition | Language teaching | Phonetics | Phonology | Theoretical linguistics
25 years of Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Accentedness
Edited by John M. Levis, Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 6:3 (2020) vi, 234 pp.
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching | Multilingualism | Phonetics | Phonology
Pronunciation Fundamentals: Evidence-based perspectives for L2 teaching and research
Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 42] 2015. xiii, 208 pp.
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching | Phonetics | Phonology
Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In honor of James Emil Flege
Edited by Ocke-Schwen Bohn and Murray J. Munro
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 17] 2007. xvii, 406 pp.
Subjects Language acquisition | Language teaching
Listening to the “noise” in the data: The critical importance of individual differences in second-language speech Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 9:2, pp. 192–207 | Article
2023 The term “noise” is often applied to the seemingly random variability that always appears in human data, and which is assumed to be of no interest to the researcher. Some of this variability is unavoidably due to measurement tools or the way in which we use them, and some is due to the unstable… read more
Foreign accent, comprehensibility and intelligibility, redux The Evolution of Pronunciation Teaching and Research: 25 years of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness, Levis, John M., Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro (eds.), pp. 7–32 | Chapter
2022 We revisit Munro and Derwing (1995a), providing retrospective commentary on our original methods and findings. Using what are now well-established assessment techniques, the study examined the interrelationships among accentedness, comprehensibility, and intelligibility in the speech of… read more
Pragmatically speaking: Preparing adult ESL students for the workplace Applied Pragmatics 3:2, pp. 107–135 | Article
2021 The relationship between second language (L2) comprehensibility and pragmatics is explored in two experiments involving instruction of speech acts to learners enrolled in a Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada program. The study was designed to determine whether improved pragmatic… read more
Foreign accent, comprehensibility and intelligibility, redux 25 years of Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Accentedness, Levis, John M., Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro (eds.), pp. 283–309 | Article
2020 We revisit Munro and Derwing (1995a), providing retrospective commentary on our original methods and findings. Using what are now well-established assessment techniques, the study examined the interrelationships among accentedness, comprehensibility, and intelligibility in the speech of… read more
Directions for the future of technology in pronunciation research and teaching Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 4:2, pp. 182–207 | Article
2018 This paper reports on the role of technology in state-of-the-art pronunciation research and instruction, and makes concrete suggestions for future developments. The point of departure for this contribution is that the goal of second language (L2) pronunciation research and teaching should be… read more
A prospectus for pronunciation research in the 21st century: A point of view Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 1:1, pp. 11–42 | Article
2015 This inaugural issue of the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, an auspicious step forward in our field, gives us an opportunity to take stock of current trends in pronunciation research with an eye to the future of this evolving field. As longtime researchers, we have learned many lessons by… read more
7. Foreign accent and speech intelligibility Phonology and Second Language Acquisition, Hansen Edwards, Jette G. and Mary L. Zampini (eds.), pp. 193–218 | Article
2008 The study of second language speech learning: A brief overview Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In honor of James Emil Flege, Bohn, Ocke-Schwen and Murray J. Munro (eds.), pp. 3–11 | Article
2007 Factors Affecting the Production of Word-initial Consonants in a Second Language Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation, Bayley, Robert and Dennis R. Preston (eds.), pp. 47 ff. | Article
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