Assessment in Second Language Pronunciation

New directions and recommendations -- References -- Chapter 7: Using speech processing technology in assessing pronunciation -- Introduction -- Current methods and considerations -- Other considerations in the use of ASR technology -- State of the art in pronunciation scoring -- Fundamental frequency and energy -- Duration features -- New directions and recommendations -- References -- Chapter 8: Automated assessment of pronunciation in spontaneous speech -- Introduction -- Historical and current conceptualizations -- Main research methods -- Challenges in automatic assessment of pronunciation in unconstrained speech -- New directions and recommendations -- References -- Index