Assessment In Second Language Pronunciation- Front Cover -- Assessment In Second Language Pronunciation -- Title page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- References -- PART I: Current issues in pronunciation assessment -- Chapter 1: Measurement of accentedness, intelligibility, and comprehensibility -- Introduction -- Historical and current conceptualizations with illustrations -- What features contribute to accent, intelligibility, and comprehensibility ratings? -- New directions and recommendations -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 2: Validity in pronunciation assessment -- Introduction -- Historical and current conceptualizations -- Current contributions and research -- Main research methods -- New directions and recommendations -- References -- Chapter 3: Pronunciation assessment in the context of World Englishes -- Introduction -- Historical and current conceptualizations of English for international communication -- New directions and recommendations -- References -- Chapter 4: Listeners and raters: similarities and differences in evaluation of accented speech -- Introduction -- Historical context and conceptualizations -- Listener background characteristics affecting L2 speech ratings -- Future directions and recommendations -- References -- Chapter 5: Assessing pronunciation for research purposes with listener-based numerical scales -- Introduction -- Current contributions and research -- Illustrations and examples -- New directions and recommendations -- References -- PART II: Technology and pronunciation assessment -- Chapter 6: Pronunciation features in rating criteria -- Introduction -- Current conceptualizations of pronunciation features -- Illustrations of pronunciation analysis -- Current practices and contributions