1St ASA Workshop on Second Language
Speech Learning
May 14-15, 2005
Vancouver, BC
SPONSORS
Acoustical Society of America
Simon Fraser University
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Murray J. Munro, Simon Fraser University
Ocke-Schwen Bohn, Aarhus University
Yue Wang, Simon Fraser University
Charles E. Schmid, Acoustical Society of America
LOCATION
Workshop activities took place at Simon Fraser University's Harbour Centre Campus (515 West Hastings Street). This facility is located in downtown Vancouver.
PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP
The workshop served as an international gathering of researchers whose work covers all aspects of second language (L2) speech. It focused primarily on the ways in which people learn to perceive and produce the sound system of a new language, and addressed both theoretical and practical issues. Topics covered included perception and production by L2 learners, L2 speech intelligibility, the perception of foreign-accented speech by native and non-native listeners, computer speech recognition of foreign accents, the effects of computer-based training on L2 speech, the developmental aspects of speech learning, and sociolinguistic issues pertinent to L2 speech. Leading scholars in the field presented their research findings, and participants had the opportunity to engage in discussions about past, current, and future research directions. One important reason for holding this workshop in 2005 was to honour James E. Flege in the year of his retirement. While he will be greatly missed, we wish him the best.
INVITED PARTICIPANTS
(If a name is highlighted, a download is
available.)
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Keynote
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Panelists |
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Catherine T. Best |
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Ann Bradlow |
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Dawn Behne |
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Susan Guion |
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Terry Rew-Gottfried (Discussion Chair) |
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Paul Iverson |
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Ken de Jong (Discussion Chair) |
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Allard Jongman |
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Alex Francis |
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Linda Polka |
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Diane Kewley-Port |
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Winifred Strange |
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Andrea Levitt |
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Janet Werker |
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Robert McAllister |
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Robert Port (Discussion Chair) |
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Joan Sereno (Discussion Chair) |
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Amanda Walley |
The following files
are available to those interested in the Workshop.
Workshop Program
(in .pdf format)
Part 1:
Agenda, Abstracts for keynote and invited presentations
Part 2:
Abstracts for contributed posters
Slides and handouts
from invited presenters
Click on the highlighted name of the presenter in the list of invited participants above.
Copies of
contributed posters/handouts
Some poster presenters are making copies of their posters available via this website.
Click here for the download index.
WINNERS OF BEST STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION
Angela Carpenter (University of Massachusetts Amherst/Haskins Laboratories)
Acquisition of a natural vs an unnatural stress system:
A comparison between American English and Quebecois French speakers
Silvia Lipski (Institute for Natural Language Processing, Stuttgart)
Neural
correlates of fricative contrasts across language boundaries
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Funders
Acoustical Society of America; Simon Fraser University
Individuals
Connie So, SFU; Susan Guion, University of Oregon; Loreley Hadic, SFU; Herman Li, SFU; Elaine Moran, Acoustical Society of America; Yasuko Sakurai, SFU; Student Volunteers, SFU
Organizations/Institutions
Department of Linguistics, SFU; WCCFL Organizing Committee, SFU; Simon Fraser University Bookstore (Workshop Folders); Vancouver Illustrated (Maps); Meeting and Events Services, Harbour Centre