Introduction - Okim Kang and April Ginther

Part 1: Current Issues in Pronunciation Assessment

1. Measurement of Accentedness, Intelligibility, and Comprehensibility - Ron Thomson
2. Validity in Pronunciation Assessment - Luke Harding
3. Pronunciation Assessment in the Context of World Englishes - Slobadanka Dimova
4. Listeners and Raters: Similarities and Differences in Evaluation of Accented Speech - Xun Yan and April Ginther
5. Assessing Pronunciation for Research Purposes with Listener-Based Numerical Scales - Daniel R. Isbell

Part II: Technology and Pronunciation Assessment

6. Pronunciation Features in Rating Criteria - Romy Ghanem and Okim Kang
7. Using Speech Processing Technology in Assessing Pronunciation - Alistair Van Moere and Masa Suzuki
8. Automated Assessment of Pronunciation in Spontaneous Speech - Anastassia Loukina, Larry Davis, and Xiaoming Xi

Assessment in Second Language Pronunciation highlights the importance of pronunciation in the assessment of second language speaking proficiency.

Okim Kang is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics/TESL at Northern Arizona University, USA.

April Ginther is Associate Professor of Second Language Studies at Purdue University, USA.