Spoken English, TESOL and Applied Linguistics: Challenges for Theory and Practice

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; R.Hughes PART 1: ATTITUDES AND IDEOLOGIES Uncovering the Sociopolitical Situatedness of Accents in the World Englishes Paradigm; J.C.M.Luk & A.M.Y.Lin What the Other Half Gives: The Interlocutor's Role in Non-native Speaker Performance; S.Lindemann PART 2: PROSODY; NEW MODELS FOR MEANING Reading Aloud; W.Chafe Intonational Meaning Starting from Talk; A.Wennerstrom A Review of Recent Research on Speech Rhythm: Some Insights for Language Acquisition, Language Disorders and Language Teaching; E.L.Low Factors Affecting Turn-Taking Behaviour: Genre Meets Prosody; R.Hughes & B.S.Reed PART 3: SPOKEN DISCOURSE AND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY Spoken Discourse, Academic and Global English: A Corpus Perspective; A.Mauranen Spoken Grammar; Vague Language and EAP; J.Cutting Reflecting on Reflections: The Spoken Word as a Professional Development Tool in Language Teacher Education; F.Farr Analyzing Classroom Discourse; A Variable Approach; S.Walsh PART 4: ASSESSING SPEAKING Pronunciation and the Assessment of Spoken Language; J.M.Levis Local and Dialogic Language Ability and its Implications for Language Teaching and Testing; M.J.Gerson Index