The Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice is pleased to announce the international conference "L2 accent and pronunciation research: acquisition, teaching, attitudes" which will be held on November 15-16, 2023, in Venice, Italy.

Our aim is to bring together scholars interested in the three main lines of research in foreign accented speech indicated in the conference title: acquisition, teaching and attitudes. We invite contributions of original research related to all languages. 

Possible topics include L2 phonetics and phonology acquisition, methodological advances in pronunciation teaching and assessment of foreign accented speech. Contributions exploring general attitudes towards foreign accents and learners’ viewpoints on the value of explicit classroom instruction in L2 phonetics are particularly welcome.

Venue

The event will be hosted by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. There will be no fee for participants.

Keynote Speakers

• Małgorzata Baran-Łucarz (University of Wrocław)
• Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck, University of London)
• Ineke Mennen (University of Graz)

Submission Guidelines

Please use the following EasyChair link for submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=l2apr

The anonymous abstracts should be no longer than one page (single-spaced, 12 pt, 2.5 cm margins), with a possible second page reserved for figures, tables, and references. The languages of the conference are English and Italian. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed. For all accepted abstracts, we plan 20 minute oral presentations with 10 minutes reserved for discussion.

Important Dates

• April 15 April 30, 2023 (AOE): Abstract submission deadline
• June 1 June 30, 2023: Notification of acceptance
• By July 17, 2023: Online registration for accepted papers
• August 16, 2023: Conference programme publication. The programme is now available at https://easychair.org/smart-program/L2APR/
• September, 2023: Registration for non-presenting participants

Organizing Committee

• Ignacio Arroyo Hernández
• Elena Dal Maso
• Pavel Duryagin
• Marie Christine Jamet
• David Newbold
• Peter Martin Paschke
• Ashley Merrill Riggs

Scientific Committee

• Ignacio Arroyo Hernández, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Daniele Artoni, University of Verona
• Giulia Bencini, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Enrique Santamaría Busto, New York University in Madrid
• Thomas Wulstan Christiansen, University of Salento
• Federica Cognola, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Elena Dal Maso, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Florencio Del Barrio de la Rosa, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Pavel Duryagin, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Oreste Floquet, Sapienza University of Rome
• Marie Christine Jamet, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Ulrike Kaunzner, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
• Ari Páll Kristinsson, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Geraldine Ludbrook, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Philippe Martin, Paris Diderot University
• Marcella Menegale, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Renzo Miotti, University of Verona
• David Newbold, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Peter Paschke, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Ashley Merrill Riggs, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Luisa Ruvoletto, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Barbara Vogt, University of L'Aquila

Contact

For additional information about the conference, please contact us at L2APRvenezia@unive.it.