Pamela rogerson revell

University of Leicester | LE · School of Education

The mixed-method project explored the experiences and perceptions of a group of refugee background students and their teachers, employing questionnaires, case studies and classroom observations using a lesson study framework. Findings indicated that the RBSs felt positive about learning English and improvements in levels of English and in Psycholog...

While most language teachers would acknowledge the importance of pronunciation, whether they teach it or not, they can often be divided about how important they think intonation is as an area of pronunciation. Some feel that it is impossible to teach while others see it is the key to ‘sounding English’.

Understanding how learners acquire language, particularly pronunciation, can help sensitize pronunciation teachers and researchers to potential problem areas for students which may require remediation or signal a focus for further research. L1 acquisition is a lengthy process of learning to perceive and produce the elements of a language, including...

Different disciplines have had to pay attention to pronunciation in their communications research and training since it is a factor affecting interactions among people from different linguistic backgrounds. In international business contexts, people speaking different L1 and L2 varieties may be in face-to-face or telephone contact, with issues some...

Pronunciation teaching is framed within the wider context and historical development of language theory and pedagogy, in relation to contexts and understandings about language, language learning, and language pedagogy, and to the decision-making criteria that teachers need to consider in designing instruction. In their curricular planning, teachers...

Although research in pronunciation is providing an increasing knowledge base for pronunciation practitioners to make informed decisions about what they do in their classrooms or other contexts of practice, there are nonetheless significant areas which need further exploration. A review of current research highlights significant findings as well as...

The complexity of pronunciation presents challenges in both what and how to measure this aspect of language proficiency. Standardized tests of spoken language proficiency typically incorporate pronunciation, though with varying and often inconsistent measures and criteria. Traditionally, pronunciation has been assessed through human rating, which h...

Pronunciation is a component of language and communication that conveys many different kinds of meaning and encompasses linguistic competence at micro and macro levels for both production and perception of speech, comprising (i) the segmental level of individual phonemes (consonants and vowels) and (ii) the suprasegmental or prosodic level of conne...

Use of technologies to facilitate language learning, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training (CAPT), are developing rapidly. The multimodality of new technologies and the capacity for individualized, customized, and self-paced “anytime-anywhere” study with automated feedback on performance is especial...

Pronunciation issues related to teachers are an important aspect of pedagogy in teaching language and other subjects. These involve considerations of teacher identity and performance, particularly for teachers who are L2 English speakers, in addition to issues of language teacher knowledge, beliefs, and skills regarding pronunciation. Other pedagog...

This collaborative work by two-well-known pronunciation specialists breaks new ground in presenting an applied, sociolinguistic orientation to pronunciation teaching and research that is both up-to-date and comprehensive in scope. It is a welcome addition to the pronunciation literature that should be on the reading lists of all language teachers a...

This paper reports on an action research study investigating the use of online learning activities or “e-tivities” to enhance the learning and assessment experience of students on a distance master’s programme. The study suggests that to be successfully integrated in a programme, such activities need to be carefully aligned with learning outcomes a...

We researched the incorporation of three learning technologies (voice boards, i.e. voice-based discussion boards, e-book readers, and Second Life virtual world), into the Master’s Programme in Applied Linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages offered by distance learning at the University of Leicester. This small-scale study w...

Language used in workplace interactions does not only fulfil the obvious needs of getting things done, it is also a resource for developing and managing working relationships and identities. In other words, like all communication, workplace communication has both a transactional and relational function. Also, given that a large proportion of profes...

This article investigates the role of speech accommodation by native and nonnative speakers of English in a series of international business meetings. The study first of all reveals an awareness by some participants of the need to adjust language for an international audience and an intuitive understanding of some of the ways this can be achieved....

There is an increasing necessity to improve communication skills of construction professionals by vocational and professional training programmes which enhance the linguistic and cultural knowledge of the graduates and/or professionals. The outcomes of LANCAM (Languages for Contract Administration and Management in Construction) fulfilled these req...

This paper reports on an analysis of meetings data which forms part of a broader study investigating the use of English as a lingua franca in international business meetings. This discourse analytic stage of research builds on an initial survey which explored the use of English for International Business (EIB) in a particular European organisation....

As a Media Partner for that event, PMForum offered to republish selected papers in PM World Today. This paper is included here with the consent of the author and the permission of the Centre for Construction Innovation of the National Technical University of Athens (www.innovation.view.gr) who is the copyright holder of the conference proceedings....

With the continuing globalisation of markets and internationalisation of trade, professionals from a wide range of organisations, from large multinational corporations to small to medium size enterprises, are increasingly coming together to do business in the international workplace, particularly in meetings. Such international events usually bring...

This paper attempts to draw together current developments in e-learning tools and technologies with a view to extending distance language educators' (teachers, materials developers, programme leaders) awareness of the technical possibilities at their disposal for developing online distance learning resources. The paper briefly outlines the evolutio...

This paper discusses the use of humour in a series of intercultural business meetings. The findings of the study show that humour is present in all meetings but the frequency and tone of the humour varies with the style of the meetings. Indeed shifts in style between formality and informality are a common feature of the meetings and humour is one o...

This paper describes some of the pedagogical and technical issues involved in adopting a hybrid approach to CALL materials development. It illustrates some of these issues with reference to a vocational CALL project, LANCAM, which took such a hybrid approach. It describes some of the benefits and considerations involved in hybrid development and ev...

The increasing emphasis on ‘e-learning’ in all sectors of education, including vocational and professional domains, offers great potential to provide interactive, up-dateable multimedia materials which allow greater flexibility of access and use. This paper reports on an EU-funded, e-learning project which aims to exploit on-line technology to deve...