New Sounds is a conference for researchers, teachers and learners to discuss issues related to phonetics and phonology in second/foreign languages (L2). The conference will cover a variety of topics:
- Speech perception and production
- Theories and models of L2 speech learning
- Phonetics and phonology in SLA
- Acquisition of L2 phonology and phonotactics
- Multilingualism and the acquisition of additional languages
- Application of new technologies to pronunciation teaching and learning
- Sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and neurolinguistic aspects of L2 speech learning
Keynote speakers:
Prof. Valerie Shafer (The Graduate Center, CUNY)
Prof. Pavel Trofimovich (Concordia University)
Dr. Reiko Yamada (ATR).
Kaori IDEMARU (University of Oregon)
Ho-Young LEE (Seoul National University)
Irina SHPORT (Louisiana State University)
Chiu-yu TSENG (Former director of the Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Saya KAWASE (Waseda University)
Takuya KIMURA (Seisen University)
Takehiko MAKINO (Chuo University)
Mee SONU (Saitama University)
Isao UEDA (Nagoya University of Foreign Studies)
Sylvain DETEY
Keiko HANZAWA
Tetsuo HARADA (chair)
Miki IKOMA
Naoko KINOSHITA
Mariko KONDO
Takayuki KONISHI
Chris SHEPPARD
Yasuaki SHINOHARA
Kakeru YAZAWA
