Welcome to the IATEFL PronSIG Online Conference!
Exploring effective pronunciation assessment practices
in the English language classroom
1st October 2022 (10am – 5pm UK time)
We are now accepting speaker proposals for our October online conference being held on Saturday, 1st October 2022 in collaboration with IATEFL TEASIG (the Testing, Evaluation and Assessment Special Interest Group of IATEFL).
If you would like to propose a presentation, poster, or workshop on the theme of pronunciation assessment, please read the event information and submission instructions below and complete the submission form.
How do you assess your students’ pronunciation?
Whether formative or summative, assessment is a routine part of almost every English language teacher’s repertoire. However, when it comes to assessing oral communication, and in particular, pronunciation, for many years there has been an absence of specialist publications, research, and training. This has meant that teachers have often gone without guidance on best practice in the fundamentals, i.e. how to evaluate pronunciation, what features to assess, and for what purpose. Thankfully, in the last decade the visibility of pronunciation assessment has started to improve as studies and publications focusing on it increase. But until these changes trickle down into the mainstream, there may be teachers who still feel unprepared to tackle pronunciation assessment.
This online conference aims to highlight the process of pronunciation assessment, the challenges it can bring, and offer practical suggestions to support its implementation.
Instructions for submission:
If you would like to propose a session to be included at this event, we are interested in receiving proposals for presentations (20 +10 minutes for Q&A) posters (5 +3 minutes for Q&A) and workshops (35+10 minutes for Q&A) on the following topics:
- Pronunciation assessment methods
- Assessing speaking and pronunciation
- Pronunciation assessment goals
- Pronunciation assessment criteria
- Pronunciation assessment and feedback
- Pronunciation assessment and technology
- Pronunciation assessments in different contexts e.g. Business/ Academic/ ESOL/ESL/ Young Learners
- Pronunciation assessment in global examinations
And any other relevant theme related to the process of assessing L2 pronunciation of English.
DEADLINE: Midnight (UK time), Sunday 31st July
How to submit your speaker proposal:
Please click the button below to submit your speaker proposal. The PronSIG committee will be in touch regarding the outcome of all proposed sessions in August 2022.