The Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language Pronunciation

<div>1. Introduction of Second Language Chinese pronunciation.-&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Segment acquisition.-&nbsp;3. L2 tone/segment acquisition.-&nbsp;4. Tone processing in L1 and L2.-&nbsp;5. Categorical perception of Mandarin tones by native and second language (L2) speakers.-&nbsp;6. Effects of segments, intonation and rhythm on the perception of L2 accentedness and comprehensibility.-&nbsp;7. Effects of F0 and context on L2 Chinese intelligibility.-&nbsp;8. The role of vocabulary knowledge in second language speaking fluency.-&nbsp;9. Pronunciation issues among Chinese heritage language learners.-&nbsp;10. L2 Chinese pronunciation teaching: Segments.-&nbsp;11. L2 Chinese pronunciation teaching: Suprasegmentals or prosody.-&nbsp;12. Assessment of L2 Chinese pronunciation.-&nbsp;13. Higher variability phonetic training: Tones, segments with higher error gravity/functional load, to be decided (tentative).-&nbsp;14. Computer assisted language teaching of CSL pronunciation, to be decided (tentative).-&nbsp;15. Orthography and CSL pronunciation, to be decided (tentative).</div><div><br></div>