Okim Kang - The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary English Pronunciation

John Archibald (PhD, Toronto) has been Professor of Linguistics at the University of Victoria since 2010, following 19 years at the University of Calgary. He specializes in second language phonology, and is author or editor of seven books and approximately 30 journal articles and book chapters.

Amanda A. Baker is Coordinator of the TESOL programme at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Amandas research interests focus on the dynamic relationships that exist between second language (L2) teachers knowledge, beliefs and practices, especially in the areas of L2 pronunciation, speaking and listening pedagogy.

Donna M. Brinton is an educational consultant based in Beverly Hills, CA. She frequently presents nationally and internationally on the topic of teaching pronunciation and is one of the authors of Teaching Pronunciation (Cambridge University Press); she has co-authored and co-edited numerous other resource books for teachers of English as a second/foreign language.

Maxi-Ann Campbell (MA in applied linguistics from Georgia State University) currently teaches academic writing at Duke Kunshan Universitys Language and Culture Center (Kunshan, China). Her research focuses on improving interactions between native and non-native speakers of English, and best practices for teaching English as a foreign language. She is co-author of the third edition of More than a Native Speaker (TESOL International).

Walcir Cardoso is a professor at Concordia University (Canada). His current research focuses on the acquisition of second/foreign language syllable structure within an approach that combines insights from theoretical and applied linguistics.

Richard Cauldwell has taught English in France, Hong Kong, Japan and the UK, where he worked at the University of Birmingham. Since 2001 he has published electronic and print materials for listening and pronunciation. His most recent publication is Phonology for Listening: Teaching the Stream of Speech . He is currently working on a book for teachers and textbook authors A Syllabus for Listening .

Graeme Couper , Senior Lecturer at Auckland University of Technology, applies his many years of teaching experience to research into L2 pronunciation teaching and learning. His classroom-based research brings theory and practice together within a Cognitive Linguistics framework that allows for both the cognitive and social nature of language learning.

Catia Cucchiarini is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Language and Speech Technology of the Radboud University in Nijmegen and Senior Consultant at the Dutch Language Union in The Hague. Her research addresses phonetic transcription, speech processing, L2 pronunciation, non-native speech recognition and computer-assisted language learning.

Tracey M. Derwing is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Simon Fraser University. Her research interests include L2 pronunciation and issues of immigration and integration.

David Deterding is a professor at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, where he teaches phonetics, translation, forensic linguistics and research methods. His research focuses on the pronunciation of Englishes in South East Asia, including Brunei, Singapore, Hong Kong and China, and also misunderstandings that arise in international communication.

Wayne B. Dickerson is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he taught courses in English phonology (online and face-to-face) and ESL pronunciation. His research focuses on pedagogical applications of phonetics, pronunciation pedagogy, the value of orthography for learners, phonological variability and pronunciation assessment.

Fred R. Eckman is University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has published a number of chapters in anthologies along with articles on second language phonology, second language syntax and second language theory in journals such as Language Learning, Applied Linguistics, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Research and Journal of Second Language Pronunciation .

Jennifer A. Foote is an assistant professor in the English Language School in the Faculty of Extension at the University of Alberta. Her research focuses on second language pronunciation teaching, second language speech perception and comprehensibility.

Ishamina Athirah Gardiner is an adjunct lecturer at the Language Centre, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, and has recently completed her PhD research on misunderstandings and the intelligibility of Brunei English speech in international communication. Much of her research involves analysis of the pronunciation and syntactic features of English in Brunei. She currently teaches academic writing and presentation skills and has taught courses on phonetics and forensic linguistics.

Jette G. Hansen Edwards is Professor of Applied English Linguistics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She conducts research on the intelligibility of world Englishes, the relationship between social and linguistic factors in the acquisition of an L2 phonology, and multilingual accents and identity. She is the co-editor of Phonology and Second Language Acquisition (2008 and 2011, John Benjamins).

Debra M. Hardison , Michigan State University, conducts research involving auditory-visual integration in spoken language processing, learner variables in oral skills development, co-speech gesture, and the applications of technology in perception and production training of the segmental and suprasegmental aspects of language. She teaches courses on second language phonetics and research methods.