Below are listed the research articles which provide the underpinnings for Speechinaction’s commerical publications. Many of the articles published since 1999 are available online - just click the link. All the articles are by Richard Cauldwell, unless otherwise mentioned.
2016 Consonant death and the teaching of listening perception. Conference presentation. IATEFL, Birmingham. Available here.
2015 Accent and identity: Prejudice and insecurity. Conference presentation. Accents 2015. 9th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English. University of Łódź December 3rd-5th. Handout available here.
2015 What can pronunciation teachers learn from spontaneous speech? Conference presentation. EPIP 4 - 4th International conference on English Pronunciation: Issues and Practices. Institute of Phonetics, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague May 21-23. Available here.
2014 Listening and pronunciation need separate models of speech. In J. Levis & S.
McCrocklin (Eds). Proceedings of the 5th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning Teaching
Conference (pp. 40-44). Ames, IA: Iowa State University. Available here.
2014 An impertinent question: What happens in spontaneous speech? Speak Out! 50: 28-31. Available here.
2013 Lord Rant: A personal journey through prejudice, accent and identity. Speak Out! 48: 4-7. Available here.
2013 Jungle listening. High- and low-tech approaches to teaching the stream of speech. [British Council seminar for teachers, Bournemouth, 29th January] Video available here.
2012 [Review of ] Van den Doel, R. (2006). How friendly are the natives? An evaluation of nativespeaker judgements of foreign accented British and American English. Utrecht: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT), 2006. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 42, issue 02, pp. 213-215. Available here.
2011 Pronunciation in spontaneous speech. In P. Roach, J. Setter, & J. Esling. [Eds]. Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary. [18th Edition]. pages xx-xxi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2011 Accent and Identity, Prejudice and Insecurity. [Conference Presentation].
2011 [Review of] Walker, R. (2010) Teaching the Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca. Speak Out! 45: 24-25
2009b Lessons from Spontaneous Speech for the teaching of Pronunciation and Listening. [Conference Presentation].
2009a Using a dictionary for pronunciation and listening activities. [Conference Presentation]. Handout here.
2007 Defining Fluency for Air Traffic Control. Newsletter of the IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group, 37, pp. 10-16. Available here.
2006 Listening to Accents of the USA.
2005a. Bricking up or streaming down: Two approaches to naturalness in pronunciation materials. [Paper presented at the Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference, University College London, July 2005]. http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/ptlc2005/ptlc2005_proc_index.htm
2005b. Listening to Accents of the British Isles.
2005c. Not funny but useful: Function words in action. MED Magazine, 26 http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med-magazine/january2005/26-Feature-Not-Funny.htm
2005d. Streaming Speech: Listening and Pronunciation for Advanced Learners of English. American/Canadian version.
2004a. Stuck in TAR: how we prevent learners from handling everyday speech. Speak Out! Newsletter of the IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group, 32, 8-11 (Available here)
2004b. Speech in action: Teaching listening with the help of ICT. In A. Chambers, J.E. Conacher and J. Littlemore (Eds) ICT and Language Learning:Integrating Pedagogy and Practice (pp. 203-221) Birmingham: University of Birmingham Press.
2004c. [Review of] Shockey, L. (2003). Sound patterns of spoken English. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 34/1, 101-104.
2004d. A wish beyond words. MED Magazine, 21 July 2004 http://www.macmillandictionary.com/MED-Magazine/july2004/21-Feature-Wish.htm
2004e. Our Mumbling is Rumbled.. [Conference presentation].
2003a. (with Ann Wichmann) Wh Questions and attitude: the effect of context. In A. Wilson, P. Rayson, and T. McEnery (Eds) Corpus linguistics by the Lune: A Festschrift for Geoffrey Leech. Peter Lang, Frankfurt. (Volume 8 in the Lodz studies in Language Series edited by Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B. and Melia, P. J.) ISBN 3-631-50952-2
2003b. Streaming speech: Listening and pronunciation for advanced learners of English. [Student’s book]. Birmingham: speechinaction. ISBN 0-9543447-1-5
2003c. The two-sides rule in teaching listening and pronunciation. http://www.developingteachers.com/articles_tchtraining/two_sides1_richard.htm
2002a. Phonology for listening: Relishing the messy.
2002b. Grasping the nettle: the importance of perception work in listening comprehension. http://www.developingteachers.com/articles_tchtraining/perception1_richard.htm
2002c. Streaming speech: Listening and pronunciation for advanced learners of English. [Windows CD-ROM]. Birmingham: speechinaction. ISBN 0-9543447-0-7
2002d. The Functional irrhythmicality of spontaneous speech: A Discourse view of speech rhythms. Apples 2/1, 1-24
2000a. Where did the anger go? The Role of context in interpreting emotion in speech. [Conference paper] Proceedings of the ISCA Workshop on Speech and Emotion - A Conceptual framework for research.
2000b. Falling out of context. In C. Heffer & H. Sauntson (Eds) Words in context: A Tribute to John Sinclair on his retirement. [CD-ROM]
1999a. Openings, rhythm, and relationships: Philip Larkin reads ‘Mr Bleaney’. Language and Literature, 8/1, 35-48. (ISSN 0963-9470).
1999b. Judgements of attitudinal meanings in isolation and in context. [Published on the internet at http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/cauld.htm]
1998a. Listening comprehension: Three problems and three suggestions. Eger Journal of English Studies, 2, 9-15. (ISSN 1417-166X).
1998b. Faith, Hope and Charity: The Vices of Listening Comprehension. The Language Teacher, 22/7, 7-9. (ISSN 0289-7938).
1998c. [Review of] Tench, P. (1996) The Intonation systems of English. London: Cassell. Language Awareness, 7/4, 226-229. (ISSN 0965-8416).
1997a. Voices in the university: A Compilation of voices of people who work at the University of Birmingham. [Booklet, and audio cassette]. Birmingham, The University of Birmingham.
1997b. Tones, attitudinal meanings, and context. Speak Out! Newsletter of the IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group, 21, 30-35 (ISSN 1026-4345). Available here.
1997c. The Incompatibility of transcriptions: Implications for speech in computer corpora. [Departmental Paper] EISU The University of Birmingham. Available here.
1997d. [Foreword to] Brazil, D. (1997) The Communicative Value of Intonation in English [Second Edition] [pp. v-vii]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [with Martin Hewings]. (ISBN 0-521-58457-4)
1997e. [Review of] Brazil, D. (1995). A Grammar of Speech. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Language Awareness, 6/4, 242-244. (ISSN 0965-8416).
1996a. Stress-timing: observations, beliefs, and evidence. Eger Journal of English Studies, 1, 33-48. (ISSN 1417-166X). Available here.
1996b. Intonation rules in ELT Textbooks. English Language Teaching Journal, 50/4, 327-334. (With Martin Hewings). (ISSN 0951-0893).
1996c. Discourse intonation and listening. Speak Out! Newsletter of the IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group, 18, pp. 49-56. (ISSN 1026-4345) (with Martin Hewings).
1996d. Direct encounters with fast speech on CD audio to teach listening. System, 24/4, 521-528. (ISSN 0346-251X).
1996e. [Review of] Leech, G., G. Myers, & J. Thomas (1995). Spoken English on computer. Harlow Longman. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 1/1, 131-133. (ISSN 1384-6655).
1995a. Phonology. [Module for the Open Learning Programme]. Centre for English Language Studies: University of Birmingham. (With Margaret Allan) [ISBN 1 901523 07 1].
1995b. Larkin’s other Voice. In Payne, J.A. and Wheatley, J. (Eds) Linguistic Approaches to Literature: A Collection of Papers in Literary Stylistics [pp. 117-128]. Birmingham: The University of Birmingham, English Language Research. ISBN 0 7044 1581.
1994. Discourse Intonation and Recordings of Poetry. Philip Larkin reads ‘Mr Bleaney’. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. Birmingham: The University of Birmingham.
1993a. Evaluating Descriptions of Intonation II: A comparison of Discourse Intonation and Crystal’s description. [Unpublished departmental paper]. EISU/School of English, University of Birmingham. Available here.
1993b. Evaluating Descriptions of Intonation I: A comparison of Discourse Intonation and Systemic Intonation. [Unpublished departmental paper]. EISU/School of English, University of Birmingham.
1992a. Of Streams and Bricks: new ways of presenting the spoken language to learners. Speak Out, Newsletter of the IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group, 10, 29-34. (ISSN 1026-4345).
1992b. Meeting the National Demand [for foreign language needs in the UK]; The issue of Flexibility of Choice. In H. Mori. The World’s education: Education in Japan pp 35-52. Kyoto, Yamaguchi Shotan.
1992c. Meeting the National Demand [for foreign language needs in France]; The issue of Equality of Choice. In H. Mori. The World’s Education: Education in Japan pp 45-52. Kyoto, Yamaguchi Shotan.
1991. From Text to Context. Lawrence Schourup & Richard T. Cauldwell. Tokyo: Kuroshio Shuppan, ISBN 4-87424-052-6.
1989. Methodology and Learner Education. In Learner Training: DTE development, Package 2, File 3, Case Studies. London: The British Council.
1988a. Paraphrase, Contemporary Poetry, and Literary Syllabuses in Japan. JALT Journal, 10, 101-105.
1988b. Discourse Intonation and Recordings of Poetry: a Study of Yeats’s Readings. Language and Style, 21, 4: 411-426. [With Lawrence Schourup]
1984a. The Importance of Fluency Activities. Journal of the Nagano-ken English Studies Circle. Volume 11, 17-21.
1984b. Performance Objectives in the Hong Kong DTEO. In Terry Toney (Ed.) Dunford House Seminar Report 1984: Curriculum and Syllabus Design in ELT. London: The British Council.
1984c. ESP; A Role for Constraints. MA Dissertation, Institute of Education.