Amanda Baker

Mister, Bianca, Honglin Chen and Amanda Baker 2023 Putting it into context: How exposure to rich and meaningful contexts can activate productive oral vocabulary Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 46:3, pp. 373–394 | Article

Developing L2 learners’ productive mastery of vocabulary is a challenging task. Recent research has called for greater attention to understanding how receptive vocabulary may be transformed for productive use (Schmitt, 2019). Using a design-based research methodology, this study investigated… read more

Mister, Bianca, Amanda Baker and Honglin Chen 2021 Punching through the barrier: Using gesture to activate productive oral vocabulary Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 7:2, pp. 265–290 | Article

This paper aims to investigate how productive oral vocabulary development can be promoted by focusing on word stress patterns. The Rhythmic Fight Club (RFC) pronunciation technique has been used in numerous ESL/EFL classrooms, but its effect on the L2 vocabulary development of learners has yet… read more

Burri, Michael, Amanda Baker and Honglin Chen 2018 Establishing a framework for learning to teach English pronunciation in an Australian TESOL program Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 41:3, pp. 307–327 | Article

A substantial number of studies have been conducted in various second language teacher education settings. Yet, evidence about the effectiveness of teacher preparation continues to be debated and research findings about the efficacy of preparing language teachers are still somewhat inconclusive.… read more

Burri, Michael, Amanda Baker and Honglin Chen 2017 “I feel like having a nervous breakdown”: Pre-service and in-service teachers’ developing beliefs and knowledge about pronunciation instruction Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 3:1, pp. 109–135 | Article

Evidence on the impact of second language teacher education is inconclusive in the area of pronunciation pedagogy. This study explores how the cognition (knowledge, beliefs, thoughts, attitudes and perceptions) of 10 pre-service and five in-service teachers developed during a postgraduate course… read more

Attardo, Salvatore, Lucy Pickering and Amanda Baker 2013 Prosodic and multimodal markers of humor in conversation Prosody and Humor, Attardo, Salvatore, Manuela Maria Wagner and Eduardo Urios-Aparisi (eds.), pp. 37–60 | Article

This case study extends the findings of Pickering et al. 2009 to the domain of conversational humor. We find that, as was the case in humorous narratives, conversational humor is not marked by higher pitch or volume, increased speech rate, or significant pauses. Unlike narrative humor,… read more

Attardo, Salvatore, Lucy Pickering and Amanda Baker 2011 Prosodic and multimodal markers of humor in conversation Prosody and Humor, Attardo, Salvatore, Manuela Maria Wagner and Eduardo Urios-Aparisi (eds.), pp. 224–247 | Article

This case study extends the findings of Pickering et al. 2009 to the domain of conversational humor. We find that, as was the case in humorous narratives, conversational humor is not marked by higher pitch or volume, increased speech rate, or significant pauses. Unlike narrative humor,… read more

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Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL)

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