8:45am Registration & Coffee (1st floor lounge)
9:15am Welcome
Session 1
Chair: Rebeka Campos-Astorkiza
9:30-10am Using Imitation as a Pronunciation Instruction Tool in the Foreign Language Classroom │ Lauren Truman │Brigham Young University
10-10:30am Examining the effectiveness of HVPT for the comprehension of Spanish regional variants │ Silvina Bongiovanni & Danielle Daidone │ Michigan State University & UNC Wilmington
10:30-11am Infusing culture and community into pronunciation instruction │ Meghan Armstrong & Claudia Matachana López │ University of Massachusetts Amherst
11-11:15am Coffee Break
Session 2
Chair: Gillian Lord
11:15am-11:45am Comparing objective and subjective measures of phonological overlap in auditory recognition of cognates │ Juan Garrido-Pozú │ Furman University
11:45-12:15pm Learning to encode L2 regional variants with limited proficiency and dialectal input │ Elena Schoonmaker-Gates │ Elon University
12:15-12:45pm Fuzzy perceptual (re)categorization of the Castilian Spanish /θ/ among L2 Spanish speakers │ Stacey Hanson │ Indiana University
12:45-2pm Lunch on your own
Session 3
Chair: Ji Young Kim
2-2:30pm Students' Perceptions on the Teaching of Spanish Lexical Stress │ Sebastian Leal-Arenas & Amanda Huensch │ University of Pittsburgh
2:30-3pm Prenuclear pitch accents in the L2 Spanish intonation of highly experienced learners │ Timothy Face │ University of Minnesota
3-3:30pm Acquiring prosodic phrasing: A longitudinal study │ Carolina Gonzalez, Elyssa Fenton, Anel Brandl & Rachel Lechwar │ Florida State University, UNC Greensboro, Florida State University
3:30-3:45pm Break
3:45-4:45pm Keynote Talk
Transparency, reproducibility, and big team science: Opening open science practices for L2 speech research │ Joseph Casillas
5:30pm Dinner (on your own but feel free to join us at Kabab and Curry)
8:45am Registration & Coffee (1st floor lounge)
Session 4
Chair: Danielle Daidone
9-9:30am L1 Spanish Speakers Learners of English: The complexity of /d/ │ Felix Fonseca Quesada │ Stony Brook University
9:30-10am L2 phonetic development across proficiency levels: Spanish voiced stops in beginner and intermediate learners │ Rebeka Campos-Astorkiza │ Ohio State University
10-10:30am Voice Onset Time in Bilinguals of Mexican Heritage in a corpus of Code-Switching │ Andreina Colina-Marin │ Indiana University Bloomington
10:30-11am The relationship between PSTM and L2 pronunciation in advanced learners depends on the phonological structure │ Sara Zahler │ University at Albany, SUNY
11-11:45am Poster Session
An Examination into Levels of Cognates and the Impact of Articulatory Phonetic Instruction on L2 Spanish Learners’ Ability to Reduce L1 English Allophonic Transfer │ Janet M. Smith │ Longwood University
Description and characterization of the phenomeon that affects the Spanish rhythm production by Northamerican English native speakers. A descriptive study from L2 classrooms │ Leire Martin Perez │ University of Salamanca
L2 phonetic gains during semester-long study abroad: Spanish rhotic acquisition │ Jeff Michno & Lauren Orfinik │ Furman University
Second Language Phonetic Imitation and Short-Term Learning by Autistic Children and Their Typically-Developing Peers │ Madison Dunlap & Ji Young Kim │ UCLA
When does a closure have phonological vibes: How linguistic proficiency and self-efficacy predict learners’ attention to tap-trill closure duration │ Rachel Garza & Erik Willis │ Indiana University
11:45-1pm Ignite Presentations & Lunch
¡A cantar! Logrando fluidez por medio de la música │ Sarah Rowe │ North Carolina State University
¿Adivina quién? Guess Who for consonant characteristics in Spanish │ Sara Zahler │ University at Albany, SUNY
Instruction in the automatic versus contrastive off-gliding of the mid front vowel [e]: Supporting adult L1 English learners of L2 Spanish │ Tara L. Hazel & Holly J. Nibert │ The Ohio State University
Proactive Prosody: A novel blend of techniques for mastering Spanish intonation │ Susan L. Cox │ Florida State University
Pronunciation Keypad: Practice perceiving and producing stress differences │ Danielle Daidone │ University of North Carolina Wilmington
Session 5
Chair: Elena Schoonmaker-Gates
1-1:30pm Role of Salience in Dialect Contact in Los Angeles Spanish │ John Carter, Ji Young Kim, Joo Kyeong Kim, Jesús Duarte & Jenny Choi │ University of California Los Angeles
1:30-2pm Language Memory: The effect of dual language immersion on the development of Spanish phonology in children │ Michele Goldin, Ji Young Kim, Julio Cesar Lopez Otero, Esther Hur │ Touro University, UCLA, University of Houston, Baylor University
2-2:30pm Learners with attachment issues: The challenges of L2 consonantal resyllabification │ Erik Willis & Magaly Gastelum │ Indiana University Bloomington
2:30-2:45pm Break
2:45-3:45pm Keynote Talk
Acquiring dialectal sounds in L2 Spanish and Portuguese: Where we’ve been and where we’re going │ Lauren Schmidt
3:45-4pm Closing Remarks & Business Meeting