Volume 30 Number 1, 2026 Teaching pronunciation online: A sociomaterial study of Swedish as a second language instruction in adult education

Teaching pronunciation online: A sociomaterial study of Swedish as a second language instruction in adult education

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Volume 30 Number 1, 2026
contributor.author:
Lagerlöf, Andreas
date.accessioned:
2026-05-29T03:45:15Z
date.available:
2026-05-29T03:45:15Z
date.copyright:
2026
date.issued:
2026-06-01
description.abstract:
This paper examines how pronunciation instruction is enacted in online Swedish as a Second Language (SSL) within Municipal Adult Education (MAE). Using Actor–Network Theory (ANT), classroom observations and teacher interviews trace how human and non-human actors (e.g., teachers, students, platforms, cameras, microphones, recordings) shape instruction. Five analytic scenes show that: (1) close-up camera/microphone affordances amplify articulatory modeling; (2) prosody practice becomes an auditory, distributed activity coordinated via audio files and chat functions; (3) corrective feedback is configured by one-speaker-at-a-time interfaces and headphone listening; (4) assessment is redistributed over time; and (5) domestic soundscapes and connectivity contingencies unevenly condition what is hearable and assessable. In the paper, pedagogical implications grounded in these scene-based analyses are articulated. Pronunciation instruction is thus shown to emerge as a sociomaterial practice, enacted through the actors and infrastructures of the online classroom.
endingpage:
16
format.extent:
16
identifier.citation:
Lagerlöf, A. (2026). Teaching pronunciation online: A sociomaterial study of Swedish as a second language instruction in adult education. Language Learning & Technology, 30(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73689
identifier.doi:
https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73689
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73689
language:
eng
number:
1
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/item/10125-73689/
startingpage:
1
subject:
online pronunciation instruction, computer-assisted language learning (CALL), Actor–Network Theory (ANT), feedback, assessment.
title:
Teaching pronunciation online: A sociomaterial study of Swedish as a second language instruction in adult education
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Article Text
volume:
30