ESL learners' perceptions of their pronunciation needs and strategies

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English Pronunciation and Fluency Development in Mandarin and Slavic Speakers. (2006, background): “It is perhaps for such reasons that Derwing and Rossiter (2002) found in interviews with 100 immigrants to Canada that only eight had received explicit pronunciation instruction.”
Speaking With a Nonnative Accent: Perceptions of Bias, Communication Difficulties, and Belonging in the United States (2010, methodology): “In a survey of nonnative speakers (Derwing & Rossiter, 2002), 55% of the respondents perceived their accent as a problem in communication.”
Survey of the Teaching of Pronunciation in Adult ESL Programs in Canada, 2010 (2012, background): “Derwing and Rossiter (2002) surveyed 100 adult ESLlearners to learn about their pronunciation difficulties and strategies.”
Knowledge base of pronunciation teaching: staking out the territory (2011, background): “…& Munro, 2003; Kang, 2010; Scales, Wennerstrom, Richard, & Wu, 2006; Timmis, 2002) and that they have a strong desire for pronunciation instruction (Couper, 2003) although they report dissatisfaction with the limited amount of explicit pronunciation training they receive (Derwing & Rossiter, 2002).”