Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: Phonetic Analysis -- Chapter 1. Second Language Acquisition: The Articulation of Vowels and the Importance of Tools in the Learning Process -- Chapter 2. On Phonetic Negative Transfer from Chinese to English -- Chapter 3. Understanding L2 and the Perspicacious Pole -- Chapter 4. Perception of the English Voice Onset Time Continuum by Polish Learners -- Chapter 5. The Productive and Receptive Acquisition of Consonants and Connected Speech by Polish Students of English -- Part 2: Phonological Analysis -- Chapter 6. The Role of Phonological Awareness in Beginning Reading: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective -- Chapter 7. Aspects of Phonological Strength: Evidence from Language Acquisition -- Chapter 8. The Role of Phonemic Awareness in the Development of L1 and L2 Reading -- Part 3: Pedagogical Perspectives -- Chapter 9. Phonological Issues in Second Language Acquisition Studies: Focus Areas and Implications for FL Instructional Practices -- Chapter 10. PDI as a Tool of Phonetic Enhancements to Graded E-Readers -- Chapter 11. Suprasegmentals: Tools for Increased Language Teacher Effectiveness -- Chapter 12. Students' Successes and Failures in Learning Foreign Language Pronunciation: Insights from Diary Data