Andréia Schurt Rauber
asrauber@hotmail.com
Nationality:
Brazilian
Education
2002-2006 PhD
in English Language, Federal University of Santa Catarina
Dissertation
advisor: Dr. Barbara O. Baptista
(UFSC)
Title of
the dissertation: Perception and production of English vowels by Brazilian EFL
speakers
2001-2002 M.A.
in English Language and Literature, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Thesis advisor: Dr. Barbara Oughton Baptista (UFSC)
Title of the thesis: The production of English initial /s/ clusters by
Portuguese and Spanish EFL speakers
1995-1998 BA in
Bilingual Executive Secretariat, State University of the West of Paraná
Research interests
Second language acquisition.
Speech perception and speech production.
Current Projects
- Perception and production of English sounds by
native speakers of Brazilian and European Portuguese (with Anabela
Rato, University of Minho).
- Perception and production of Brazilian Portuguese
sounds by native speakers of Danish (with Fernanda G.
Pinto - University of Aarhus, Magnun Rochel Madruga - UCpel).
- Production of European Portuguese sounds by native
speakers of Mandarin (with Henrique Barroso -
University of Minho).
- Bilingual semantic processing: a study with cognate
words by using different learning methods (with Montserrat Comesaña
Vila, Ana Paula Soares and Rosa Sánchez-Casas - University of Minho).
- Understanding the emotional melody of discourse:
electrophysiological correlates of prosody processing in Williams Syndrome and Schizophreny (with Ana P. Pinheiro,
Margaret Niznikiewicz, Santiago Galdo,
Adriana Sampaio and Óscar
F. Gonçalves - University of Minho).
Work Experience
- Associate Professor, Graduate
Program in Applied Linguistics, Catholic University of
Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil (since 2010).
- Phonetics consultant, Butler
Hill Group, Ridgefield, USA (since 2009).
- Phonetics consultant, Nuance Communications
Intl, Belgium, Germany, France, Canada (since 2009).
- Researcher in Phonetics/Phonology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
(2008-2010).
- Phonetics consultant, Gracenote, Inc., Emeryville, USA (since 2010).
- Phonetics consultant, Harman/Becker Automotive
Systems, Ulm, Germany (2008-2009).
- Language specialist (Brazilian and European
Portuguese TTS systems), Nuance Communications
Intl, Merelbeke, Belgium (2007).
- Lab assistant (Brazilian Portuguese TTS system), LINSE-UFSC, Florianópolis,
Brazil (2006-2007).
- English teacher, English extracurricular course, Federal
University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil (2002, 2006).
- English Phonetics professor, Graduate Course in
English, University of the West of Santa Catarina,
Xanxerê, Brazil (2004).
- English teacher, CCAA,
Marechal Cândido Rondon and Toledo, Brazil (1993-2000).
Publications
Journals
Pinheiro,
A. P., Galdo-Álvarez, S., Rauber, A. S., Sampaio, A., Niznikiewicz, M.,
Gonçalves, O. F. (2011). Abnormal processing of emotional prosody in Williams syndrome: An event-related potentials
study. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 133-147.
Rauber, A. S., Rato, A., Silva, A. L. (2010). Percepção e
produção
de vogais anteriores do inglês por falantes nativos de mandarim. Revista Diacrítica, 24(1), 307-325.
Flores,
C., Rauber, A. S. (2010). A percepção de vogais
do alemão por bilingues luso -alemães: remigrantes sofrem erosão fonológica? Revista Diacrítica, 24(1), 327-352.
Escudero,
P., Boersma, P., Rauber, A. S., Bion, R. A. H. (2009). A cross-dialect acoustic description of vowels: Brazilian and European Portuguese. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America, 126(3), 1379-1393.
Rauber, A. S. (2008). An acoustic description of Brazilian Portuguese oral vowels [spoken in the South of
Brazil]. Revista Diacrítica,
22(1), 229-238.
Rauber, A. S., Koerich, R. D. (2004). Accurate pronunciation for
efficient communication. Revista Expectativa, 3, 145-151.
Rauber, A. S., Gil, G. (2004). Feedback to grammar
mistakes in EFL classes: A case study. Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada, 4 (1), 277-289.
Rauber, A. S., Baptista, B. O. (2004). The production of English initial /s/ clusters by Portuguese and Spanish EFL speakers. Revista de Estudos da Linguagem, 12, 459-474.
Book Chapters
Flores,
C. M. M. & Rauber, A. S. (2011). Perception of
German vowels by bilingual Portuguese-German returnees: A case of phonological attrition?. In E. Rinke
& T. Kupisch (Eds.), The Development of
Grammar: Language Acquisition and Diachronic Change - Volume in honor of Jürgen M. Meisel (pp. 287-305). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Watkins, M. A. & Rauber,
A. S. (2010). Variability in pretonic vowel reduction
by fluent Brazilian speakers of English. In A. S. Rauber,
M. A. Watkins, R. Silveira & R. D. Koerich (Eds.), The acquisition of second language
speech: Studies in honor of Professor Barbara O. Baptista
(pp. 75-99). Florianópolis: Insular.
Rauber, A. S. (2010). The learning of English front vowels by native speakers
of Mandarin: Perception and production results. In A. S. Rauber,
M. A. Watkins, R. Silveira & R. D. Koerich (Eds.), The
acquisition of second language speech: Studies in honor of Professor Barbara O.
Baptista (pp. 145-167). Florianópolis:
Insular.
Rauber, A. S. (2006). Brazilian Portuguese and Argentine Spanish speakers’ production
of English initial /s/-clusters. In B. O. Baptista,
& M. A. Watkins (Eds.), English
with a Latin beat: Studies in
Portuguese/Spanish - English interphonology (pp. 155-167). Amsterdam:
John Benjamins.
Rauber,
A. S., Gil, G. (2005). Correção de erros gramaticais de inglês-LE em ambiente
comunicativo [Feedback to grammar EFL mistakes in communicative settings]. In
G. Gil, A. S. Rauber, M. R. P. Carazzai, & J. M. Bergsleithner, (Eds.), Pesquisas
qualitativas no ensino e aprendizagem de inglês: A sala de aula e o professor
de LE [Qualitative research in English teaching and learning: The classroom
and the L2 teacher] (pp. 149-166). Florianopolis: Editora do Programa de
Pos-Graduação em Inglês.
Proceedings
Kluge, D. C., Reis, M. S., Nobre-Oliveira, D., Rauber, A. S. (2008). Intelligibility of accented speech: The perception of word-final nasals by Dutch and Brazilians. Proceedings of V Jornadas en Tecnología del Habla (pp. 199-202). Bilbao: Universidad del País Vasco.
Rauber, A. S., Watkins, M. A., Baptista, B. O. (Eds.) (2008). New Sounds 2007: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech. Florianópolis, Brazil: Federal University of Santa Catarina, 498p.
Abrahão, M. H. V.; Gil, G., Rauber, A. S. (Eds.) (2007). Anais do I Congresso Latino-Americano sobre Formação de Professores de Línguas. Florianópolis: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 1210p.
Bettoni-Techio,
M., Rauber, A. S., Koerich, R. D. (2007). Perception and production of word-final alveolar stops by Brazilian Portuguese learners of
English. Proceedings of INTERSPEECH'2007 ICSLP, 2293-2296, Antwerp,
Belgium.
Kluge, D. C., Rauber, A. S,
Reis, M. S., Bion, R. A. H. (2007). The relationship between the perception and production of English nasal codas by
Brazilian learners of English. Proceedings of INTERSPEECH'2007 ICSLP, 2297-2300, Antwerp, Belgium.
Bion, R. A. H., Escudero, P., Rauber,
A. S., Baptista, B. O. (2006). Category formation and the role of spectral quality in the perception and production of
English front vowels. Proceedings of INTERSPEECH'2006
ICSLP, 1363-1366, Pittsburgh, USA.
Rauber, A. S., Escudero, P., Bion,
R. A. H., Baptista, B. O. (2005). The interrelation between the
perception and production of English vowels by native speakers of Brazilian
Portuguese. Proceedings of INTERSPEECH'2005 - EUROSPEECH, 2913-2916,
Lisbon, Portugal.
Rauber, A. S.(2005). Working memory capacity and the role of schema activation
in reading. In
O. A. Souza, C. C. Z. Branco, & M. C. Lopes (Eds.), Universidade: Ação e
Interação (pp. 235-239). Guarapuava: Editora Universitária da
UNICENTRO.
Rauber,
A. S., Bion, R. A. H. (2005). Pausing, discourse
markers and speed of production in the oral performance of native and nonnative
English PhD professors. In O. A. Souza, C. C. Z. Branco, & M. C. Lopes
(Eds.), Universidade: Ação e Interação. Guarapuava: Editora
Universitária da UNICENTRO.
Books
Rauber, A. S. (2010). Acoustic characteristics of Brazilian
English vowels: perception and production results. Saarbrücken:
Lambert Academic Publishing.
Rauber, A. S., Watkins, M. A., Silveira, R. & Koerich, R. D.
(Eds.) (2010). The acquisition of second language
speech: Studies in honor of Professor Barbara O. Baptista.
Florianópolis: Insular.
Watkins, M. A., Rauber, A. S., & Baptista, B.
O. (Eds.) (2009). Recent Research
in Second Language Phonetics/Phonology: Perception and Production.
Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Gil, G., Rauber,
A. S., Bergsleithner, J. M., Carazzai,
M. R. P. (Eds.), Pesquisas qualitativas no ensino e aprendizagem de inglês: A sala de aula e o professor de LE [Qualitative research
in English teaching and learning: The classroom and the L2 teacher],
344p.
Klenner, A., Rauber, A. S., & Moraes, M. (2002). Ahora Sí - Español para Brasileños - Libro del Profesor. Toledo: Editora InBrasill, 98p.
Software
Rauber, A. S., Rato, A., Santos, G. R, Kluge,
D. C., Figueiredo, M. TP: Perception tests and perceptual training with immediate feedback.
www Paper
Rauber, A. S. (2008). Investigação em fonética experimental: Estudos e aplicabilidades. Atelier do CEHUM (pp. 1-15). Braga: Universidade do Minho.
Scientific Review Committees
PROPOR 2012, Coimbra, Portugal.
INTERSPEECH 2012, Portland, USA.
INTERSPEECH
2011, Florence, Italy.
INTERSPEECH 2010, Makuhari, Japan.
FALA 2010, Vigo, Spain.
XIV APIRS, APLISC & APLIEPAR
Convention (2009), Florianopolis, Brazil.
INTERSPEECH 2009, Brighton, UK.
INTERSPEECH 2008, Brisbane,
Australia.
INTERSPEECH 2007, Antwerp,
Belgium.
New Sounds 2007, Florianópolis, Brazil.
Current
advisees
Anabela Rato (PhD dissertation, U. of Minho) -
Effects of perceptual training on the perception and production of English
vowels by native speakers of European Portuguese.
Giane Rodrigues dos Santos (PhD dissertation, UCPel) – Perception and production of Spanish mid vowels by
native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese.
Francine Oliveira (M. A. thesis, UCPel) - Teachers
and students’ beliefs on feedback to pronunciation and grammar mistakes
in EFL classes.
Undergraduate students working on
the project entitled “Perception and production of English sounds by native
speakers of European and Brazilian
Portuguese” (UCPel): Letícia
P. Soares and Pedro de Souza (vowels), Maicon L. Simões (stress
placement), Wagner Timm (/s/ clusters).
Organizing
Committees
2012 - Language and Neuroscience Conference, Florianópolis, Brazil, November 29-December
1.
2012 - II Escola de Inverno (Winter School).
Courses: Descriptive and inferential statistics; Pelotas, Brazil, July 22-29.
2011 - Escola de Inverno (Winter School). Courses: Descriptive and inferential statistics; Methods
to carry out speech perception studies, Pelotas, Brazil, August 22-25.
2010 - V Conference on Linguistics and
Cognition, Florianópolis,
Brazil, October 28-30 (secretary).
2009 - XIV Convention of English Teachers of the (Brazilian) Southern States (APIRS, APLISC
& APLIEPAR), Florianopólis, Brazil, October 23-24
(chair of the Scientific Committee).
2008 - XXIV Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística, Braga, Portugal, November 20-22 (local committee).
2007 - New Sounds 2007, Florianópolis, Brazil, November 25-28 (secretary &
treasurer).
2006 - I Congresso Latino-Americano de Formação de Professores de Línguas, UFSC, Florianópolis, Brazil, November 9-11 (secretary & treasurer).
2005 - Workshop on Models of L1/L2
Phonetics/Phonology, Utrecht
University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 8-9 (secretary).
2004
2003
I English Immersion Course,
Toledo-PR, Brazil (secretary).
II English Immersion Course, Florianópolis-SC, Brazil (secretary).
XVII National Meeting of English
Language Professors & XXXII National Meeting of English Literature
Professors, Florianópolis, Brazil (secretary &
treasurer).
VII APIRS, APLISC & APLIEPAR
Convention, Florianópolis-SC, Brazil (secretary &
treasurer).
2002
I
Curso Internacional de Inmersión en la Lengua Española, Toledo-PR, Brazil
(secretary).
II Curso Internacional de Inmersión en la Lengua Española, Toledo-PR, Brazil (secretary).
Editor
Revista Linguagem
& Ensino, Catholic University of Pelotas.
Languages
Brazilian Portuguese (native speaker), English (advanced), Spanish
(intermediate), German (pre-intermediate), Dutch (basic).
Useful links
Praat: doing phonetics by computer
Institute
of Phonetic Sciences
Universidade Católica de Pelotas – Programa de
Pós-Graduação em Letras
TCHENAFON
– Laboratório de Psicolinguística e Fonética Acústica (UCPel)
Experimental Psychology Lab – Universidade do Minho
Universidade do Minho
- Centro de Estudos Humanísticos
Universidade Federal
de Santa Catarina
Programa de
Pós-Graduação em Inglês
Revistas Brasileiras
da Área de Letras e Lingüística
ISCA - International Speech Communication Association
Work address
Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Pós-Graduação em Letras – Sala 415C
Rua Félix da Cunha, 412
96010-011 Pelotas-RS, Brasil
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