Publications
2026

Aki Tsunemoto, Pavel Trofimovich
Self-assessment of second language comprehensibility: The roles of peer-assessment and metacognition Journal Article Open Access
In: Applied Psycholinguistics, vol. 47, pp. 1–26, 2026.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: assessment, awareness, comprehensibility, English for specific purposes, individual differences, international students, pronunciation, self-assessment, speech ratings
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year = {2026},
date = {2026-02-12},
urldate = {2026-02-15},
journal = {Applied Psycholinguistics},
volume = {47},
pages = {1--26},
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Cesar Teló, Ryuichi Suzuki, Lin Lu, Gento Okawa, Tahiyyah Ahmed, Zineb Balmouddane, Mayra Carvajal, Karolyn Chen, Mahdieh (Mah) Fallahnejad, Byunghak Kim, Annika Kovacs, Sawri Madkaikar, Lia Mejía, Alet Odal, Thi Thuy Dung Pham, Yung Flora See, Mary Grantham O’Brien, Pavel Trofimovich
A collaborative journey in pronunciation: Lessons from a community-engaged accent bias project Journal Article Open AccessData | Materials
In: Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, pp. 1–17, 2026.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: accent bias, awareness, employability, English for specific purposes, job applicant, workplace communication
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title = {A collaborative journey in pronunciation: Lessons from a community-engaged accent bias project},
author = {Cesar Teló and Ryuichi Suzuki and Lin Lu and Gento Okawa and Tahiyyah Ahmed and Zineb Balmouddane and Mayra Carvajal and Karolyn Chen and Mahdieh (Mah) Fallahnejad and Byunghak Kim and Annika Kovacs and Sawri Madkaikar and Lia Mejía and Alet Odal and Thi Thuy Dung Pham and Yung Flora See and Mary Grantham O’Brien and Pavel Trofimovich},
url = {https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/94WS5, Open Data & Materials},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.25054.tel},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-15},
urldate = {2026-02-01},
journal = {Journal of Second Language Pronunciation},
pages = {1--17},
keywords = {accent bias, awareness, employability, English for specific purposes, job applicant, workplace communication},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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2024

Pavel Trofimovich, Anamaria Bodea, Thao-Nguyen Nina Le, Mary Grantham O’Brien, Masako Shimada, Cesar Teló
What do students in human resource management know about accent bias? Journal Article Postprint
In: Language Awareness, vol. 33, iss. 3, pp. 447–467, 2024.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, awareness, comprehensibility, employability, English for specific purposes, intelligibility, job applicant
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title = {What do students in human resource management know about accent bias?},
author = {Pavel Trofimovich and Anamaria Bodea and Thao-Nguyen Nina Le and Mary Grantham O’Brien and Masako Shimada and Cesar Teló},
url = {https://www.paveltrofimovich.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Trofimovich_et_al_2022.pdf, Article PDF},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2023.2179630},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-08-09},
urldate = {2023-02-15},
journal = {Language Awareness},
volume = {33},
issue = {3},
pages = {447--467},
keywords = {accentedness, awareness, comprehensibility, employability, English for specific purposes, intelligibility, job applicant},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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Aki Tsunemoto, Pavel Trofimovich
Coherence and comprehensibility in second language speakers’ academic speaking performance Journal Article Open Access
In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, vol. 46, iss. 3, pp. 795–817, 2024.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, assessment, comprehensibility, English for specific purposes, linguistic dimensions, pronunciation, speech ratings
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title = {Coherence and comprehensibility in second language speakers’ academic speaking performance},
author = {Aki Tsunemoto and Pavel Trofimovich},
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263124000305},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-07-01},
urldate = {2024-05-20},
journal = {Studies in Second Language Acquisition},
volume = {46},
issue = {3},
pages = {795--817},
keywords = {accentedness, assessment, comprehensibility, English for specific purposes, linguistic dimensions, pronunciation, speech ratings},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

Mary Grantham O’Brien, Thao-Nguyen Nina Le, Anamaria Bodea, Pavel Trofimovich, Masako Shimada
Accent bias training in undergraduate human resource management education Journal Article Open Access
In: Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2024.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, awareness, comprehensibility, employability, English for specific purposes, job applicant, workplace communication
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title = {Accent bias training in undergraduate human resource management education},
author = {Mary Grantham O’Brien and Thao-Nguyen Nina Le and Anamaria Bodea and Pavel Trofimovich and Masako Shimada},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/23294906231226212},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-02-09},
urldate = {2024-01-15},
journal = {Business and Professional Communication Quarterly},
keywords = {accentedness, awareness, comprehensibility, employability, English for specific purposes, job applicant, workplace communication},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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2023

Aki Tsunemoto, Mark McAndrews, Pavel Trofimovich, Eric Friginal
Listener perceptions of customer service agents’ performance: Do comprehensibility, accentedness, and fluency matter? Journal Article Postprint
In: Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, vol. 9, iss. 2, pp. 234–262, 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, customer service, English for specific purposes, fluency, interaction, speech ratings
@article{Tsunemoto2022,
title = {Listener perceptions of customer service agents’ performance: Do comprehensibility, accentedness, and fluency matter? },
author = {Aki Tsunemoto and Mark McAndrews and Pavel Trofimovich and Eric Friginal},
url = {https://www.paveltrofimovich.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Tsunemoto_etal_2022JSLP.pdf, Article pdf},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.21027.tsu},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-09-01},
urldate = {2022-04-25},
journal = {Journal of Second Language Pronunciation},
volume = {9},
issue = {2},
pages = {234--262},
keywords = {accentedness, comprehensibility, customer service, English for specific purposes, fluency, interaction, speech ratings},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
