Publications

Show all

2025

37.
Avoir un accent, une source de préjugés lorsqu’on cherche un emploi [Accent as a source of prejudice when looking for a job]

Mary Grantham O’Brien, Cesar Teló, Pavel Trofimovich

Avoir un accent, une source de préjugés lorsqu’on cherche un emploi [Accent as a source of prejudice when looking for a job] Online Open Access

2025.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, employability, intelligibility, interaction, job applicant, pronunciation, workplace communication

2024

36.
Personal histories shape how immigrant families transmit their home language to children

Thao-Nguyen Nina Le, Pavel Trofimovich

Personal histories shape how immigrant families transmit their home language to children Online Open Access

2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, children, comprehensibility, emotion, ethnic identity, experience, heritage speakers, input, interaction, pronunciation, social variables

35.
How accent bias can impact a person’s job prospects

Mary Grantham O’Brien, Cesar Teló, Pavel Trofimovich

How accent bias can impact a person’s job prospects Online Open Access

2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, employability, experience, intelligibility, job applicant, pronunciation, social variables, workplace communication

34.
What do students in human resource management know about accent bias?

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

33.
Coherence and comprehensibility in second language speakers’ academic speaking performance

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

32.
Accent bias training in undergraduate human resource management education

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

31.
Exploring sociopolitical dimensions of heritage language maintenance: The case of Vietnamese speakers in Montréal

Thao-Nguyen Nina Le, Pavel Trofimovich

Exploring sociopolitical dimensions of heritage language maintenance: The case of Vietnamese speakers in Montréal Journal Article Postprint

In: Canadian Modern Language Review, vol. 80, iss. 1, pp. 22–49, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, fluency, heritage speakers, interaction, pronunciation, social variables

2023

30.
Pre- and in-service teachers’ beliefs about second language pronunciation teaching, their experience, and speech assessments

Aki Tsunemoto, Pavel Trofimovich

Pre- and in-service teachers’ beliefs about second language pronunciation teaching, their experience, and speech assessments Journal Article Postprint

In: System, vol. 118, no. 103125, pp. 1–13, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, assessment, classroom-based teaching, comprehensibility, experience, fluency, individual differences, instruction, pronunciation, speech ratings, teachers

29.
Listener perceptions of customer service agents’ performance: Do comprehensibility, accentedness, and fluency matter?

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

28.
When accent does not match expectations: A dynamic perspective of L2 speaker evaluations in a French interview context

Rachael Lindberg, Pavel Trofimovich

When accent does not match expectations: A dynamic perspective of L2 speaker evaluations in a French interview context Journal Article Open Access

In: Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, vol. 26, iss. 2, pp. 1–31, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, assessment, comprehensibility, employability, job applicant, workplace communication

27.
En français or in English? Examining perceived social roles of international students in response to their French and English speech

Oguzhan Tekin, Pavel Trofimovich

En français or in English? Examining perceived social roles of international students in response to their French and English speech Journal Article Postprint

In: Canadian Modern Language Review, vol. 79, iss. 3, no. 204–227, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, ethnic identity, international students, pronunciation, social variables, speech ratings

26.
Votre accent étranger pourrait-il nuire à votre embauche? [Could your foreign accent affect your hiring?]

Anamaria Bodea, Thao-Nguyen Nina Le, Pavel Trofimovich, Mary Grantham O’Brien, Cesar Teló, Masako Shimada

Votre accent étranger pourrait-il nuire à votre embauche? [Could your foreign accent affect your hiring?] Online Open Access

2023, visited: 17.02.2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, employability, job applicant

25.
How HR professionals respond to second language accents

Cesar Teló, Mary Grantham O’Brien, Pavel Trofimovich, Anamaria Bodea, Thao-Nguyen Nina Le, Masako Shimada

How HR professionals respond to second language accents Online Open Access

2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, employability, job applicant

24.
Pre-service teachers’ beliefs about second language pronunciation teaching, their experience, and speech assessments

Aki Tsunemoto, Pavel Trofimovich, Sara Kennedy

Pre-service teachers’ beliefs about second language pronunciation teaching, their experience, and speech assessments Journal Article PostprintAccessible Summary

In: Language Teaching Research, vol. 27, iss. 1, pp. 115–136, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, assessment, comprehensibility, experience, fluency, pronunciation, teachers

2022

23.
Using task practice to reduce social influences on listener evaluations of second language accent and comprehensibility

Kym Taylor Reid, Pavel Trofimovich, Mary Grantham O’Brien, Aki Tsunemoto

Using task practice to reduce social influences on listener evaluations of second language accent and comprehensibility Journal Article Postprint

In: International Journal of Listening, vol. 36, iss. 3, pp. 283–298, 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, social variables, task

22.
Disentangling professional competence and foreign accent

Cesar Teló, Pavel Trofimovich, Mary Grantham O’Brien

Disentangling professional competence and foreign accent Journal Article Postprint

In: Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, vol. 8, iss. 3, pp. 413–443, 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, employability, ethnic identity, social variables, speech ratings, workplace communication

21.
Visual cues and rater perceptions of second language comprehensibility, accentedness, and fluency

Aki Tsunemoto, Rachael Lindberg, Pavel Trofimovich, Kim McDonough

Visual cues and rater perceptions of second language comprehensibility, accentedness, and fluency Journal Article PostprintData | MaterialsAccessible Summary

In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, vol. 44 , iss. 3, pp. 659–684, 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, fluency, non-verbal behaviours, speech ratings

20.
Effects of benchmarking and peer-assessment on French learners’ self-assessments of accentedness, comprehensibility, and fluency

Aki Tsunemoto, Pavel Trofimovich, Josée Blanchet, Juliane Bertrand, Sara Kennedy

Effects of benchmarking and peer-assessment on French learners’ self-assessments of accentedness, comprehensibility, and fluency Journal Article PostprintData | MaterialsAccessible Summary

In: Foreign Language Annals, vol. 55, iss. 1, pp. 135–154, 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, classroom-based teaching, comprehensibility, fluency, instruction, self-assessment

2020

19.
Testing the malleability of teachers’ judgments of second language speech

Kym Taylor Reid, Mary Grantham O’Brien, Pavel Trofimovich, Allison Bajt

Testing the malleability of teachers’ judgments of second language speech Journal Article Postprint

In: Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 236–264, 2020.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, fluency, social variables, speech ratings

2019

18.
Social attitudes and speech ratings: Effects of positive and negative bias on multiage listeners’ judgments of second language speech

Kym Taylor Reid, Pavel Trofimovich, Mary Grantham O’Brien

Social attitudes and speech ratings: Effects of positive and negative bias on multiage listeners’ judgments of second language speech Journal Article Postprint

In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 419–442, 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, age, comprehensibility, fluency, social variables, speech ratings

17.
Lexical aspects of comprehensibility and nativeness from the perspective of native-speaking English raters

Randy Appel, Pavel Trofimovich, Kazuya Saito, Talia Isaacs, Stuart Webb

Lexical aspects of comprehensibility and nativeness from the perspective of native-speaking English raters Journal Article Postprint

In: ITL-International Journal of Applied Linguistics, vol. 170, no. 1, pp. 24–52, 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, speech ratings, vocabulary

2018

16.
Linguistic dimensions of L2 accentedness and comprehensibility vary across speaking tasks

Dustin Crowther, Pavel Trofimovich, Kazuya Saito, Talia Isaacs

Linguistic dimensions of L2 accentedness and comprehensibility vary across speaking tasks Journal Article Postprint

In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 443–457, 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, linguistic dimensions, task

15.
Engaging the senses: A sensory-based approach to L2 pronunciation instruction for actors

Suzanne Cerreta, Pavel Trofimovich

Engaging the senses: A sensory-based approach to L2 pronunciation instruction for actors Journal Article Postprint

In: Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 46–72, 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, classroom-based teaching, comprehensibility, instruction, pronunciation

2017

14.
Development of second language French oral skills in an instructed setting: A focus on speech ratings

Pavel Trofimovich, Sara Kennedy, Josée Blanchet

Development of second language French oral skills in an instructed setting: A focus on speech ratings Journal Article

In: Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 32–50, 2017, ISSN: 1920-1818.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, fluency, instruction, linguistic dimensions

13.
Linguistic dimensions of accentedness and comprehensibility: Exploring task and listener effects in second language French

Annie Bergeron, Pavel Trofimovich

Linguistic dimensions of accentedness and comprehensibility: Exploring task and listener effects in second language French Journal Article

In: Foreign Language Annals, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 547–566, 2017.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, linguistic dimensions, speech ratings

12.
Using listener judgments to investigate linguistic influences on L2 comprehensibility and accentedness: A validation and generalization study

Kazuya Saito, Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs

Using listener judgments to investigate linguistic influences on L2 comprehensibility and accentedness: A validation and generalization study Journal Article

In: Applied Linguistics, vol. 38, iss. 4, pp. 439–462, 2017.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, linguistic dimensions, speech ratings

2016

11.
Lexical correlates of comprehensibility versus accentedness in second language speech

Kazuya Saito, Stuart Webb, Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs

Lexical correlates of comprehensibility versus accentedness in second language speech Journal Article

In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 597–609, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, speech ratings, vocabulary

10.
Second language speech production: Investigating linguistic correlates of comprehensibility and accentedness for learners at different ability levels

Kazuya Saito, Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs

Second language speech production: Investigating linguistic correlates of comprehensibility and accentedness for learners at different ability levels Journal Article

In: Applied Psycholinguistics, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 217–240, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, experience, linguistic dimensions

9.
Flawed self-assessment: Investigating self- and other-perception of second language speech.

Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs, Sara Kennedy, Kazuya Saito, Dustin Crowther

Flawed self-assessment: Investigating self- and other-perception of second language speech. Journal Article

In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 122–140, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, assessment, comprehensibility, linguistic dimensions, self-assessment, speech ratings

8.
Linguistic dimensions of second language accent and comprehensibility: Nonnative listeners’ perspectives

Dustin Crowther, Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs

Linguistic dimensions of second language accent and comprehensibility: Nonnative listeners’ perspectives Journal Article

In: Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 160–182, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, pronunciation, speech ratings

2015

7.
Second language comprehensibility revisited: Investigating the effects of learner background

Dustin Crowther, Pavel Trofimovich, Kazuya Saito, Talia Isaacs

Second language comprehensibility revisited: Investigating the effects of learner background Journal Article

In: TESOL quarterly, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 814–837, 2015.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, cross-language similarity, linguistic dimensions, speech ratings

6.
Phonetics instruction in L2 French: Contributions of segments, prosody and fluency to speech ratings

Pavel Trofimovich, Sara Kennedy, Josée Blanchet

Phonetics instruction in L2 French: Contributions of segments, prosody and fluency to speech ratings Proceedings Article

In: Przedlacka, ‪Joanna, Maidment, John, Ashby, Michael (Ed.): Proceedings of the Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference, pp. 101–105, University College London, 2015.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, fluency, linguistic dimensions, speech ratings

2014

5.
Learning to speak English? Making yourself understood isn’t all about the accent

Talia Isaacs, Dustin Crowther, Kazuya Saito, Pavel Trofimovich

Learning to speak English? Making yourself understood isn’t all about the accent Online

2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, linguistic dimensions, pronunciation

2013

4.
First- and final-semester non-native students in an English-medium university: Judgments of their speech by university peers

Sara Kennedy, Pavel Trofimovich

First- and final-semester non-native students in an English-medium university: Judgments of their speech by university peers Journal Article

In: Language Learning in Higher Education, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 283–303, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, experience, fluency, learning, speech ratings

2012

3.
Disentangling accent from comprehensibility

Pavel Trofimovich, Talia Isaacs

Disentangling accent from comprehensibility Journal Article

In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, vol. 15, no. 04, pp. 905–916, 2012.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, linguistic dimensions, pronunciation

2008

2.
Air traffic communication in a second language: Implications of cognitive factors for training and assessment

Candace Farris, Pavel Trofimovich, Norman Segalowitz, Elizabeth Gatbonton

Air traffic communication in a second language: Implications of cognitive factors for training and assessment Journal Article

In: TESOL Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 397–410, 2008.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, assessment, cognitive processing, comprehensibility, fluency, individual differences, speech production

1.
Intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness of L2 speech: The role of listener experience and semantic context

Sara Kennedy, Pavel Trofimovich

Intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness of L2 speech: The role of listener experience and semantic context Journal Article

In: Canadian Modern Language Review, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 459–489, 2008.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, experience, intelligibility, speech ratings