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2025

19.
Exploring the linguistic signature of interpersonal liking in second language interaction

Pavel Trofimovich, Anamaria Bodea, Kim McDonough, Masatoshi Sato

Exploring the linguistic signature of interpersonal liking in second language interaction Journal Article Open AccessPostprintData | Materials

In: System, vol. 129, no. 103565, pp. 1–13, 2025.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: engagement, English as lingua franca, fluency, interaction, international students, linguistic dimensions, metaperception

2024

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Is nonverbal behavior during conversation related to perceived fluency?

Yoo-Lae Kim, Chen Liu, Pavel Trofimovich, Kim McDonough

Is nonverbal behavior during conversation related to perceived fluency? Journal Article Open AccessPostprint

In: TESOL Journal, vol. 15, iss. 3, pp. Article e795, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: emotion, fluency, individual differences, interaction, non-verbal behaviours, speech ratings

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

12.
Alignment in second language speakers’ perceptions of interaction and its relationship to perceived communicative success

Oguzhan Tekin, Pavel Trofimovich, Tzu-Hua Chen, Kim McDonough

Alignment in second language speakers’ perceptions of interaction and its relationship to perceived communicative success Journal Article PostprintAccessible Summary

In: System, vol. 108, no. 102848, pp. 1–12, 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: comprehensibility, fluency, individual differences, interaction, priming/alignment, speech production

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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

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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

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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

2017

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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

2015

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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

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Learner pronunciation, awareness, and instruction in French as a second language

Sara Kennedy, Josée Blanchet, Pavel Trofimovich

Learner pronunciation, awareness, and instruction in French as a second language Journal Article

In: Foreign Language Annals, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 79–96, 2014.

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

2013

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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

2009

4.
Links between ethnolinguistic affiliation, self-related motivation and second language fluency: Are they mediated by psycholinguistic variables?

Norman Segalowitz, Elizabeth Gatbonton, Pavel Trofimovich

Links between ethnolinguistic affiliation, self-related motivation and second language fluency: Are they mediated by psycholinguistic variables? Book Chapter

In: Dörnyei, Zoltán, Ushioda, Ema (Ed.): Motivation, language identity and the L2 self, pp. 172–192, Multilingual Matters, 2009, ISBN: 9781847691279.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: ethnic identity, fluency, individual differences, social variables

2008

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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

2007

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Learning prosody and fluency characteristics of second language speech: The effect of experience on child learners' acquisition of five suprasegmentals

Pavel Trofimovich, Wendy Baker

Learning prosody and fluency characteristics of second language speech: The effect of experience on child learners’ acquisition of five suprasegmentals Journal Article

In: Applied Psycholinguistics, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 251–276, 2007.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: children, experience, fluency, learning, linguistic dimensions

2006

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Learning second language suprasegmentals: Effect of L2 experience on prosody and fluency characteristics of L2 speech

Pavel Trofimovich, Wendy Baker

Learning second language suprasegmentals: Effect of L2 experience on prosody and fluency characteristics of L2 speech Journal Article

In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 1–30, 2006.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: experience, fluency, learning, pronunciation, prosody