Publications
2025

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
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2024

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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title = {Is nonverbal behavior during conversation related to perceived fluency?},
author = {Yoo-Lae Kim and Chen Liu and Pavel Trofimovich and Kim McDonough},
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.795},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-08-20},
urldate = {2024-02-12},
journal = {TESOL Journal},
volume = {15},
issue = {3},
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keywords = {emotion, fluency, individual differences, interaction, non-verbal behaviours, speech ratings},
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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
@article{Le2023,
title = {Exploring sociopolitical dimensions of heritage language maintenance: The case of Vietnamese speakers in Montréal},
author = {Thao-Nguyen Nina Le and Pavel Trofimovich},
url = {https://www.paveltrofimovich.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Le_Trofimovich_2023.pdf, Article PDF},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr-2022-0078},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-02-01},
urldate = {2023-09-15},
journal = {Canadian Modern Language Review},
volume = {80},
issue = {1},
pages = {22--49},
keywords = {accentedness, comprehensibility, fluency, heritage speakers, interaction, pronunciation, social variables},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2023

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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author = {Aki Tsunemoto and Pavel Trofimovich},
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2023.103125},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-09-08},
urldate = {2023-12-01},
journal = {System},
volume = {118},
number = {103125},
pages = {1--13},
keywords = {accentedness, assessment, classroom-based teaching, comprehensibility, experience, fluency, individual differences, instruction, pronunciation, speech ratings, teachers},
pubstate = {published},
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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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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},
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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
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author = {Aki Tsunemoto and Pavel Trofimovich and Sara Kennedy},
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168820937273},
year = {2023},
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2022

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
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author = {Aki Tsunemoto and Rachael Lindberg and Pavel Trofimovich and Kim McDonough},
url = {https://www.paveltrofimovich.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tsunemoto_et_al_2021.pdf, Article PDF
https://osf.io/vcb4a, Open Data & Materials
https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/b2773w06q?locale=en, Accessible Summary},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263121000425},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-07-01},
urldate = {2022-07-01},
journal = {Studies in Second Language Acquisition},
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issue = {3},
pages = {659--684},
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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
@article{Tekin2022,
title = {Alignment in second language speakers’ perceptions of interaction and its relationship to perceived communicative success},
author = {Oguzhan Tekin and Pavel Trofimovich and Tzu-Hua Chen and Kim McDonough},
url = {https://www.paveltrofimovich.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Tekin_et_al_2022.pdf, Article PDF
https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/m900nv16k?locale=en, Accessible Summary},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2022.102848},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-06-13},
urldate = {2022-06-13},
journal = {System},
volume = {108},
number = {102848},
pages = {1--12},
keywords = {comprehensibility, fluency, individual differences, interaction, priming/alignment, speech production},
pubstate = {published},
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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
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https://www.iris-database.org/iris/app/home/detail?id=york:939639, Open Materials
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12571},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-04-04},
urldate = {2022-04-04},
journal = {Foreign Language Annals},
volume = {55},
issue = {1},
pages = {135--154},
keywords = {accentedness, classroom-based teaching, comprehensibility, fluency, instruction, self-assessment},
pubstate = {published},
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2020

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
@article{reid2020testing,
title = {Testing the malleability of teachers’ judgments of second language speech},
author = {Kym Taylor Reid and Mary Grantham O’Brien and Pavel Trofimovich and Allison Bajt},
url = {https://www.paveltrofimovich.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Taylor_Reid_et_al_2020.pdf, Article PDF},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.19015.tay},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-02-01},
urldate = {2020-02-01},
journal = {Journal of Second Language Pronunciation},
volume = {6},
number = {2},
pages = {236--264},
publisher = {John Benjamins},
keywords = {accentedness, comprehensibility, fluency, social variables, speech ratings},
pubstate = {published},
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2019

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
@article{reid2019social,
title = {Social attitudes and speech ratings: Effects of positive and negative bias on multiage listeners’ judgments of second language speech},
author = { Kym Taylor Reid and Pavel Trofimovich and Mary Grantham O’Brien},
url = {https://www.paveltrofimovich.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Taylor_Reid_et_al_2019.pdf, Article PDF},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263118000244},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-05-01},
urldate = {2019-05-01},
journal = {Studies in Second Language Acquisition},
volume = {41},
number = {2},
pages = {419--442},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
keywords = {accentedness, age, comprehensibility, fluency, social variables, speech ratings},
pubstate = {published},
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2017

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
@article{trofimovich2017development,
title = {Development of second language French oral skills in an instructed setting: A focus on speech ratings},
author = { Pavel Trofimovich and Sara Kennedy and Josée Blanchet},
url = {https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/CJAL/article/view/24573, Journal site (open access)
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year = {2017},
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journal = {Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée},
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2015

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
@inproceedings{trofimovich2015phonetics,
title = {Phonetics instruction in L2 French: Contributions of segments, prosody and fluency to speech ratings},
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url = {https://www.paveltrofimovich.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trofimovich_et_al_2015.pdf, Article PDF},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference},
pages = {101--105},
publisher = {University College London},
keywords = {accentedness, comprehensibility, fluency, linguistic dimensions, speech ratings},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
2014

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
@article{kennedy2014learner,
title = {Learner pronunciation, awareness, and instruction in French as a second language},
author = { Sara Kennedy and Josée Blanchet and Pavel Trofimovich},
url = {https://www.paveltrofimovich.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Kennedy_et_al_2014.pdf, Article PDF},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12066},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-03-01},
journal = {Foreign Language Annals},
volume = {47},
number = {1},
pages = {79--96},
publisher = {Wiley},
keywords = {classroom-based teaching, fluency, instruction, pronunciation},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2013

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
@article{kennedy2013first,
title = {First- and final-semester non-native students in an English-medium university: Judgments of their speech by university peers},
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url = {https://www.paveltrofimovich.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Kennedy_Trofimovich_2013.pdf, Article PDF},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2013-0015},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-09-01},
journal = {Language Learning in Higher Education},
volume = {3},
number = {2},
pages = {283--303},
publisher = {de Gruyter},
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2009
Norman Segalowitz, Elizabeth Gatbonton, Pavel Trofimovich
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
@inbook{segalowitz2009links,
title = {Links between ethnolinguistic affiliation, self-related motivation and second language fluency: Are they mediated by psycholinguistic variables?},
author = { Norman Segalowitz and Elizabeth Gatbonton and Pavel Trofimovich},
editor = {Zoltán Dörnyei and Ema Ushioda},
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year = {2009},
date = {2009-01-12},
booktitle = {Motivation, language identity and the L2 self},
pages = {172--192},
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2008

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
@article{farris2008air,
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1545-7249.2008.tb00138.x},
year = {2008},
date = {2008-09-01},
journal = {TESOL Quarterly},
volume = {42},
number = {3},
pages = {397--410},
publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, UK},
keywords = {accentedness, assessment, cognitive processing, comprehensibility, fluency, individual differences, speech production},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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2007

Pavel Trofimovich, Wendy Baker
In: Applied Psycholinguistics, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 251–276, 2007.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: children, experience, fluency, learning, linguistic dimensions
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title = {Learning prosody and fluency characteristics of second language speech: The effect of experience on child learners' acquisition of five suprasegmentals},
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year = {2007},
date = {2007-04-01},
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2006

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
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year = {2006},
date = {2006-03-01},
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