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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Chaoqun Zheng, Pavel Trofimovich, Rachael Lindberg, Kim McDonough, Masatoshi Sato
Do they like me? Exploring the role of metaperception in L1–L2 speaker interaction Journal Article Open AccessData | Materials
In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, vol. 47, iss. 1, pp. 80–103, 2025.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: assessment, awareness, English as lingua franca, interaction, metaperception, pronunciation, social variables, speech ratings
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2024

Pavel Trofimovich, Oguzhan Tekin, Rachael Lindberg
Listening and comprehensibility Book Chapter Postprint
In: Wagner, Elvis, Batty, Aaron Olaf, Galaczi, Evelina (Ed.): The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and listening, pp. 201–211, Routledge, 2024.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: assessment, comprehensibility, dynamic, English as lingua franca, ethnic identity, individual differences, instruction, linguistic dimensions, non-verbal behaviours, pronunciation, speech ratings
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Kim McDonough, Rachael Lindberg, Yoo-Lae Kim, Pavel Trofimovich
Raising business communication students’ awareness of nonverbal features of interaction Journal Article Postprint
In: Language Awareness, vol. 33, iss. 2, pp. 224–239 , 2024.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: awareness, English as lingua franca, interaction, non-verbal behaviours
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Chen Liu, Kim McDonough, Pavel Trofimovich, Pakize Uludag
Verbal and nonverbal disagreement in an ELF academic discussion task Journal Article Postprint
In: Applied Linguistics Review, vol. 15, iss. 1, pp. 119–134, 2024.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: English as lingua franca, interaction, non-verbal behaviours, pragmatics
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2023
Pavel Trofimovich, Rachael Lindberg, Anamaria Bodea, Thao-Nguyen Nina Le, Chaoqun Zheng, Kim McDonough
I don’t think you like me: Examining metaperceptions of interpersonal liking in second language academic interaction Journal Article Open AccessData | Materials
In: Languages, vol. 8, no. Article 200, pp. 1–22, 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: assessment, awareness, English as lingua franca, metaperception, pronunciation, social variables, speech ratings
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Kim McDonough, Chen Liu, Pavel Trofimovich
Strategies for avoiding misunderstanding in English L2 conversations Journal Article Postprint
In: ELT Journal, vol. 77, iss. 4, pp. 426–434, 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: English as lingua franca, intelligibility, interaction, linguistic dimensions, non-verbal behaviours, pragmatics, task
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Charles L. Nagle, Pavel Trofimovich, Oguzhan Tekin, Kim McDonough
Framing second language comprehensibility: Do interlocutors’ ratings predict their perceived communicative experience? Journal Article Open AccessData | Materials
In: Applied Psycholinguistics, vol. 44, iss. 1, pp. 131–156, 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: comprehensibility, dynamic, English as lingua franca, interaction, self-assessment, speech ratings
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Kim McDonough, Rachael Lindberg, Pavel Trofimovich, Oguzhan Tekin
The visual signature of non-understanding: A systematic replication of McDonough, Trofimovich, Lu, and Abashidze (2019) Journal Article Postprint
In: Language Teaching, vol. 56, iss. 1, pp. 113–127, 2023.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: English as lingua franca, intelligibility, interaction, replication
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2022

Kim McDonough, Rachael Lindberg, Pavel Trofimovich
Examining rater perception of holds as a visual cue of listener nonunderstanding Journal Article Open Access
In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, vol. 44, iss. 5, pp. 1240–1259, 2022.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: English as lingua franca, intelligibility, interaction, non-verbal behaviours, speech ratings
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Pakize Uludag, Kim McDonough, Pavel Trofimovich
Exploring shared and individual assessment of paired oral interactions Journal Article Open Access
In: Studies in Language Assessment, vol. 11, iss. 2, pp. 1–24, 2022.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: English as lingua franca, interaction, non-verbal behaviours, speech ratings
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Pavel Trofimovich, Charles L. Nagle, Mary Grantham O’Brien, Sara Kennedy, Kym Taylor Reid, Lauren Strachan
Second language comprehensibility as a dynamic construct Book Chapter Postprint
In: Levis, John M., Derwing, Tracey M., Munro, Murray J. (Ed.): The evolution of pronunciation teaching and research: 25 years of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness, pp. 153–179, John Benjamins, 2022, ISBN: 9789027211378.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: comprehensibility, dynamic, English as lingua franca, interaction, pronunciation
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Charles L. Nagle, Pavel Trofimovich, Mary Grantham O’Brien, Sara Kennedy
Beyond linguistic features: Exploring behavioral and affective correlates of comprehensible second language speech Journal Article Open AccessData | Materials
In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, vol. 44, iss. 1, pp. 255–270, 2022.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: comprehensibility, dynamic, engagement, English as lingua franca, individual differences, interaction, speech ratings
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2021

Pavel Trofimovich, Oguzhan Tekin, Kim McDonough
Task engagement and comprehensibility in interaction: Moving from what second language speakers say to what they do Journal Article PostprintAccessible Summary
In: Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, vol. 7, iss. 3, pp. 435–461, 2021.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: comprehensibility, engagement, English as lingua franca, interaction, non-verbal behaviours
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2019

Kim McDonough, Pavel Trofimovich, Libing Lu, Dato Abashidze
The occurrence and perception of listener visual cues during nonunderstanding episodes Journal Article Postprint
In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 1151–1165, 2019.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: English as lingua franca, intelligibility, interaction, non-verbal behaviours, speech ratings
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2015

Kim McDonough, Dustin Crowther, Paula Kielstra, Pavel Trofimovich
Exploring the potential relationship between eye gaze and English L2 speakers’ responses to recasts Journal Article
In: Second Language Research, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 563–575, 2015.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: corrective feedback, English as lingua franca, interaction, non-verbal behaviours
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2014

Pavel Trofimovich, Sara Kennedy
Interactive alignment between bilingual interlocutors: Evidence from two information-exchange tasks Journal Article
In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 822–836, 2014.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: bilingual, English as lingua franca, interaction, priming/alignment, task
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