Publications

Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

  1. Tsunemoto, A., Uludag, P., McDonough, K., & Isaacs, T. (2023). The relationship between Japanese EFL learners’ perceived fluency and temporal speech measures in a read-aloud task. JALT Journal, 45, 107–121. https://doi.org/10.37546/JALTJJ45.1-5
  2. Tsunemoto, A., Trofimovich, P., & Kennedy, S. (2023). Pre-service teachers’ beliefs about second language pronunciation teaching, their experience, and speech assessments. Language Teaching Research, 27(1), 115–136.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168820937273 [preprint]
  3. Tsunemoto, A., Lindberg, R., Trofimovich, P., & McDonough, K. (2022). Visual cues and rater perceptions of second language comprehensibility, accentedness, and fluency. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 44, 659–684. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263121000425 [preprint]
  4. Tsunemoto, A., McAndrews, M., Trofimovich, P., & Friginal, E. (2022). Listener perceptions of customer service agents’ performance: Do comprehensibility, accentedness, and fluency matter? Journal of Second Language Pronunciation. Advance online publication. http://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.21027.tsu [preprint]
  5. Trofimovich, P., Isaacs, T., Kennedy, S., & Tsunemoto, A. (2022). Speech Comprehensibility. In T. Derwing, M. Munro, & R. Thomson. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook on Second Language Acquisition and Speaking (pp. 174–187). Routledge.
  6. Tsunemoto, A., Trofimovich, P., Blanchet, J. & Bertrand, J., & Kennedy, S. (2022). Effects of benchmarking and peer-assessment on French learners’ self-assessments of accentedness, comprehensibility, and fluency. Foreign Language Annals, 55, 135–154. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12571 [please contact for preprint]
  7. Yokomoto, K., Tsunemoto, A., & Suzukida, Y. (2021). Effects of awareness-raising activities on Japanese university students’ listening comprehension of World English pronunciation. Lingua (Sophia University Bulletin), 32, 97–113. [pdf]
  8. Taylor Reid, K., Trofimovich, P., O’Brien, M., & Tsunemoto, A. (2021). Using task practice to reduce social influences on listener evaluations of second language accent and comprehensibility. International Journal of Listening. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10904018.2021.1904933
  9. Tsunemoto, A., & McDonough, K. (2021). Exploring Japanese EFL learners’ attitudes toward English pronunciation and its relationship to perceived accentedness. Language and Speech, 64, 24–34. https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830919900372 [preprint]
  10. Taylor Reid, K., O’Brien, M., Trofimovich, P., & Tsunemoto, A. (2020). Exploring the stability of second language speech ratings through task practice in bilinguals’ two languages. Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, 2, 315–329. https://doi.org/10.1558/jmbs.17714

Non-Refereed Articles, Research Report, Thesis

  1. Tsunemoto, A., Trofimovich, P. & Kennedy, S. (2021). Evaluating activities to help second language learners self-assess their pronunciation. OASIS Summary of Tsunemoto, A. et al. (in press) in Foreign Language Annals. https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/wp988k341?locale=en
  2. Tsunemoto, A., Lindberg, R., Trofimovich, P., & McDonough, K. (2021). Speakers’ gestures and facial expressions contribute to listener assessment of second language pronunciation. OASIS Summary of Tsunemoto, A., Lindberg, R., Trofimovich, P., & McDonough, K (in press) in Studies in Second Language Acquisition. https://oasis-database.org [URL]
  3. Yokomoto, K., Tsunemoto, A., & Suzukida, Y. (2020, December). L2 pronunciation teaching in the era of COVID-19. 英語教育1月号 [The English Teachers’ Magazine January 2021], 74–75. Taishu-Kan Publishing.
  4. Tsunemoto, A., Trofimovich, P., & Kennedy, S. (2020). Future teachers’ experiences and beliefs shape how they assess second language pronunciation. OASIS Summary of Tsunemoto, Trofimovich, & Kennedy (2020) in Language Teaching Research. https://oasis-database.org [URL]
  5. Tsunemoto, A. (2017). Japanese learners’ self-assessment and teacher-assessment of second language speech across two speaking tasks.Unpublished master’s thesis, University College London, UCL Institute of Education.

Presentations

Invited Talk

  1. Tsunemoto, A. (2022, December). 応用言語学系大学院留学@Montréal: 出願校選択〜PhD修了まで. 文系海外大学院留学オンライン説明会 (後援: 船井情報科学振興財団), The Japanese Graduate Student Association in the United States (JGSAU), Virtual.
  2. Tsunemoto, A. (2022, December). “How should I assess students’ speech?” 英語科教員が留学を経て、研究者を目指すまで. DM686 Measurement and Evaluation in Language Education, Rikkyo University, Japan.
  3. Tsunemoto, A. (2021, November). Linguistic and non-linguistic features in second language comprehensibility. Methodology Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET) Kansai Chapter, Virtual. [reference list] [slide]
  4. Tsunemoto, A. (2020, October). Invited roundtable on Getting published in international journals in PhD Program in North America. Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and Japan Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (J-SLARF) Symposium on Second Language Acquisition, Virtual.
  5. Tsunemoto, A. (2020, October). Invited PhD student workshop on Roles of Discourse Organisation in L2 Speech Comprehensibility. Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and Japan Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (J-SLARF) Symposium, Virtual.
  6. Tsunemoto, A. (2017, September). Beginner-level EFL learners’ self-assessment of second language speech across two speaking tasks. Japan Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (J-SLARF) First Annual Meeting, Chuo University, Japan. 

Refereed Conference Presentations (*Presenters)

  1. Tsunemoto, A.*, & Trofimovich, P. (2023, March). Comprehensibility, coherence, and discourse organization: Insights from an academic speaking task. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, OR, USA.
  2. Yokomoto, K*., Tsunemoto, A., & Suzukida, Y. (2022, September). Listening comprehension of World English pronunciation: How effective are awareness-raising activities? Paper presented at The 4th International Symposium on Applied Phonetics (ISAPh 2022), Lund University, Lund, Sweden. 
  3. Tsunemoto, A.*, & Trofimovich, P. (2022, June). How do pre- and in-service teachers’ beliefs about pronunciation teaching relate to their L2 speech assessments? Paper presented at the Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.
  4. Tsunemoto, A.*, Trofimovich, P., McAndrews, M., & Friginal, E. (2022, April). Linguistic Dimensions Underlying Listener Evaluations of Outsourced Call Centre Agents’ Performance. Paper presented at the 10th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2022), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  5. Tsunemoto, A.*, McAndrews, M., Trofimovich, P., & Friginal, E. (2022, March). Exploring the relationship between outsourced call center agents’ L2 pronunciation and their job performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  6. Tsunemoto, A.*, Lindberg, R.*, Trofimovich, P., & McDonough, K. (2021, June). Effects of Nonverbal Cues in L2 Pronunciation Assessment. Paper presented at the Virtual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference, Brock University, Virtual.
  7. Tsunemoto, A.*, Lindberg, R.*, Trofimovich, P., & McDonough, K. (2021, March). Visual cues and L2 speech comprehensibility and comprehension. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Virtual.
  8. Tsunemoto, A. (2020, July). Role of Teachers’ Beliefs and Experience in L2 Comprehensibility, Accentedness and Fluency Assessments. Poster to be presented at the 30th Conference European Second Language Association (EuroSLA), Barcelona, Spain. (Conference Postponed)
  9. Tsunemoto, A., Trofimovich, P., & Kennedy, S. (2020, June). How Should I Assess Students’ Pronunciation? A Case Study of Japanese Preservice Teachers’ L2 Pronunciation Assessments, Their Beliefs, and Their Experience [Paper presentation]. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL/ACLA) Conference, London, ON, Canada. (Conference Cancelled)
  10. Tsunemoto, A., Trofimovich, P., & Kennedy, S. (2020, March). Examining links between pre-service teachers’ experience, their beliefs about pronunciation teaching, and their speech ratings [Paper presentation]. The annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Denver, CO, USA. (Conference Cancelled)
  11. Tsunemoto, A.*, Trofimovich, P., & Kennedy, S. (2019, September). Preservice teachers’ beliefs about L2 pronunciation teaching, their experience, and speech assessments. Paper presented at the Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
  12. Tsunemoto, A.*, Isaacs, T., & McDonough, K. (2019, August). Examining the acoustic and temporal measures underlying self- and other-assessment of accentedness. Paper presented at the 9th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2019), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
  13. Tsunemoto, A.*, Uludag, P., McDonough, K., & Isaacs, T. (2019, June). Exploring the relationship between L2 English speakers’ fluency and accentedness ratings and linguistic measures of phonological accuracy and fluency. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism 12, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
  14. Tsunemoto, A*. (2019, June). How does my speech sound? Japanese EFL speakers’ self-assessments of their pronunciation in two speaking tasks. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL/ACLA) Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  15. Tsunemoto, A.*, & Uludag, P.* (2019, March). What makes L2 speech fluent? Predicting advanced L2 speakers’ judgements of L2 speech. Paper presented at the 2019 Graduate Symposium in the Department of Education, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
  16. Tsunemoto, A.*, & Isaacs, T. (2018, October). Task effects in L2 Japanese speakers’ self-assessments of accentedness and comprehensibility and native English teachers’ ratings. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.

Media

  1. Interview as a PhD student (Concordia University)
  2. Interview as a graduate (University College London, UCL Institute of Education)
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