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Overview

Kim McDonough is affiliated with Concordia University in Canada and has focused research contributions primarily within the fields of Arts and Humanities and Psychology. Their academic work spans key subfields including Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Education.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to language learning, discourse, and cognition. Notable topics include:

  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
  • Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • Hearing Impairment and Communication

McDonough's recent publications provide insight into their focused research interests. Some of the recent papers include:

  • "Predicting L2 learners' noticing of L2 errors: Proficiency, language analytical ability, and interaction mindset" (2020) in System
  • "Validating a rubric for assessing integrated writing in an EAP context" (2022) in Assessing Writing
  • "VISUAL CUES AND RATER PERCEPTIONS OF SECOND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSIBILITY, ACCENTEDNESS, AND FLUENCY" (2021) in Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • "Exploring Japanese EFL Learners' Attitudes Toward English Pronunciation and its Relationship to Perceived Accentedness" (2020) in Language and Speech
  • "Improving students' source integration skills: Does a focus on reading comprehension and vocabulary development work?" (2020) in Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Pavel Trofimovich
  • Rachael Lindberg
  • Pakize Uludag
  • Masatoshi Sato
  • Oguzhan Tekin

McDonough's work has been published repeatedly in certain academic venues. These include:

  • System
  • Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • Applied Psycholinguistics
  • TESOL Journal
  • Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics

Best Publications

  • HOW DO LEARNERS PERCEIVE INTERACTIONAL FEEDBACK

    Alison Mackey;Susan M. Gass;Kim McDonough

  • Learner-Learner Interaction during Pair and Small Group Activities in a Thai EFL Context.

    Kim McDonough

  • Identifying the impact of negative feedback and learners' responses on ESL question development

    Kim McDonough

  • Responses to Recasts: Repetitions, Primed Production, and Linguistic Development.

    K McDonough;Alison Jayne Mackey

  • The effect of interlocutor proficiency on the collaborative dialogue between Korean as a second language learners

    YouJin Kim;Kim McDonough

  • Theories in Second Language Acquisition: An Introduction

    Kim McDonough

  • Teachers' and Learners' Reactions to a Task-Based EFL Course in Thailand

    Kim Mcdonough;Wanpen Chaikitmongkol

  • Interaction and Syntactic Priming: English L2 Speakers' Production of Dative Constructions.

    Kim McDonough

  • Using Priming Methods in Second Language Research

    Kim McDonough;Pavel Trofimovich

  • Using pretask modelling to encourage collaborative learning opportunities

    YouJin Kim;Kim McDonough

  • Action Research and the Professional Development of Graduate Teaching Assistants

    Kim Mcdonough

  • SYNTACTIC PRIMING AND ESL QUESTION DEVELOPMENT

    K. McDonough;Alison Jayne Mackey

  • The relationship between experience, education and teachers' use of incidental focus-on-form techniques

    Alison Mackey;Charlene Polio;Kim McDonough

  • Exploring student interaction during collaborative prewriting discussions and its relationship to L2 writing

    Heike Neumann;Kim McDonough

  • Learners' Production of Passives during Syntactic Priming Activities

    Youjin Kim;Kim McDonough

  • Syntactic Priming, Type Frequency, and EFL Learners' Production of Wh-Questions

    Kim Mcdonough;Youjin Kim

  • Using shadowing with mobile technology to improve L2 pronunciation

    Jennifer A. Foote;Kim McDonough

  • Communicative tasks, conversational interaction and linguistic form:an empirical study of Thai

    Kim McDonough;Alison Mackey

  • Summary writing in a Thai EFL university context

    Kim McDonough;William J. Crawford;Jindarat De Vleeschauwer

  • Collaborative Dialogue Between Thai EFL Learners During Self-Access Computer Activities.

    Kim Mcdonough;Wichian Sunitham

  • Comparing the quality of collaborative writing, collaborative prewriting, and individual texts in a Thai EFL context

    Kim McDonough;Jindarat De Vleeschauwer;William Crawford

Frequent Co-Authors

Pavel Trofimovich
Pavel Trofimovich Concordia University
Alison Mackey
Alison Mackey Georgetown University
Susan M. Gass
Susan M. Gass Michigan State University

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