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Tracey M. Derwing

Tracey M. Derwing

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
53
Citations
18552
World Ranking
2236
National Ranking
126

Overview

Tracey M. Derwing is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and arts and humanities, with a strong focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, developmental and educational psychology, language and linguistics, linguistics and language, and literature and literary theory.

Their scholarly contributions notably concentrate on topics including phonetics and phonology research, EFL/ESL teaching and learning, language development and disorders, linguistic variation and morphology, second language acquisition and learning, linguistic studies and language acquisition, and employee welfare and language studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Derwing encompass Murray J. Munro, Ron I. Thomson, Erin Waugh, Kazuya Saito, and Małgorzata Baran-Łucarz.

Tracey M. Derwing's recent publications feature the following works:

  • "Pragmatically speaking", 2021, Applied Pragmatics
  • "Review of Plonsky (2020): Professional development in applied linguistics: A guide to success for graduate students and early career faculty", 2020, Journal of Second Language Pronunciation

Other notable publications connected to their research field include:

  • "Foreign accent, comprehensibility and intelligibility, redux" by Murray J. Munro, 2020, Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
  • "How long can naturalistic L2 pronunciation learning continue in adults? A 10-year study" by Ron I. Thomson, 2023, Language Awareness
  • "Aspiring to Aspirate: L2 Acquisition of English Word-Initial /p/ Over 10 Years" by Murray J. Munro, 2024, Language and Speech

Their publications are frequently found in the following venues:

  • Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
  • Language Awareness
  • Applied Pragmatics
  • Language and Speech
  • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Best Publications

  • Foreign accent, comprehensibility, and intelligibility in the speech of second language learners

    Murray J. Munro;Tracey M. Derwing

  • Second Language Accent and Pronunciation Teaching: A Research- Based Approach.

    Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro

  • Evidence in Favor of a Broad Framework for Pronunciation Instruction

    Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro;Grace Wiebe

  • Processing Time, Accent, and Comprehensibility in the Perception of Native and Foreign-Accented Speech:

    Murray J. Munro;Tracey M. Derwing

  • ACCENT, INTELLIGIBILITY, AND COMPREHENSIBILITY

    Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro

  • THE MUTUAL INTELLIGIBILITY OF L2 SPEECH

    Murray J. Munro;Tracey M. Derwing;Susan L. Morton

  • Pronunciation fundamentals : evidence-based perspectives for L2 teaching and research

    Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro

  • Putting Accent in Its Place: Rethinking Obstacles to Communication.

    Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro

  • Second Language Fluency: Judgments on Different Tasks

    Tracey M. Derwing;Marian J. Rossiter;Murray J. Munro;Ron I. Thomson

  • The Effectiveness of L2 Pronunciation Instruction: A Narrative Review

    Ron I. Thomson;Tracey M. Derwing

  • The functional load principle in ESL pronunciation instruction: An exploratory study

    Murray J. Munro;Tracey M. Derwing

  • MODELING PERCEPTIONS OF THE ACCENTEDNESS AND COMPREHENSIBILITY OF L2 SPEECH The Role of Speaking Rate

    Murray J. Munro;Tracey M. Derwing

  • The Effects of Pronunciation Instruction on the Accuracy, Fluency, and Complexity of L2 Accented Speech.

    Tracey M. Derwing;Marian J. Rossiter

  • A Longitudinal Study of ESL Learners' Fluency and Comprehensibility Development.

    Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro;Ron I. Thomson

  • Survey of the Teaching of Pronunciation in Adult ESL Programs in Canada, 2010

    Jennifer A. Foote;Amy K. Holtby;Tracey M. Derwing

  • Educated and underemployed: Refugee integration into the Canadian labour market

    Harvey Krahn;Tracey Derwing;Marlene Mulder;Lori Wilkinson

  • ESL learners' perceptions of their pronunciation needs and strategies

    Tracey M. Derwing;Marian J. Rossiter

  • Pronunciation Teaching Practices in Canada

    Judith A. Breitkreutz;Tracey M. Derwing;Marian J. Rossiter

  • The Relationship between L1 Fluency and L2 Fluency Development.

    Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro;Ronald I. Thomson;Marian J. Rossiter

  • What Do ESL Students Say About Their Accents

    Tracey M. Derwing

Frequent Co-Authors

Murray J. Munro
Murray J. Munro Simon Fraser University
Patricia A. Duff
Patricia A. Duff University of British Columbia
James Emil Flege
James Emil Flege University of Alabama at Birmingham

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