Organization
Faculty of Foreign Language Studies Assistant Professor
Title
Assistant Professor
External link
TSUNEMOTO,Aki
Degree
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PhD in Education ( Concordia University )
Research Areas
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Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics
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Humanities & Social Sciences / Foreign language education / Applied linguistics
Education
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Concordia University Department of Education PhD in Education (specialized in Applied Linguistics)
2018.9 - 2022.12
Country： Canada
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University of London, University College London UCL Institute of Education TESOL Programme
2016.9 - 2017.9
Country： United Kingdom
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Hokkaido University of Education Graduate School of Education Course of English Education
2012.4 - 2015.3
Country： Japan
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University of London School of Oriental and African Studies English Language and Academic Studies Programme
2013.4 - 2014.3
Country： United Kingdom
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Hokkaido University of Education Faculty of Education Course for Teachers Training
2008.4 - 2012.3
Country： Japan
Research History
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Hosei University Graduate School of Humanities Part-time lecturer
2024.4
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Kansai University Faculty of Foreign Language Studies Assistant Professor
2023.4
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Tokyo University of Science Institute of Arts and Sciences Katsushika Division, Institute of Arts and Sciences Adjunct lecturer
2022.9 - 2023.3
Country：Japan
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Concordia University Department of Education Research assistant
2018.9 - 2022.12
Country：Canada
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Concordia University Department of Education Teaching assistant
2018.9 - 2022.8
Country：Canada
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Hokurei Junior-Senior High School English language teacher
2015.4 - 2016.3
Country：Japan
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Hokkaido University of Education Teaching Assistant
2012.4 - 2015.3
Country：Japan
Papers
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Coherence and Comprehensibility in Second Language Speakers’ Academic Speaking Performance Reviewed
Aki Tsunemoto, Pavel Trofimovich
Studies in Second Language Acquisition 2024.5
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Aki Tsunemoto, Pavel Trofimovich
System 118 103125 2023.11
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The Relationship between Japanese EFL Learners’ Perceived Fluency and Temporal Speech Measures in a Read-Aloud Task Reviewed
Aki Tsunemoto, Pakize Uludag, Kim McDonough, Talia Isaacs
JALT Journal 45 ( 1 ) 107 - 121 2023.5
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Tsunemoto, A., Trofimovich, P., Kennedy, S.
Language Teaching Research 27 115 - 136 2023
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Aki Tsunemoto, Mark McAndrews, Pavel Trofimovich, Eric Friginal
Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 9 ( 2 ) 234 - 262 2023
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専門英語のコミュニケーション力向上を目的とした学習者応答音声の自動内容評価に関する検討
仁科久那斗, 峯松信明, 齋藤大輔, 常本亜希
情報処理学会研究報告 41 1 - 6 2023
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VISUAL CUES AND RATER PERCEPTIONS OF SECOND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSIBILITY, ACCENTEDNESS, AND FLUENCY Reviewed
Aki Tsunemoto, Rachael Lindberg, Pavel Trofimovich, Kim McDonough
Studies in Second Language Acquisition 44 659 - 684 2022.7
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Aki Tsunemoto, Pavel Trofimovich, Josée Blanchet, Juliane Bertrand, Sara Kennedy
Foreign Language Annals 55 ( 1 ) 135 - 154 2022.4
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USING TASK PRACTICE TO REDUCE SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON LISTENER EVALUATIONS OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACCENT AND COMPREHENSIBILITY Reviewed
Kym Taylor Reid, Pavel Trofimovich, Mary Grantham O’Brien, Aki Tsunemoto
International Journal of Listening 1 - 16 2021.4
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Effects of awareness-raising activities on Japanese university students’ listening comprehension of World English pronunciation Reviewed
Yokomoto, Katsuya, Tsunemoto, Aki, Suzukida, Yui
Lingua 32 97 - 113 2021
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Tsunemoto, A., McDonough, K.
Language and Speech 64 24 - 34 2021
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Exploring the Stability of Second Language Speech Ratings through Task Practice in Bilinguals’ Two Languages Reviewed
Kym Taylor Reid, Mary Grantham O’Brien, Pavel Trofimovich, Aki Tsunemoto
Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 2 315 - 329 2020.12
Books
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The Routledge Handbook on Second Language Acquisition and Speaking
Trofimovich, P, Isaacs, T, Kennedy, S, Tsunemoto, A（ Role： ContributorSpeech Comprehensibility）
Routledge 2022.3
MISC
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言語教師の個人差要因が外国語スピーキング能力評価に及ぼす影響：ビリーフ（信念）と経験に着目して
常本亜希
村田財団研究助成成果報告書 36 691 - 698 2022
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withコロナ時代の発音指導
横本勝也, 常本亜希, 鈴木田優衣
英語教育 ( 1月 ) 74 - 75 2020.12
Presentations
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Exploring Japanese teachers’ beliefs about L2 pronunciation instruction
Tsunemoto, Aki
JALT PanSIG 2024 Conference 2024.5
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Effects of awareness-raising activities on bottom-up processing of world Englishes pronunciations
Yokomoto, Katsuya, Tsunemoto, Aki, Suzukida, Yui
The 14th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference 2023.9
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専門英語のコミュニケーション力向上を目的とした学習者応答音声の自動内容評価に関する検討
仁科久那斗, 峯松信明, 齋藤大輔, 常本亜希
第137回音楽情報科学・第147回音声言語情報処理合同研究発表 2023.6
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Comprehensibility, coherence, and discourse organization: Insights from an academic speaking task
Tsunemoto, A, Trofimovich, P
the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023.3
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Listening comprehension of World English pronunciation: How effective are awareness-raising activities?
Yokomoto, K, Tsunemoto, A, Suzukida, Y
The 4th International Symposium on Applied Phonetics (ISAPh 2022) 2022.9
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How do pre- and in-service teachers’ beliefs about pronunciation teaching relate to their L2 speech assessments?
Tsunemoto, A, Trofimovich, P
the Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference 2022.6
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Linguistic Dimensions Underlying Listener Evaluations of Outsourced Call Centre Agents’ Performance
Tsunemoto, A, Trofimovich, P, McAndrews, M, Friginal, E
the 10th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2022) 2022.4
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Exploring the relationship between outsourced call center agents’ L2 pronunciation and their job performance
Tsunemoto, A, McAndrews, M, Trofimovich, P, Friginal, E
the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2022.3
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Linguistic and non-linguistic features in second language comprehensibility Invited
Tsunemoto, A
Methodology Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET) Kansai Chapter 2021.11
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Effects of Nonverbal Cues in L2 Pronunciation Assessment.
Tsunemoto, A, Lindberg, R, Trofimovich, P, McDonough, K
the Virtual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference 2021.6
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Visual cues and L2 speech comprehensibility and comprehension.
Tsunemoto, A, Lindberg, R, Trofimovich, P, McDonough, K
the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2021.3
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Invited PhD student workshop on Roles of Discourse Organisation in L2 Speech Comprehensibility Invited
Tsunemoto, A
Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and Japan Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (J-SLARF) Symposium 2020.10
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Invited roundtable on Getting published in international journals in PhD Program in North America. Invited
Tsunemoto, A
Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and Japan Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (J-SLARF) Symposium on Second Language Acquisition 2020.10
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Role of Teachers’ Beliefs and Experience in L2 Comprehensibility, Accentedness and Fluency Assessments
Tsunemoto, A
the 30th Conference European Second Language Association (EuroSLA) 2020.7
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How Should I Assess Students’ Pronunciation? A Case Study of Japanese Preservice Teachers’ L2 Pronunciation Assessments, Their Beliefs, and Their Experience
Tsunemoto, A, Trofimovich, P, Kennedy, S
Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL/ACLA) Conference 2020.6
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Examining links between pre-service teachers’ experience, their beliefs about pronunciation teaching, and their speech ratings
Tsunemoto, A, Trofimovich, P, Kennedy, S
The annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2020.3
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Preservice teachers’ beliefs about L2 pronunciation teaching, their experience, and speech assessments.
Tsunemoto, A, Trofimovich, P, Kennedy, S
the Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference 2019.9
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Examining the acoustic and temporal measures underlying self- and other-assessment of accentedness
Tsunemoto, A, Isaacs, T, McDonough, K
the 9th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2019) 2019.8
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Exploring the relationship between L2 English speakers' fluency and accentedness ratings and linguistic measures of phonological accuracy and fluency
Tsunemoto, A, Uludag, P, McDonough, K, Isaacs, T
the International Symposium on Bilingualism 12 2019.6
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How does my speech sound? Japanese EFL speakers’ self-assessments of their pronunciation in two speaking tasks
Tsunemoto, A
the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics Conference 2019.6
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What makes L2 speech fluent? Predicting advanced L2 speakers’ judgements of L2 speech
Tsunemoto, A, Uludag, P
Concordia University Graduate Symposium in the Department of Education 2019.3
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Task effects in L2 Japanese speakers’ self-assessments of accentedness and comprehensibility and native English teachers’ ratings
Tsunemoto, A, Isaacs, T
Second Language Research Forum 2018.10
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Beginner-level EFL learners’ self-assessment of second language speech across two speaking tasks Invited
Tsunemoto, A
Japan Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (J-SLARF) First Annual Meeting 2017.9
Research Projects
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What characterizes comprehensible speech for Japanese university students learning English?
Grant number：24K16144 2024.4 - 2028.3
日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 若手研究
常本 亜希
Grant amount：\4810000 （ Direct Cost: \3700000 、 Indirect Cost：\1110000 ）
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Investigating sustainable methods for administering classroom-based speaking assessment to promote learning
Grant number：24K00082 2024.4 - 2028.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Grant amount：\14560000 （ Direct Cost: \11200000 、 Indirect Cost：\3360000 ）
Academic Activities
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Second Language Research
Role(s)： Peer review
2024 - Present
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JALT Journal
Role(s)： Peer review
2024 - Present
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Applied Psycholinguistics
Role(s)： Peer review
2024 - Present
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Language Testing
Role(s)： Peer review
2023 - Present
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Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Role(s)： Peer review
2023 - Present
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ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Role(s)： Peer review
2022 - Present
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Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
Role(s)： Peer review
2022 - Present
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Language Awareness
Role(s)： Peer review
2022 - Present
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Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
Role(s)： Peer review
2021 - Present
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International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL)
Role(s)： Peer review
2021 - Present
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Language Teaching Research
Role(s)： Peer review
2020 - Present
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Language Assessment Quarterly
Role(s)： Peer review
2020 - Present