What do students in HR management know about accent bias? This question guided our latest study, now published in Language Awareness. Free online copies are available at this link. tandfonline.com/eprint/BDSSIU2…

New study examining understanding of #accent bias (AB) among future HR majors at two Canadian universities reports multiple examples of AB, an #unconscious phenomenon. Dedicated accent-focused training for HR professionals recommended. doi.org/10.1080/096584… Abstract =Vietnamese

Final talk of the #Winter2023 semester is scheduled for next Friday March 17th at 3:30 pm! Join us to hear from Dr. Jill Thorson of University of New Hampshire on her topic “Minding the Melody: How Prosody Shapes Early Language Learning Across Populations” #ucalgary #prosody #acquisition #scicomm

It was great to share a bit of our work on L2 pronunciation self-assessment!

Language teachers, check out "The Best of #Pronunciation Teaching Tips from 2016–2022": iastatedigitalpress.com/psllt/issue/12… #openaccess #TESOL

We're looking for participants for an online study. Requirements: be 18 or older and reside in Calgary. We offer a $30 gift card as compensation. Sign up at research.ucalgary.ca/participate/ca… SLLLC Language Research Centre (LRC) UCalgary Linguistics Calgary Linguistics

#Free full access to article, 'Accent Bias Training in Undergraduate Human Resource Management Education', buff.ly/48inK8L

Happy to share our latest paper on accent bias, which just came out in Applied Linguistics (Oxford University Press). In this #OpenAccess paper, we report a close replication carried out in Brazil of one of our previous studies conducted in Canada. doi.org/10.1093/applin…

Don’t think that all they do is pronunciation research. They are also good discoverers. Put a ✅ to finding the giant gnome in Reiman Gardens. Mission accomplished, Dustin, eh? #PSLLT2024

💼 How accent bias can impact a person’s job prospects theconversation.com/how-accent-bia… by Cesar Teló, Mary Grantham O'Brien & Pavel Trofimovich via The Conversation Canada

📢New on Early View: Open Access!🔓 “Second Language Sentence Stress Assignment: Self- and Other-Assessment” By: Teló Cesar Teló , Kivistö de Souza, O'Brien & Carlet Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/lang.1…

Happy to have met other Brazilian applied linguists and learned about their fascinating work! #AAAL2025

My first book is now available for pre-order! Workable Accents is a critical exploration of how international teaching assistants conceptualize accent as a product and goal of academic labor. Please ask your university or local library to order a copy: shorturl.at/KUC4R