Ronald Thomson, Brock University

Research

l2 speech perception and production crosslinguistic speech perception l2 accent l2 pronunciation l2 fluency l2 phonetics crosslinguistic phonetics acoustic phonetics

Latest funding

Pronunciation in an online world: Second language learners' views and beliefs
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$55,669
The missing links in the effects of morphological awareness on second language acquisition
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$59,765
Refining High Variability Phonetic Training for Learners and Teachers
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$99,935

All 5 grants and awards

Pronunciation in an online world: Second language learners' views and beliefs

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Foote, Jennifer

Keywords: Comprehensibility; Pronunciation; Computer Assisted Language Leaning; Accentedness; Technology

$55,669

The missing links in the effects of morphological awareness on second language acquisition

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Andrew

Keywords: Second language acquisition; Second language pronunciation; Morphological awareness; English as a second language; English lexical stress; Attention control; Working memory

$59,765

Refining High Variability Phonetic Training for Learners and Teachers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Thomson, Ronald I.

Keywords: l2 speech perception and production; crosslinguistic speech perception; l2 accent; l2 pronunciation; l2 fluency; l2 phonetics; crosslinguistic phonetics; acoustic phonetics; second language acquisition; l2 speech learning

$99,935

Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Thomson, Ronald I.

Keywords: second language pronunciation; foreign accent; phonetics; phonology; second language instruction; speech perception and production

$25,000

A computer-mediated approach to the development of second language speech perception and production

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Thomson, Ronald I.

Keywords: applied linguistics; L2 pronunciation; L2 accent; speech perception and production; computer-assisted pronunciation learning

$122,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: l2 speech perception and production Dear Professor Thomson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on l2 speech perception and production connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Refining High Variability Phonetic Training for Learners and Teachers" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]