Cheminement académique

Doctorat en éducation, option linguistique appliquée
Concordia University
2022 (en cours)

DESS en Educational Technology
Concordia University
2007

Certificat d'aptitude à l'enseignement spécialisé d'une langue étrangère
Université Laval
1996

Maîtrise ès arts
Université Laval
1994

Bachelor's of Arts
University of Calgary
1993

Unités de recherche

• Groupe de recherche en Mesure et évaluation en langue seconde ou étrangère (MELSE)

Projets de recherche et/ou de recherche-création en cours

• Leveling the playing field: Age, gender, and first language bias in automatic scoring systems for pronunciation proficiency tests

  This quantitative study analyzes the potential for age, gender, and first language (L1) biases in ASR-based scores for a pronunciation proficiency test. Using existing pronunciation test samples, comparisons were made between human-rater scores and scores generated using ASR. Stratified sampling was carried out by randomly choosing 1,000 samples from 10,000 recordings of responses to a university language department¿s English proficiency test. Research carried out with Carol Johnson.

• Improving Self-Assessment of L2 Pronunciation Using ASR

  This study examines if using automatic speech recognition (ASR) during an L2 pronunciation activity prior to a self-assessment of pronunciation skills helps learners form a more accurate portrayal of their abilities. In fact, there are very few studies of using ASR to enrich learners¿ self-assessment of their oral skills. As such, an ASR like Microsoft Transcribe (MS-T), which converts utterances into a written form, could play a very valuable role in self-assessment.

Affiliations externes principales

• ACLA
• CALICO
• EuroCALL