–––––––––––Books / Proceedings–––––––––––
| Kang, O., Hirschi, K., & Bae, Y. (under contract). Contemporary issues in second language intelligibility. Cambridge University Press. |
| Kang, O., Staples, S., Yaw, K., & Hirschi, K. (2020). Proceedings of the 11 Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, ISSN 2380-9566, Northern Arizona University, September 2019. Ames, IA: Iowa State University. https://iastate.app.box.com/s/68irdgqeceus9zb5vu3ztubvm7btosjh |
–––––––––––Journal and Academic Papers–––––––––––
| Hirschi, K., Yang, M., Hansen, J. H. L., Kang, O., & Beloin, K. (accepted). AI-generated feedback for L2 intelligibility: An exploratory intervention study on effects and perceptions. Language Learning. |
| Kang, O. & Hirschi, K. (accepted). Bias and stereotyping: Human and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. |
| Hirschi, K. & Kostromitina, M. (accepted). L2 speech perception and production in a globalized world. Languages. |
| Hirschi, K. & Plonsky, L. (accepted). Statistical analyses in L2 speech research. In O. Kang & R. Thomson (Eds.) Research methods in second language speech. New York: Routledge. |
| Hirschi, K. & Kang, O. (in press). Pronunciation and data-driven learning. The Palgrave encyclopedia of computer-assisted language learning. Palgrave Macmillan. |
| Hirschi, K. & Kang, O. (2024). Machine Learning (ML) tools for measuring second language (L2) intelligibility. In K. Sadeghi (Ed). Routledge handbook of technological advances in researching language learning. Routledge. |
| Kang, O., Miao, Y., & Hirschi, K. (2024). Test-takers’ perceptions of the inclusion of different English accent varieties in the IELTS listening tests. RELC Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882241231310 |
| Hirschi, K. & Kang, O. (2024). Data-driven learning for pronunciation: Intelligibility in the academic spoken context. TESOL Quarterly 58(3), 1081–1107. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3302 |
| Hirschi, K. & Kang, O. (2023). How many raters can be enough: G Theory applied to Assessment and measurement of L2 speech perception. Language Teaching Research Quarterly 37, 213–230. https://doi.org/10.32038/ltrq.2023.37.12 |
| Hirschi, K., Kang, O., Hansen, J., & Looney, S. D. (2023). Fluency benchmarks and impacts of practice with instantaneous assessment on International Teaching Assistants’ speech rate and pause units. In R. I. Thomson, T. M. Derwing, J. M. Levis, & K. Hiebert (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, held June 2022 at Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. https://doi.org/10.31274/psllt.15711 |
| Kang, O., Hirschi, K., Hansen, J., Looney, S., & Miao, Y. (2022). Using lexical stress, speech rate, rhythm, and pauses to characterize and normalize second language speech intelligibility. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 50(1), 060008. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001790 |
| Kang, O., & Hirschi, K. (2023). Pronunciation assessment criteria and intelligibility. Speak Out! Journal of the IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group, 68, 25–34. |
| Shekar, R. C.M.C., Yang, M., Hirschi, K., Looney, S.D., Kang, O., Hansen, J. (2023). Assessment of non-native speech intelligibility using Wav2vec2-based mispronunciation detection and multi-level goodness of pronunciation transformer. Proc. Interspeech 2023. 984–988. https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2023-2371 |
| Yang, M., Hirschi, K., Looney, S.D., Kang, O., & Hansen, J.H.L. (2022). Improving mispronunciation detection with Wav2vec2-based momentum pseudo-labeling for accentedness and intelligibility assessment. Proc. Interspeech 2022. 4481–4485. https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2022-11039 |
| Hirschi, K., Kang, O., Hansen, J., Cucchiarini, C., & Strik, H. (2022). Mobile-assisted pronunciation training with adult ESOL learners: background, acceptance, effort, and accuracy. In J. Levis & A. Guskaroska (eds.). Proceedings of the 12th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, held June 2021 virtually at Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. https://doi.org/10.31274/psllt.13272 |
| Kang, O., Hirschi, K., Miao, Y., Ahn, H., & Won, Y. (2022). Test takers’ IELTS preparations and their attitudes towards IELTS practices and the use of technologies in the global pandemic. IELTS Research Report Series. https://www.ielts.org/-/media/research-reports/kang-et-al-2022.ashx |
| Taguchi, N., Hirschi, K., & Kang, O. (2022). Longitudinal L2 development in the prosodic marking of pragmatic meaning: Prosodic changes in L2 speech acts and individual factors. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 44(3), 843–858. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263121000486 |
| Hirschi, K. (2021). The Prosody of Formulaic Sequences [Review of the book The Prosody of Formulaic Sequences: A Corpus and Discourse Approach by P Lin]. English for Specific Purposes, 62, 158–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2021.02.001 |
| Hirschi, K., Kang, O., Cucchiarini, C., Hansen, J., Evanini, K., & Strik, H. (2020). Mobile-Assisted Prosody Training for Limited English Proficiency: Learner Background and Speech Learning Pattern. Proc. Interspeech 2020. 4452–4456. https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2020-2901 |
| Kang, O., Staples, S., Yaw, K., & Hirschi, K. (2020). Interdisciplinary intersections in pronunciation learning and teaching. In O. Kang, S. Staples, K. Yaw, & K. Hirschi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching conference, ISSN 2380-9566, Northern Arizona University, September 2019 (pp. 1–4). Ames, IA: Iowa State University. |
| Hirschi, K. (2020). Duolingo (Technology Review). In O. Kang, S. Staples, K. Yaw & K. Hirschi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, ISSN 2380-9566 |
| Erguvan, M. M., Parjanadze, N., & Hirschi, K. (2019). Educating for the cooperative society: The role of universities in fostering good citizenship. In G. Redding, S. Crump, & A. Drew (Eds.). Oxford handbook of comparative higher education systems and university management. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. |
| Hirschi, K. (2018). Intonation and word stress in Georgian EFL learners’ utterances: Does Praat training help? International Journal of Multilingual Education 11(1), 47-60. |
–––––––––––Innovations and Data Sharing–––––––––––
| Kang, O., Looney, S., Hansen, J., & Hirschi, K. (2024). Second language university speech intelligibility corpus. Linguistic Data Consortium. https://doi.org/10.35111/p79q-a948 |
| Kang, O., Hirschi, K. (2021). Applied Linguistics Speech Lab Corpus Repository. https://sites.google.com/nau.edu/applied-ling-speech-lab-nau/corpus-repository |