BOOKS Kang, O., Johnson, D., & Kermad, A. (2022). Second language prosody and computer modeling. Routledge—Taylor & Francis. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/Second-Language-Prosody-and-Computer-Modeling/Kang-Johnson-Kermad/p/book/9780367901127
Kang, O., & Kermad, A. (Eds.) (2020). Transdisciplinary innovations for communicative success. In M.A. Peters & R. Heraud (Eds.), Encyclopedia of educational innovation. Singapore: Springer.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Kermad, A. (2025) Validity of task choice on global and specific pronunciation. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100277
Kermad, A. (2024). Training the "everyday" listener how to rate accented speech. International Journal of Listening (38)1, pp. 58-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/10904018.2021.1987910 Safavi, A., & Kermad, A. (2022). Prosodic patterns of refusals: Differences between English native, non-native, and bilingual speakers. Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.31274/psllt.13357
Kermad, A., & Bogorevich, V. (2022). Using statistical transformation methods to explore speech perception scale lengths. Language Teaching Research Quarterly, (29), pp 65-91. https://doi.org/10.32038/ltrq.2022.29.05 Kang, O., Kermad, A., & Taguchi, N. (2021). The interplay of proficiency and study abroad experience on the prosody of L2 speech acts. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, (7)3, pp. 343-369.https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.20024.kan
Kermad, A. (2021). "From the sound, it look like he said it from the deep in his heart”: How do English learners make judgments of pragma-prosodic meaning? In A. Derkhshan & A. Cohen (Eds.), Teaching, learning, assessing, and researching L2 pragmatics (in Honor of Prof. Zohreh R. Eslami). The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language (TESL-EJ), 25(1). Online access: http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume25/ej97/ej97a11/
Kang, O., & Kermad, A. (2020). Suprasegmental development of ESL learners in an immersion context. Speak Out, 63, pp. 43-50.
Kang, O., Rubin, D., & Kermad, A. (2019). The effect of training and rater differences on oral proficiency assessment. Language Testing, 36(4), pp. 481-504. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265532219849522
Kermad, A. & Kang, O. (2019). Effect of classroom assessment stakes on English language learners’ oral performance. TESOL Journal, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.392
PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
Kostromitina, M. & Kermad, A. (2023). Prosody and pragmatics in applied linguistics. In N. Taguchi and D. Kadar (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (Section: Pragmatics). Wiley.
Kang, O. & Kermad, A. (2019). Prosody in L2 pragmatics. In N. Taguchi (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of SLA and pragmatics. London, England: Routledge—Taylor & Francis.
Kermad, A., & Kang, O. (2018). Teacher-student relationships. In S. Salas (Ed.) TESOL Encyclopedia: Administrative/Organizational issues. (Vol. 15). New York, NY: Wiley.
Kang, O. & Kermad, A. (2017). Assessment in second language pronunciation. In O. Kang, R. Thomson, & J. Murphy (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of English pronunciation (pp. 511-526). England: Routledge.
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION* *available through ProQuest or please contact me for a copy Kermad, A. (2018). Speaker and listener variability in the perception of non-native speech. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Northern Arizona University, Arizona.