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Alyssa D Kermad

Alyssa D Kermad

Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics/TESOL

English and Modern Languages, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences

Email

adkermad@cpp.edu

Phone number

909.869.4626

Office location

24-231

Office hours

M T W | TBA

Education

  • Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University, 2018
  • M.A. in TESOL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012
  • B.A. in English, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2008

Certificates

  • TESL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
  • TESL, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2008

Research and Teaching Interests

Second language speech and pronunciation, second language acquisition, individual differences, speech perception and production, speech assessment, speech and pragmatics, methodological issues in speech research, and TESOL

Courses

ENG 5400:  Graduate Professionalization Practicum
ENG 5236:  Sociolinguistics 
​ENG 5234:  Second Language Acquisition
ENG 5233:  Teaching American English Pronunciation
ENG 5230:  Introduction to TESOL
​ENG 4990:  Special Topic Course
ENG 4650:  Applied Language Studies Capstone Seminar 
ENG 4410:  Internship with Mt. San Antonio College 
ENG 4402:  Undergraduate Research
ENG 4223:  Applied Phonology
ENG 4222:  Applied Pragmatics 
ENG 4212:   Language Acquisition 
ENG 3211:   Structure of Language 
​ENG 3210:  The Grammar of Modern English 
ENG 2200:  Introduction to English Linguistics 

Selected Publications

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 AND BOOK CHAPTERS 

Kermad, A., Dronjic, V., Kang, O., & Taguchi, N. (in press). The role of cognitive, affective, and experiential individual differences on L2 pronunciation production: Implications for the ESL classroom. ​CATESOL.

Kermad, A. & Kang, O. (forthcoming). Prosody in L2 pragmatics. In N. Taguchi (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of SLA and pragmatics.  London, England: Routledge—Taylor & Francis. 

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 

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.
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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  
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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 
 
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.   

PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS
 
Kermad, A. (2021, March 22).  Alyssa Kermad, linguiste du mois de mars 2021 [Interviewer: Kevin Hirschi].  Le Mot Juste.  https://www.le-mot-juste-en-anglais.com/2021/03/alyssa-kermad-linguiste-du-mois-de-mars-2021.html     

Kermad, A. (2021, March 7).  Interview with American linguist and author Alyssa Kermad [Interviewer: Kevin Hirschi].  Wordsmiths’ Blog.  https://www.wordsmithsblog.com/2021/03/index.html  

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.