Concordia Applied Linguistics Lab

PAID STUDY for students who speak English as a second language

We are a research team in the Department of Education at Concordia University conducting a study on second language interaction and we are looking for participants to join our study.

To be eligible for participation, you must:
· speak English as your second language
· be studying at a university

Participation involves a 45-minute session in-person at our lab in Concordia’s Hall building:

· First, you will be asked to engage in a short 10-minute conversation with another participant.
· Second, you will be asked to fill out a survey on your experience

You will receive $30 in cash at the end of the session.

If you are interested in participating, please email us stating your gender and first language at [email protected] with the subject heading Interaction Study.

PAID STUDY / ONLINE SURVEY ($30)

We are looking for participants for a paid study to investigate how people perceive and understand second language English speech.

***To be eligible for participation, you must***
(1) Be a monolingual or English-dominant multilingual speaker, or a second language speaker of English
(2) Be a student enrolled in an undergraduate/graduate program at a university in Montreal (e.g., Concordia, McGill)
(3) Be a student who has minimal experience in language training (e.g., teaching English, taking linguistics/phonetics/education courses)
(4) Have access to a computer and an internet connection to complete an online survey

You cannot take the survey if you have participated in this project's 1st or 2nd phase.

***Your tasks***
You will take an online survey (from your own PC when you have free time) and complete the following task:
(1) listening to 40 short audio recordings and providing ratings
(2) filling out questionnaires

Your work will NOT be shared with your teacher or the university so it will not affect your grade.

The survey takes about 1 hour, and once it is successfully completed and submitted, you will be compensated $30 via e-Interac (you have to have a Canadian bank account).

***To participate***
Please answer the following questions and send an email to the following email address with the subject line: “L2 speech study/ listener”: [email protected]
(1) What is your native language (from birth)?
(2) Which university/program are you currently enrolled in? (if you’re a recent graduate, please also note which year you graduated)
(3) How long have you been in Canada?
(4) Do you have any experience in the language training described above?

Thank you!
Aki Tsunemoto

PAID STUDY for international students who speak English as a second language

**Please note that we have only a couple of spots left for this study and we will be sending links on a first-come, first-served basis.**

We are currently recruiting a small number of participants among international students in Montreal who speak English as an additional language (i.e., you have a mother tongue that is different than English) to investigate how students in different instructional contexts perceive and learn from visual images and short lectures.

You will be paid $30 for your time, but you must have a Canadian bank account to receive payment and have lived in Montreal for at least six months.

If you would like to participate, you will complete an online activity using LimeSurvey. It involves looking at pictures of students and answering questions, listening to four short lectures with multiple-choice questions, and answering background questions about yourself. The activities will take you a maximum of 60 minutes.

To receive the LimeSurvey link, please send an email message with your gender and first language to the following address with the subject line “Lecture Study”: [email protected].

**PAID STUDY for Arabic speakers learning French**

We are currently seeking participants for a paid study to investigate how listeners understand and evaluate the speech of second language learners of French.

To be eligible for participation, you must:
• Be at least 18 years old
• Be a woman
• Be a student living in Quebec
• Be a speaker of Arabic as a first language (you grew up using mainly Arabic at home, at school, with friends, and you used little to no French as a child and teenager)
• Be able to speak French at a low-intermediate level (A2-B1 level)
• Have access to a computer with microphone (external or internal) and an Internet connection to complete the online tasks required for the study
• Have access to a cellphone with a recording function
• Have a three-ply disposable surgical mask available at hand to use while completing the online tasks if you are selected following the initial interview.

If you meet the abovementioned criteria and would like to participate in the study, please click on the link below to fill out a brief questionnaire that asks for basic demographic information and choose a time that suits your schedule best for a quick interview (5 minutes) that will take place in French either via Zoom or over the phone. Please note that you will not be remunerated for this interview and the information you will leave on this brief questionnaire will not be used for the actual study.
The link: https://concordiaspeechlab.limequery.org/611354?lang=en

If you are selected following the initial meeting, you will be invited to participate in an online session that will last around 1.5 hours total.
As part of the session, you will:
• Complete a questionnaire about your general background and language use
• Read aloud two sets of 40 sentences in French while being recorded.
You will receive compensation in the amount of $50 (paid via e-transfer) for participating in the study after attending the 1.5-hour online session.
Please share this post on Facebook or forward via email if you have someone in your circle of contacts who might be interested!
For any questions regarding the study, please contact Rachael at [email protected]

**CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS (PAID)**

If interested, please follow the steps stated at the end of this post to contact us. Do NOT reply to this post.

We are recruiting participants for a study and are currently in need of **10** participants (5 male and 5 female), with diverse first language backgrounds.

Here are the criteria for participation:
• You are currently *a university / college student in Montreal*
• You have a *Canadian* Bank account that can accept etransfers
• You speak and understand *English at a proficient level*
• You have *access to a computer with an internet connection* to complete the online survey.

What will you do?
1. Use several scales to share your opinions on 25 images
2. Fill out two brief questionnaires about your linguistic and social background
3. Use several scales to share your opinions about 25 voices. The faces and voices come from university students from diverse racial and ethnic groups.

These tasks are done remotely on LimeSurvey

What will you need?
1. A laptop or a computer with an internet connection.
2. A Chrome or Microsoft Edge/ Internet Explorer browser (The survey does not function properly on other browsers such as Safari)
3. Headphones (to hear the audio files better)
4. A space where you will not be disturbed for the duration of the survey
5. A Canadian bank account that accepts Interac transfer (so that we can transfer you the compensation)

How long will the survey take?
The survey should take about 60 minutes of your time.

What will you get in return?
$30 as a token of our gratitude for your contribution to our study. (The payment will be made online via Interac etransfer)

IMPORTANT NOTES
1. If you are interested and would like to contribute, please make sure that you can really devote all your attention and time to the survey while working on it. (By reading the instructions carefully, not skipping any questions, etc.)
2. You will be provided with a code to start the survey and it will only be valid for 3 days. However, we will also close the survey as soon as we have reached our maximum participants. If you are interested in participating, it is recommended that you start and finish it at your earliest convenience.

We will be accepting participants on a first-come-first-served basis such that it respects the balance of participant profiles required for this study (gender balances and diverse first language backgrounds)

***If you are interested in participating or know someone who might be, you can email me [email protected] with the subject heading *ELF Database Survey*. Important: please mention your gender and first language information in your email.

The study is conducted by Prof. Pavel Trofimovich (FG 5.150; phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 2448; [email protected]), Prof. Kim McDonough (FG 5.150; phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 5168; [email protected]) and PhD student Oguzhan Tekin ([email protected]) from the Department of Education of Concordia University (FG 5.150, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, H3G 1 M8).

**CALL FOR PARTICIPATION (PAID)**

If interested, please follow the steps stated at the end of this post. Do NOT reply to this post.

We have been recruiting participants for one of our studies and are currently in need of (ONLY) **9 Male* students with diverse first language backgrounds.

Here are the criteria for participation:

• You are currently *a university / college student in Montreal.*
• You speak and understand *English at a proficient level*
• You have *access to a computer with Internet connection* to complete the online survey.

What will you do?

1. You will listen and rate 20 audio files presented with relevant visuals in terms of accentedness, fluency, etc as well as some social preference scales such as how much you would like that person to be your classmate.

2. You will also fill out a background questionnaire along with other brief questionnaires about your social network, etc.

What will you need?
1. A laptop or a computer with Internet connection.
2. A Chrome or Microsoft Edge/ Internet Explorer browser (The survey does not function properly on other browsers such as Safari)
3. Headphones (to hear the audio files better)
4. A space where you will not be disturbed for the duration of the survey
5. A bank account that accepts Interac transfer (so that we can transfer you the compensation)

How long will the survey take?

The survey should take about 60 minutes of your time.

What will you get in return?

$30 as a token of our gratitude for your contribution to our study. (The payment will be made online via Interac)

IMPORTANT NOTES

1. If you are interested and would like to contribute, please make sure that you can really devote all your attention and time to the survey while working on it. (By reading the instructions carefully, not skipping any questions, etc.)

2. You will be provided with a code to start the survey and it will only be valid for 3 days. However, we will also close the survey as soon as we have reached our maximum participants (9 male), so if you are interested in participating, it is recommended that you start and finish it at your earliest convenience.

We will be accepting participants on a first-come-first-served basis.

***If you are interested in participating or know someone who might be, you can email me (Oguzhan Tekin) at [email protected] with the subject heading RLS Study. Please mention your gender and first language information in your email.***

Please share this post on Facebook or forward via email if you have someone in your circle of contacts who might be interested!

The study is conducted by Prof. Pavel Trofimovich (FG 5.150; phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 2448; [email protected]), Prof. Kim McDonough (FG 5.150; phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 5168; [email protected]) and PhD student Oguzhan Tekin ([email protected]) from the Department of Education of Concordia University (FG 5.150, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, H3G 1 M8).

***EXPIRED***
Call for Participation (Paid)

We are developing audio materials for a study focusing on international students from various ethnic backgrounds. As part of study development, we are looking for *10* students from different backgrounds to give us feedback on our choice of materials so that we can make sure that our decisions are appropriate.

Here are the criteria for participation:

• You are currently *a university / college student*
• You speak and understand *English at a proficient level*
• You have *access to a computer with Internet connection* to complete the online survey.

No other qualification or experience is necessary. Participation involves an online session that will last around *60-80 minutes*.

As part of the session, you will listen to short audio clips (around 30 seconds each) and evaluate them by using rating scales. As part of this session, you will also complete a brief background questionnaire.

You will receive *$35 as compensation* (paid via e-transfer) for your participation in this study.

If you are interested in participating or know someone who might be, you can email me (Oguzhan Tekin) at [email protected] with the subject heading RLS Study.

Please share this post on Facebook or forward via email if you have someone in your circle of contacts who might be interested!

The study is conducted by Prof. Pavel Trofimovich (FG 5.150; phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 2448; [email protected]), Prof. Kim McDonough (FG 5.150; phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 5168; [email protected]) and PhD student Oguzhan Tekin ([email protected]) from the Department of Education of Concordia University (FG 5.150, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, H3G 1 M8).

PAID STUDY / ONLINE SURVEY

We are looking for students studying at any University in Montreal who speak English as their first language to participate in our online study on second language English speech and interaction.

Your participation would involve completing an online survey, which involves watching several short videos and providing ratings, filling out questionnaires, and a film task where you will answer multiple choice questions based on a short film you will watch.
The survey takes about 1 hour, and once it is successfully completed and submitted, you will be compensated $20.

If you are interested in participating or have any questions, please send an email to the following address with the subject line: "L2 English Interaction Survey" and please mention your gender, first language, and university in the email: [email protected]

Thanks!
Rachael

Call for Participation (Paid)

We are developing audio materials for a study focusing on international students from various ethnic backgrounds. As part of study development, we are looking for *10* students from different backgrounds to give us feedback on our choice of materials so that we can make sure that our decisions are appropriate.

Here are the criteria for participation:

• You are currently *a university / college student*
• You speak and understand *English at a proficient level*
• You have *access to a computer with Internet connection* to complete the online survey.

No other qualification or experience is necessary. Participation involves an online session that will last around *60-80 minutes*.

As part of the session, you will listen to short audio clips (around 30 seconds each) and evaluate them by using rating scales. As part of this session, you will also complete a brief background questionnaire.

You will receive *$35 as compensation* (paid via e-transfer) for your participation in this study.

If you are interested in participating or know someone who might be, you can email me (Oguzhan Tekin) at [email protected] with the subject heading RLS Study.

Please share this post on Facebook or forward via email if you have someone in your circle of contacts who might be interested!

The study is conducted by Prof. Pavel Trofimovich (FG 5.150; phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 2448; [email protected]), Prof. Kim McDonough (FG 5.150; phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 5168; [email protected]) and PhD student Oguzhan Tekin ([email protected]) from the Department of Education of Concordia University (FG 5.150, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, H3G 1 M8).

Appel à participation / Call for participation
Etude Rémunérée / Paid Study

**ENGLISH WILL FOLLOW**

Nous recherchons présentement des participant·es pour une étude portant sur la manière dont les Montréalais·es francophones perçoivent l’utilisation du français et de l’anglais comme langues secondes par des personnes ayant une langue maternelle autre.

Cette étude se déroulera à partir du mois de juin jusqu’en août 2020.

Voici les critères de participation
• Vous vous identifiez comme francophone ET le français est votre langue maternelle
• Vous parlez et comprenez un peu l’anglais
• Vous êtes résident·e de la ville de Montréal
• Vous n’êtes pas présentement aux études
• Vous avez accès à un ordinateur avec une connexion internet afin de pouvoir remplir le questionnaire en ligne.

Aucune autre expérience ou qualification n’est requise. La participation implique une session en ligne d’une durée d’environ 45 à 60 minutes.

Dans le cadre de cette session, vous remplirez un questionnaire dans votre langue de préférence (anglais ou français) :
• Vous écouterez de courts extraits audio en français et en anglais et vous enregistrerez votre réponse pour chaque extrait (par exemple, si une personne vous demande son chemin, vous pourriez répondre en donnant des indications).
• Vous évaluerez chaque extrait audio en utilisant l’échelle fournie.
• Vous remplirez plusieurs questionnaires courts concernant votre connaissance des langues et l’utilisation que vous en faites.

Vous recevrez une compensation financière de 30$, payée via transfert électronique, en échange de votre participation à cette étude.

Si vous êtes intéressé·e à participer ou si vous connaissez des personnes qui pourraient l’être, vous pouvez m’écrire directement (Oguzhan Tekin), à l’adresse suivante : [email protected], avec pour objet de votre courriel : ENG/FR Study.

Merci de partager cette publication sur Facebook ou de faire suivre via courriel si vous pensez que cette étude pourrait intéresser vos contacts!

Cette étude est menée par l’étudiant au doctorat Oguzhan Tekin et le professeur Pavel Trofimovich (bureau: FG 6.145; téléphone: 514-848-2424 numéro de poste : 2448; adresse courriel: [email protected]) du Département d’éducation de l’Université Concordia (FG 5.150, 1455 boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montréal, Qc, H3G 1M8).

***

We are currently seeking participants for a study to investigate how French-speaking Montrealers judge the speech of people who speak English and French as a second language.

The study will run from June 2020 through August 2020.

Here are the criteria for participation
• You identify yourself as francophone AND speak French as your native / first language
• You speak and understand at least some English
• You are a current resident of Montreal
• You are currently NOT a student
• You have access to a computer with an Internet connection to complete the online survey

No other experience or qualifications are necessary. Participation involves an online session that will last around 45-60 minutes.
As part of the session, you will complete an online survey in your preferred language (English or French):
• You will listen to short audio clips in French and English and will record your response to each clip (e.g., if you are asked for directions, you might give directions).
• You will evaluate each audio clip by using rating scales.
• You will complete several short questionnaires about your language knowledge and use.

You will receive $30 as compensation (paid via e-transfer) for your participation in this study.

If you are interested in participating or know someone who might be, you can email me (Oguzhan Tekin) at [email protected] with the subject heading ENG/FR Study.

Please share this post on Facebook or forward via email if you have someone in your circle of contacts who might be interested!
The study is conducted by PhD student Oguzhan Tekin and Professor Pavel Trofimovich (office: FG 6.145; phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 2448; e-mail: [email protected]) from the Department of Education of Concordia University (FG 5.150, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, H3G 1 M8).

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Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Tzu-Hua Chen 陳紫樺博士生 ([email protected])

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