After teaching English at college level for three years in Turkey, Oguzhan (he/his/him) pursued his master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) at Northern Arizona University in Arizona, USA where he developed a strong interest in sociolinguistics. Currently, under the supervision of Professor Pavel Trofimovich, he continues to follow his passion for the social aspects of language teaching and learning focusing particularly on topics such as speech learning, speech-related language attitudes, and the link between adult speech learning and acculturation. The most recent projects he has been involved with include how speakers’ interactional behaviours influence the perception of their comprehensibility; the impact of social factors extraneous to speech (such as perceived ethnicity) on listeners’ comprehension of and attitudes towards second language speakers of English; and Montrealers’ attitudes towards international students speaking English and French. He likes to relax by spending some quality time with his cat Elio, going on hikes, and learning new languages for pleasure. 
Projects
  • Task engagement and second language comprehensibility in interaction
  • Exploring relationships between reverse linguistic stereotyping, listening comprehension, and rater characteristics
  • Alignment in interlocutor perception of interaction
  • Building an English as a Language Franca (ELF) face and voice database
  • Montrealers’ attitudes towards international students speaking French and English
Publications
  1. Kennedy, S., Trofimovich, P., Lindberg, R., & Tekin, O. (2024). Visual cues to speakers’ religious affiliation and listeners’ understanding of second language French speech. Languages, 9(5), Article 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9050154
  2. Tekin, O., & Trofimovich, P. (2023). En français or in English? Examining perceived social roles of international students in response to their French and English speech. Canadian Modern Language Review, 79(3), 204–227. https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr-2022-0037 [article pdf]
  3. Trofimovich, P., Tekin, O., & Lindberg, R. (in press). Listening and comprehensibility. In E. Wagner, A. O. Batty, & E. Galaczi (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Listening. Routledge.
  4. Nagle, C., Trofimovich, P., Tekin, O., & McDonough, K. (2023). Framing second language comprehensibility: Do interlocutors’ ratings predict their perceived communicative experience? Applied Psycholinguistics, 44(1), 131–156. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716423000073
  5. McDonough, K., Lindberg, R., Trofimovich, P., & Tekin, O. (2023). The visual signature of non-understanding: A systematic replication of McDonough, Trofimovich, Lu, and Abashidze (2019). Language Teaching, 56(1), 113–127. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444821000197
  6. McDonough, K., Trofimovich, P., Tekin, O., & Sato, M. (2022). Exploring linguistic stereotyping of international students at a Canadian university. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. Published online 30 August 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2022.2115049 [article pdf]
  7. Tekin, O., Trofimovich, P., Chen, T.-H., & McDonough, K. (2022). Alignment in second language speakers’ perceptions of interaction and its relationship to perceived communicative success. System, 108, Article 102848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2022.102848 [article pdf]
  8. Trofimovich, P., Tekin, O., & McDonough, K. (2021). Task engagement and comprehensibility in interaction: Moving from what second language speakers say to what they do. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, 7, 435–461. https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.21006.tro [article pdf]
  9. ​Tekin, O. (2019). The association between ethnic group affiliation and the ratings of comprehensibility, intelligibility, accentedness, and acceptability. TESL-EJ, 23(3), 1-29. http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume23/ej91/ej91a3/ [article pdf]

Summaries of Research
  1. Tekin, O., Trofimovich, P., Chen, T.-H., & McDonough, K. (2022). Do second language interlocutors’ perceptions of each other relate to their interaction success? OASIS Summary of Tekin et al. (2022) in System. https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/m900nv16k?locale=en
  2. Tekin, O., Trofimovich, P., & McDonough, K. (2021). Second language comprehensibility is predicted by how speakers behave in interaction. OASIS Summary of Trofimovich et al. (2021) in Journal of Second Language Pronunciation. https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/hx11xf769?locale=en

​Non-refereed Publications
  1. Tekin, O., & Lindberg, R. (2022). L’importance du français to thrive in Montréal: Does the sociolinguistic context matter for teaching and learning? Thinking TESL. https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/artsci/education/tesl/2022/04/limportance-du-francais.html?c=/artsci/education/tesl-resource-centre/editorials 
PRESENTATIONS
  1. Lindberg, R., Tekin, O., Trofimovich, P., & McDonough, K. (March, 2023). It takes two (languages) to acculturate: English L2 international students’ challenges with French in Montréal. Paper presented at ​American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, Oregon, USA.
  2. Tekin, O. (2022, May). Bonjour, Hi! I am an international student: Language choice, linguistic features, and social acceptance. Paper presented at EPIP7, the 7th International Conference on English Pronunciation: Issues and Practices, Université Grenoble-Alpes, France.
  3. Tekin, O., & Trofimovich, P., & McDonough, K. (June, 2021). An interactional take on comprehensibility: Moving from what L2 speakers “say” to what they “do”. Paper presented at the Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference, Brock University. (virtual)
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
  • Concordia International Tuition Award of Excellence
  • Concordia University Graduate Fellowship
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