JOURNAL ARTICLES
Munro, M. J., & Derwing, T.M. (2020b). Foreign accent, comprehensibility and intelligibility, redux. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, 6, 283-309.
Munro, M. J. (2018). How well can we predict L2 learners' pronunciation difficulties? The CATESOL Journal, 30(1), 267-281.
O’Brien, M. G., Derwing, T. M., Cucchiarini, C. Hardison, D., Mixdorff, H., Thomson, R. I., Strik, H., Levis, J. M., Munro, M. J., Foote, J. A., & Muller Levis, G. (2018). Directions for the future of technology in pronunciation research and teaching. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, 4(2), 182-206.
Munro, M.J., & Derwing, T.M. (2015). A prospectus for pronunciation research in the 21st century: A point of view. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 1, 11-42.
Munro, M. J., Derwing, T. M., & Thomson, R. I. (2015). Setting segmental priorities for English learners: Evidence from a longitudinal study. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 53, 39-60.
Saito, K., & Munro, M. J. (2014). The early phase of /ɹ/ production development in adult Japanese learners of English. Language and Speech 57, 451-469.
Derwing, T. M., Munro, M. J., Foote, J. A., Waugh, E., & Fleming, J. (2014). Opening the window on comprehensible pronunciation After 19 years: A workplace training study. Language Learning 64, 526-548.
Wu, X., Munro, M. J., and Wang, Y. (2014). Tone assimilation by Mandarin and Thai listeners with and without L2 experience. Journal of Phonetics 46, 86-100.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J.(2013). The development of L2 oral language skills in two L1 groups: A 7-year study. Language Learning 63, 163-185.
Derwing, T. M., Foote, J. A., Thomson, R. I., & Munro, M. J. (2012). A longitudinal study of listening perception in adult learners of English: Implications for teachers. Canadian Modern Language Review 68, 247-266.
Munro, M. J., & Derwing, T. M. (2011). The foundations of accent and intelligibility in pronunciation research. Language Teaching 44, 316-327.
Munro, M. J., Derwing, T. M., & Burgess, C.S. (2010). Detection of nonnative speaker status from content-masked speech. Speech Communication 52, 626-637.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M.J., Thomson, R. I., & Rossiter, M. J. (2009). The relationship between L1 fluency and L2 fluency development. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 31, 533-557.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M.J. (2009a). Comprehensibility as a factor in listener interaction preferences in the workplace. Canadian Modern Language Review 66, 181-202.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M.J. (2009b). Putting accent in its place: Rethinking obstacles to communication. Language Teaching42, 276-490.
Munro, M. J. & Derwing, T. M. (2008). Segmental acquisition in adult ESL learners: A longitudinal study of vowel production. Language Learning 58, 479-502.
Derwing, T. M., Munro, M. J., & Thomson, R. I. (2008). A longitudinal study of ESL learners' fluency and comprehensibility development. Applied Linguistics 29, 359-380.
Munro, M. J., & Derwing, T. M. (2006) The functional load principle in ESL pronunciation instruction: An exploratory study. System 34, 520-531.
Munro, M. J., Derwing, T. M., & Sato, K. (2006). Salient accents, covert attitudes: Consciousness-raising for pre-service second language teachers. Prospect: An Australian Journal of TESOL 21, 67-79.
Munro, M. J., Derwing, T. M., & Morton, S. L.(2006). The mutual intelligibility of foreign accents. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 28, 111-131.
Derwing, T. M., Thomson, R. I., & Munro, M. J. (2006). English pronunciation and fluency development in Mandarin and Slavic speakers. System 34, 183-193.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J.(2005). Second language accent and pronunciation teaching: An empirical approach. TESOL Quarterly 39, 379-397.
Wang, X., & Munro, M. J. (2004). Computer-based training for learning English vowel contrasts. System 32, 539-552.
Derwing, T. M., Rossiter, M. J., Munro, M. J., & Thomson, R. I. (2004). Second language fluency: Judgments on different tasks. Language Learning 54, 655-679.
Munro, M. J. (2003). A primer on accent discrimination in the Canadian context. TESL Canada Journal 20 (2), 38-51.
Derwing, T. M., Rossiter, M. J., & Munro, M. J. (2002). Teaching native speakers to listen to foreign-accented speech. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 23, 245-259.
Munro, M. J., & Derwing, T. M. (2001). Modelling perceptions of the comprehensibility and accentedness of L2 speech: The role of speaking rate. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 23, 451-468.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J. (2001). What speaking rates do non-native listeners prefer? Applied Linguistics 22, 324-337.
Derwing, T. M., Munro, M. J., & Carbonaro, M. (2000). Does popular speech recognition software work with ESL speech? TESOL Quarterly 34, 592-603.
Munro, M. J., Derwing, T. M., & Flege, J. E. (1999). Canadians in Alabama: A Perceptual Study of Dialect Acquisition in Adults. Journal of Phonetics 27, 385-403.
Munro, M. J., & Derwing, T. M. (1999). Foreign accent, comprehensibility, and intelligibility in the speech of second language learners. Article reprinted in Language Learning 49, Supplement 1, 285-310. [Originally published as Munro, M., & Derwing, T. (1995). Language Learning 45, 73-97.]
Munro, M. J. & Derwing, T. M. (1998). The effects of speaking rate on listener evaluations of native and foreign-accented speech. Language Learning 48, 159-182.
Munro, M. J. (1998).The effects of noise on the intelligibility of foreign-accented speech. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 20, 139-154.
Derwing, T. M., Jamieson, K., & Munro, M. J. (1998). Citizenship education for adult immigrants: Changes over the last ten years. The Alberta Journal of Educational Research 44, 383-396.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J., & Wiebe, G. E. (1998). Evidence in favour of a broad framework for pronunciation instruction. Language Learning 48, 393-410.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J. (1997). Accent, intelligibility, and comprehensibility: Evidence from four L1s. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 19, 1-16.
Derwing, T. M., Munro, M. J., & Wiebe, G. E. (1997). Pronunciation Instruction for "Fossilized" Learners: Can it Help? Applied Language Learning 8, 185-203.
Munro, M. J., Flege, J. E., & MacKay, I. R. A. (1996). The effects of age of second language learning on the production of English vowels. Applied Psycholinguistics 17, 313-334.
Munro, M. J. (1995). Non-segmental factors in foreign accent: Ratings of filtered speech. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 17, 17-34.
Flege, J. E., Munro, M. J., & MacKay, I. R. A. (1995a). Effects of age of second-language learning on the production of English consonants. Speech Communication 16, 1-26.
Flege, J. E., Munro, M. J., & MacKay, I. R. A. (1995b). Factors affecting strength of perceived foreign accent in a second language. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 97, 3125-3134.
Flege, J. E., & Munro, M. J. (1995). The word unit in second-language speech production and perception. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 16, 381-411.
Fox, R. A., Flege, J. E., & Munro, M. J. (1995). The perception of English and Spanish vowels by native English and Spanish listeners: A multidimensional scaling analysis. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 97, 2540-2551.
Munro, M., & Derwing, T. (1995a). Foreign accent, comprehensibility, and intelligibility in the speech of second language learners. Language Learning, 45 73-97.
Munro, M. J., & Derwing, T. M. (1995b). Processing time, accent, and comprehensibility in the perception of foreign-accented speech. Language and Speech 38, 289-306.
Flege, J. E., Munro, M. J., & Fox, R. A. (1994). Auditory and categorical effects on cross-language vowel perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 95, 3623-3641.
Munro, M. J., & Derwing, T. M. (1994). Evaluations of foreign accent in extemporaneous and read material. Language Testing 11, 253-266.
Munro, M. J. (1993). Productions of English vowels by native speakers of Arabic: acoustic measurements and accentedness ratings. Language and Speech 36, 39-66.
Flege, J. E., Munro, M. J., & Skelton, L. (1992). Production of the word-final /t/-/d/ contrast by native speakers of English, Mandarin, and Spanish. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 92, 128-143.
Munro, M. J. (1991). Perception of voicing in whispered labial stops. Phonetica 47, 173-181.
Cameron, J., Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J. (1991). Canadian issues in the multicultural classroom. The Journal for Intercultural Studies 1, 1-3.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J. (1989). Citizenship preparation in Canada: an overview. TESL Talk 19, 35-41.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J. (1986). Basic components of a successful citizenship course. TESL Canada Journal 3, 67-72. Reprinted in TESL Talk, 19, 29-34.
BOOK CHAPTERS & PROCEEDINGS PAPERS
Munro, M.J., & Derwing, T.M. (2020a). Collecting data in L2 pronunciation research. In O. Kang, S. Staples, K. Yaw, & K. Hirschi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching conference, Northern Arizona University, September 2019 (pp. 8–18). Iowa State University.
Munro, M. J. & Derwing, T. M. (2019). Phonetics and second language teaching research. In Katz, W., & Assmann, P. F. (Eds), pp. 473-495 . The Routledge Handbook of Phonetics, Routledge.
Munro, M.J. (2018). Dimensions of pronunciation. In O. Kang, R. Thomson, & J. Murphy. The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary English Pronunciation. pp. 413-431. Routledge.
de Weers, N., & Munro, M.J. (2018). The role of duration in Japanese speakers’ productions of English vowels. Proceedings of the 9th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Cho, S., & Munro, M. J. (2017). F0, long-term formants and LTAS in Korean-English Bilinguals. Proceedings of the Thirty-first General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan. Phonetic Society of Japan.
Munro, M. J. (2016). Pronunciation learning and teaching: What can phonetics research tell us?, in T. Isei-Jaakkola, K. Noda, & N. Hiraishi (Eds.) Proceedings of ISAPH2016, 1st International Symposium on Applied Phonetics. Nagoya, Japan.
Munro, M. J. & Derwing, T. M. (2015). Intelligibility in Research and Practice: Teaching Priorities, in M. Reed & J. Levis (Eds.) The Handbook of English Pronunciation. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Derwing, T. M. & Munro, M. J. (2014). Training Native Speakers to Listen to L2 Speech. In A. Moyer & J. Levis (Eds.) Social Influences in L2 Pronunciation.
Derwing, T. M. & Munro, M. J. (2014). Myth #1: Once you’ve been speaking an L2 for years, it’s too late to change your pronunciation. In L. Grant (Ed.) Pronunciation Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching. University of Michigan Press.
Munro, M. J., Derwing, T. M., & Saito, K. (2013). English L2 vowel acqusition over seven years. In. J. Levis & K. LeVelle (Eds.). Proceedings of the 4th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Mixdorff, H., & Munro, M. J. (2013). Quantifying and Evaluating the Impact of Prosodic Differences of Foreign-Accented English. Proceedings of SLATE 2013: Speech, Language and Technology in Education.
Munro, M. J., Derwing, T. M., & Holtby, A. K. (2012). Evaluating individual variability in foreign accent comprehension. In. J. Levis & K. LeVelle (Eds.). Proceedings of the 3rd Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference (pp. 233-239). Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Wu, X., Munro, M. J., & Wang, Y. (2011). The effects of linguistic experience on perceptual assimilation of lexical tone. Paper presented at the XVII Meeting of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Hong Kong.
Munro, M. J. (2011) Intelligibility: Buzzword or Buzzworthy? In. J. Levis & K. LeVelle (Eds.). Proceedings of the 2rd Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Munro, M. J. (2008). Foreign accent and speech intelligibility. In Hansen Edwards, J. G. & Zampini, M. L. (Eds.). Phonology and Second Language Acquisition (pp. 193-218). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Munro, M. J. (2008). Variability in Cantonese speakers’ productions of English vowels. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Association, Vancouver.
Munro, M. J., & Bohn, O.-S. (2007). The study of second language speech: A brief overview. In Bohn, O.-S. & Munro, M. J. (Eds.) Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In honor of James Emil Flege (pp. 3-11). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Derwing, T., & Munro, M. (2007). Comparative multicultural education policies in Canada and the United States: Symbol and substance. In Joshee, R., & Johnson, L. (Eds.) Canadian Policies on Immigrant Language Education. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Munro, M. J. (2006). The role of foreign accent in the perception and evaluation of speech. In Wiebe, G., Libben, G., Priestly, T., Smyth, R., and Wang, S. (Eds.) Phonology, morphology, and the empirical imperative: Papers in honour of Bruce Derwing. Taipei: Crane Publishing.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J. (2005). Pragmatic perspectives on the preparation of teachers of English as a second language: Putting the NS-NNS debate in context. In Llurda, E. (Ed.). Non-native language teachers: Perceptions, challenges, and contributions to the profession. New York: Springer.
Munro, M., Derwing, T., & Thomson, R. (2003). A longitudinal examination of English vowel learning by Mandarin speakers. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Association Edmonton.
Munro, M., Derwing, T., & Burgess, C. (2003). The detection of foreign accent in backwards speech. 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Barcelona, August.
Wang, X., & Munro, M. (1999). The perception of English tense-lax vowel pairs by native Mandarin speakers: The effect of training on attention to temporal and spectral cues. Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, San Francisco.
Munro, M., & Derwing, T. (1996). The effects of speaking rate on the comprehensibility of native and foreign-accented speech. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Association, Calgary.
Flege, J. E., Munro, M. J., & MacKay, I. R. A. (1996). Factors affecting the production of word-initial consonants in a second language. In R. Bayley & D. Preston (Eds.), Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation, pp. 47-73. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Munro, M., & Derwing, T. (1995). Perceptions of dialect change in the speech of adult Canadians living in Alabama. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Association, Quebec City.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
Munro, M.J. (2022). Variability in L2 vowel production: Different elicitation methods affect individual speakers differently. Frontiers in Psychology 13, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.916736.
Derwing, T. M., Munro, M.J., & Thomson, R.I. (2022). The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Speaking. Routledge.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J. (2022). Pronunciation learning and teaching. In The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Speaking, 147-159.
Nagle, C., Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M.J. (2022). Speaking research methodologies. In The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Speaking, 99-111.
Munro, M. J. (2021). On the difficulty of defining "difficult" in second-language vowel acquisition. Frontiers in Communication, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.639398.
Derwing, T. M., Waugh, E., & Munro, M.J. (2021). Pragmatically speaking: Preparing adult ESL students for the workplace. Applied Pragmatics 3, 107-135.
Munro, M.J. (2020). Applying Phonetics: Speech Science in Everyday Life. Wiley-Blackwell.