Publications
Journal Articles
Dombi, J., Sydorenko, T., & Timpe-Laughlin, V. (2024). Openings and closings in human-human versus human-spoken dialogue system conversations. Language Learning & Technology, 28(2), 32–61. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73571
Timpe-Laughlin, V., Sydorenko, T., & Dombi, J. (2024). Human versus machine: Investigating L2 learner output in face-to-face versus fully-automated role-plays. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 37, 149-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2022.2032184
Cárdenas Claros, M., Sydorenko, T., Montero-Perez, M., & Huntley, L. (2023). Teachers’ voices on multimodal input for second or foreign language learning. Language Teaching Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688231216044 [Pre-print]
Timpe-Laughlin, V., Dombi, J., Sydorenko, T., & Sasayama, S. (2023). L2 learners’ pragmatic output in a face-to-face versus a computer-guided role-play task: Implications for TBLT. Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688231188310 [Pre-print]
Dombi, J., Sydorenko, T., & Timpe-Laughlin, V. (2022). Common ground, cooperation, and recipient design in human-computer interactions. Journal of Pragmatics, 193, 4-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2022.03.001 [Open-access]
Timpe-Laughlin, V., Sydorenko, T., & Daurio, P. (2022). Using spoken dialogue technology for L2 speaking practice: What do teachers think? Computer Assisted Language Learning, 35(5-6), 1194-1217. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2020.1774904 [Pre-print]
Sydorenko, T., Hellermann, J., Thorne, S., Sanchez, A., & Howe, V. (2021). Directives and the organization of task formation in augmented reality game interaction. The Modern Language Journal, 105(3), 720-739. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12722
Sydorenko, T., Jones, Z., Daurio, P., & Thorne, S. (2020). Beyond the curriculum: Extended discourse practice through self-access pragmatics simulations. Language Learning & Technology, 24(2), 48–69. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44725
Sydorenko, T., Hellermann, J., Thorne, S., & Howe, V. (2019). Mobile augmented reality and language-related episodes. TESOL Quarterly, 53(3), 712-740. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.507 [Post-print]
Sydorenko, T., Smits, T., Evanini, K., & Ramanarayanan, V. (2019). Simulated speaking environments for language learning: Insights from three cases. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 32 (1-2), 17-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2018.1466811
Sydorenko, T., Daurio, P., & Thorne, S. (2018). Refining pragmatically-appropriate oral communication via computer-simulated conversations. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 31, 157-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2017.1394326
Sydorenko, T., Hsieh, C-N., Ahn, S., & Arnold, N. (2017). Foreign Language Learners’ Beliefs about CALL: The Case of a U.S. Midwestern University. CALICO Journal, 34(2), 196-218. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.28226
Sydorenko, T. (2015). The use of computer-delivered structured tasks in pragmatic instruction: An exploratory study. Intercultural Pragmatics, 12(3), 333-362. https://doi.org/10.1515/ip-2015-0017
Sydorenko, T., Maynard, C., & Guntly, E. (2014). Rater behavior when judging language learners’ pragmatic appropriateness in extended discourse. TESL Canada Journal, 32(1), 19-41. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v32i1.1197
Winke, P., Gass, S., Sydorenko, T. (2013). Factors influencing the use of captions by foreign language learners: An eye-tracking study. The Modern Language Journal, 97(1), 254-275. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4781.2013.01432.x
Sydorenko, T. (2011). Item writer judgments of item difficulty versus actual item difficulty: A case study. Language Assessment Quarterly, 8(1), 34-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2010.536924
Sydorenko, T. (2010). Modality of input and vocabulary acquisition. Language Learning & Technology, 14(2), 50-73. http://dx.doi.org/10125/44214
Winke, P., Gass, S. M., & Sydorenko, T. (2010). The effects of captioning videos used for foreign language listening activities. Language Learning & Technology, 14(1), 66-87. http://dx.doi.org/10125/44203
Book Chapters
Sydorenko, T., Dombi, J., Agrawal, A., Thorne, S. L., Lee, J. I., & Tao, Y. (in press). Spoken dialogue systems and ChatGPT for second language pragmatics research. In K. Sadeghi (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of technological advances and considerations in second language/applied linguistics research. Routledge.
Sydorenko, T., & Montero Perez, M. (in press). Technology and language: Quantitative methods. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), The encyclopedia of applied linguistics (2nd ed.). Wiley.
Montero Perez, M., Sydorenko, T., & Huntley, L. (in press). Incidental vocabulary learning from watching audio-visual input. In B. Reynolds & M. F. Teng (Eds.), Moving the field of second language incidental vocabulary acquisition forward. Routledge.
Santelmann, L., & Sydorenko, T. (2020). Second language acquisition and the teaching of pragmatics. In S. Conrad, A. Hartig, & L. Santelmann (Eds.), The Cambridge Introduction to Applied Linguistics (pp. 41-55). Cambridge University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108658089.003
Sydorenko, T., & Tuason, G. H. (2016). Noticing of pragmatic features during spoken interaction. In K. Bardovi-Harlig and C. Felix-Brasdefer (Eds.), Pragmatics and Language Learning, Vol. 14 (pp. 233-264). Hololulu, HI: University of Hawai’i, National Foreign Language Resource Center.
Lyddon, P. A., & Sydorenko, T. (2008). Assessing distance language learning. In S. Goertler & P. Winke (Eds.), Opening Doors through Distance Language Education: Principles, Perspectives, and Practices (pp. 109-128). San Marcos, TX: Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium.
Sydorenko, T., Myers, T., & Nakhimovsky, A. (2008). Pedagogical uses of multimedia annotators and players. In M. Lytras, D. Gasevic, P. Ordonez de Pablos, and W. Huang (Eds.), Technology Enhanced Learning: Best Practices (pp. 185-204). Hershey, NY: IDEA Group Publishing.
Conference Proceedings
Tao, Y., Agrawal, A., Sydorenko, T., Dombi, J., Lee, J. I. (2024). Conversations with ChatGPT: Dataset and analysis of user motives and model naturalness. In the Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024). https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18121
Sydorenko, T. (2017). Affordances of computer-simulated conversations for refining pragmatically-appropriate oral communication: The case of Fulbright scholars. In Proceedings of CALL in Context: 18th International CALL Research Conference (pp. 705-715). Berkeley, CA.
Research Report
Almond, R., Deane, P., Quinlan, T., Wagner, M., and Sydorenko, T. (2012). A preliminary analysis of keystroke log data from a timed writing task. ETS Research Report, RR-12-23.