Kim McDonough

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Kim McDonough is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Kim McDonough has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Language and Linguistics, 54 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 51 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Kim McDonough's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (66 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (40 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (38 papers). Kim McDonough is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (66 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (40 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (38 papers). Kim McDonough collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Thailand. Kim McDonough's co-authors include Alison Mackey, Susan M. Gass, YouJin Kim, Pavel Trofimovich, Heike B. Neumann, William J. Crawford, Jennifer A. Foote, Phung Dao, You Jin Kim and Charlene Polio and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers & Education and Modern Language Journal.

In The Last Decade

Kim McDonough

100 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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Theories in Second Language Acquisition: An Introduction

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Catherine J. Doughty United States

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Heidi Byrnes United States

Jessica Williams United States

Bill VanPatten United States

Robert DeKeyser United States

Rob Schoonen Netherlands

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McDonough, Kim, et al.. (2025). The impact of timing in written corrective feedback on collaborative writing and L2 accuracy development. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 28(1). 22–42. 1 indexed citations

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Crawford, William J., et al.. (2025). The role of communicative purpose in describing and interpreting lexico-grammatical variation in L2 writing. Journal of Second Language Writing. 67. 101176–101176.

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Trofimovich, Pavel, et al.. (2024). Do they like me?. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 47(1). 80–103. 1 indexed citations

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McDonough, Kim, et al.. (2023). Raising business communication students’ awareness of nonverbal features of interaction. Language Awareness. 33(2). 224–239. 2 indexed citations

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Trofimovich, Pavel, et al.. (2023). I Don’t Think You like Me: Examining Metaperceptions of Interpersonal Liking in Second Language Academic Interaction. Languages. 8(3). 200–200. 1 indexed citations

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Nagle, Charlie, et al.. (2023). Framing second language comprehensibility: Do interlocutors’ ratings predict their perceived communicative experience?. Applied Psycholinguistics. 44(1). 131–156. 2 indexed citations

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McDonough, Kim, et al.. (2023). Strategies for avoiding misunderstanding in English L2 conversations. ELT Journal. 77(4). 426–434. 1 indexed citations

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Trofimovich, Pavel, et al.. (2022). Alignment in second language speakers’ perceptions of interaction and its relationship to perceived communicative success. System. 108. 102848–102848. 5 indexed citations

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McDonough, Kim, et al.. (2022). The sociocognitive functions of English use during L2 French collaborative writing tasks. Language Teaching Research. 30(2). 829–845. 2 indexed citations

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McDonough, Kim, et al.. (2022). Second language anxiety in conversation and its relationship with speakers’ perceptions of the interaction and their social networks. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 45(5). 1413–1426. 5 indexed citations

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McDonough, Kim, et al.. (2022). Validating a rubric for assessing integrated writing in an EAP context. Assessing Writing. 52. 100609–100609. 18 indexed citations

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McDonough, Kim, et al.. (2021). A Cross-sectional Comparison of First and Second Year Thai EFL Student Writing: Syntactic, Phrasal, and Lexical Features. rEFLections. 28(1). 19–32. 1 indexed citations

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Trofimovich, Pavel, et al.. (2021). Task engagement and comprehensibility in interaction. 7(3). 435–461. 12 indexed citations

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McDonough, Kim, et al.. (2021). The visual signature of non-understanding: A systematic replication of McDonough, Trofimovich, Lu, and Abashidze (2019). Language Teaching. 56(1). 113–127. 5 indexed citations

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Trofimovich, Pavel, et al.. (2021). VISUAL CUES AND RATER PERCEPTIONS OF SECOND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSIBILITY, ACCENTEDNESS, AND FLUENCY. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 44(3). 659–684. 16 indexed citations

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McDonough, Kim, et al.. (2021). Investigating verbal and nonverbal indicators of physiological response during second language interaction. Applied Psycholinguistics. 42(6). 1403–1425. 12 indexed citations

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Strowd, Lindsay C., et al.. (2021). The Impact of Shortened Clinical Clerkships on Medical Student Performance and Clerkship Assessment. Medical Science Educator. 31(4). 1333–1341. 4 indexed citations

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McDonough, Kim, et al.. (2020). Collaboration before Writing: Exploring How Student Talk Contributes to English L2 Written Narratives. rEFLections. 27(1). 62–80. 2 indexed citations

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McDonough, Kim, et al.. (2018). Comparing the quality of collaborative writing, collaborative prewriting, and individual texts in a Thai EFL context. System. 74. 109–120. 73 indexed citations

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McDonough, Kim & Jennifer A. Foote. (2015). The impact of individual and shared clicker use on students' collaborative learning. Computers & Education. 86. 236–249. 39 indexed citations

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