Xiaomu Ren
Research title: Speech Perceptual Flexibility: Listener's Attention Shift across Speech Units and Attention Weights on Speech Cues in Native and Non-native Speech Perception.
Research Summary
Research Interests
Psycholinguistics
Current research
I explore the difference of the degree of perceptual flexibility presented by native listeners and non-native listeners.
Supervisors
Conference
Conference proceedings
Ren, X. and Cohen, C. (Accepted) (2024) Native and Non-native listeners' Ability in Integrating Prosody and Verb Semantics in Mandarin Speech Comprehension under the Impact of Language-specific Prosodic System. In: extit{Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Speech Prosody}, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2-5 July 2024.
Ren, X. and Cohen, C. (2023) Integration of Multiple Cues in Native and Non-native Speech Perception. In: extit{Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences}, Prague, Czech Republic, 7-11 August 2023, pp. 97-101. ISBN 9788090811423
Conference presentation
Native and Non-native listeners' Ability in Integrating Prosody and Verb Semantics in Mandarin Speech Comprehension under the Impact of Language-specific Prosodic System. Speech Prosody 2024, July 2-5 2024, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Integration of Multiple Speech Cues for Native and L2 Listeners during Online Speech Processing with Visual-World Eye-Tracking Paradigm. 5th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC). May 23-24, 2024, Swansea University, UK.
Integration of Multiple Cues in Speech Perception: A Visual-World Eye-Tracking Study with Native Mandarin Listeners and English-Mandarin L2 Learner Listeners. New trends in Chinese as a Second Language (CSL). September 14-15, 2023, Lancaster University, UK.
Integration of Multiple Cues in Native and Non-native Speech Perception. 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). August 7-11, 2023, Prague Congress Center, Czech Republic.
Teaching
Lectures
Chinese 1 (Mandarin) MODLANG1002/4007/5011 (2022-2023)
Chinese 2 (Mandarin) MODLANG2002/4010/5021 (2021-2022)
Seminars
Language, society, and change ENGLANG1003 (2023-2024, 2022-2023)
Language, meaning, and power ENGLANG1001 (2023-2024, 2022-2023)
Language, mind, and expression ENGLANG2005 (2022-2023)