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    "pk": 36148,
    "title": "Closing the Communication Gap Between Undergraduates and International Faculty",
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    "abstract": "This mixed-method study addressed the “foreign TA problem,” reconceptualizing it as the communication gap, an issue created by multiple parties—including bias originating from undergraduates. Experimental sessions measured undergraduates’ comprehension of 2 brief lessonstaught by an international professor. Between lessons, participants completed 1 of 3 short modules: a bias-stimulation module, a control module, or a linguistic-training module (which confronted both accent misunderstanding and accent bias). While training did not affect comprehension, questionnaire responses revealed a positive effect of training on sociolinguistic attitudes. Follow-up discussion sessions explored undergraduates’ experiences with international faculty and responses to the communication gap. Several important themes emerged from these discussions, including effects on academic plans, negative cognitive effects, and a model of undergraduates’ socialization into accent bias. The article concludes with recommendations specifically geared toward TESOL professionals’ ongoing efforts to close the communication gap, including a greater recognition of undergraduates’ role in perpetuating the gap.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": null,
    "keywords": [],
    "section": "2012 Graduate Student Research Award",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8c38j90m",
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        {
            "first_name": "Dan",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Villarreal",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, Davis",
            "department": ""
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2013-01-01T10:00:00-08:00",
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