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Gento Okawa, PhD Student

Email: gento_okawa@sfu.ca

Supervisor: Dr. Mary O'Brien

Focus of research

L2 comprehensibility and accentedness in interaction

Interests

L2 pronunciation, accented speech

Education

  • MA in Linguistics, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
  • BA in Liberal Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

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I was born and raised in Japan and moved to Canada after graduating from Waseda University with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies. I'm currently pursuing an MA at Â鶹ÊÓƵLinguistics, working with Dr. Mary O’Brien. My research focuses on L2 pronunciation and accented speech. My initial focus was on L2 English, but my experience teaching Japanese at Â鶹ÊÓƵexpanded my interest to L2 Japanese. Outside of my research, I like skiing and playing soccer. Since I moved here, cooking has been a small joy of mine.