Viktoria Magne

Dr Viktoria Magne

Associate Professor in Education Studies and Early Childhood
School of Human and Social Sciences
Viktoria.Magne@uwl.ac.uk

Viktoria Magne is an Associate Professor in Education Studies and Early Childhood at the University of West London. She began her teaching career as an ESOL teacher, primarily working in higher education. Viktoria holds a PhD in Education from the Université de Sherbrooke. Her work focuses on the intersection of linguistics and social issues, particularly how sociolinguistic factors such as accent, race and language ideologies impact language attitudes and perceptions.

Viktoria has collaborated on various projects related to second language acquisition, psycholinguistics and student assessment. She has published articles in several journals, including Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, TESOL Quarterly, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, and Applied Psycholinguistics. She is a member of the London Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (L-SLARF) and the London TESOL Research Forum.

  • Qualifications

    • BA (The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia)
    • MA (University of Southampton)
    • PhD (Université de Sherbrooke)
    • SFHEA (University of West London)

  • Memberships

    Member of L-SLARF (London Second Language Acquisition Forum)

Research

  • Research and publications

    Journal articles

    • Magne, V., Suzukida, Y., & Cardoso, W. (2024). Linguistic Correlates of Second Language Users' Attitudes to Arabic and Chinese Varieties of English: A Verbal Guise Study. Asian Englishes. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13488678.2024.2413537
    • Magne, V. (2024). Replication research in the domain of perceived L2 fluency: Approximate and close replications of Kormos and Dénes (2004) and Rossiter (2009). Language Teaching, 1–9. doi:10.1017/S0261444824000120
    • Magne, V., & Ferri, G. (2023). Student perceptions of diverse accents of English in a multilingual London post-1992 university. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies. DOI: 10.1080/15427587.2023.2242988 
    • Bakkouche, L., & Magne, V. (2023). Attainment in the early years. EAL Journal, 21, 28-29. https://naldic.org.uk/publications/eal-journal/issue-21/ 
    • Magne, V., Mace, R., & Vince, S. (2023). Using reflection to increase student engagement with feedback. New Vistas, 9(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.36828/newvistas.215 
    • Saito, K., Macmillan, K., Kroeger, S., Magne, V., Takizawa, K., Kachlicka, M., & Tierney, A. (2022). Roles of domain-general auditory processing in spoken second-language vocabulary attainment in adulthood. Applied Psycholinguistics, 1-26. doi:10.1017/S0142716422000029 
    • Ferri, G., & Magne, V. (2021). Exploring the language ideology of nativeness in narrative accounts of English second language users in Montreal. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 18(3), 229-246. DOI: 10.1080/15427587.2020.1805613 
    • Saito, K., Macmillan, K., Mai, T., Tran, M., Suzukida, Y., Sun, H., Magne, V., Ilkan, M., & Murakami, A. (2020). Developing, Analyzing and Sharing Multivariate Datasets: Individual Differences in L2 Learning Revisited. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 40, 9-25. doi:10.1017/s0267190520000045 
    • Magne, V., Suzukida, Y., Ilkan, M., Tran, M., Suzuki, S., & Saito, K. (2019). Exploring the dynamic nature of second language listeners’ perceived fluency: A mixed-methods approach. TESOL Quarterly, 53(4), 1139-1150. DOI:10.1002/tesq.528 
    • Magne, V. (2019). Students' attitudes towards accents of English. New Vistas, 5(1), 32-37. doi: https://doi.org//uwl.80 
    • Saito, K., Tran, M.,  Sun, H., Suzukida, Y.,  Magne, V., & Ilkan, M. (2019). How do second language listeners perceive the comprehensibility of foreign accented speech? Roles of first language, Proficiency, Age, Experience, Familiarity and Metacognition. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 41(5), 1133-1149. DOI:10.1017/S0272263119000226 
    • Saito, K., Ilkan, M., Magne, V., Tran, M. N., & Suzuki, S. (2018). Acoustic characteristics and learner profiles of low, mid and high-level second language fluency. Applied Psycholinguistics, 39(3), 593-617. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716417000571 
    • Magne, V. (2017). International students’ perceptions of L2 accents. IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group Newsletter. Speak out!, 56, 30-41. 
    • Steinbach, M. & Kazarloga, V. (2014). Square-headed frogs and world citizens: Attitudes and identities of ESL teacher candidates in Quebec. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 13(5), 319-334. DOI: 10.1080/15348458.2014.958038 

  • Conferences

    Invited talks as guest lecturer

    (June, 2023). Student perceptions of diverse accents of English in a multilingual London post-1992 university. London Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (UCL, IOE). 

    (December, 2022). Perceptions of linguistic diversity and multilingual practices in a London post-1992 university. London TESOL research forum (UCL, IOE).  

    (May, 2022). What phonetic feature predict attitudes to L2 speech? (Birkbeck, University of London). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCHvZKrCoRI&t=245s&ab_channel=ESRC-JSLARFAppliedLinguistics 

    (May, 2019). But when I’m with the native speaker, I really get stressed, because I know that they know perfectly the language. Language ideology and the ideal native speaker. London Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (University of West London). 

    (May, 2018). How do L2 users with varied backgrounds differently perceive the comprehensibility of L2 speech? A mixed-effects modelling study. London Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (Birkbeck, University of London). 

    (2016). Attitudes towards Chinese and Arabic accented English. Kazuya Saito’s research seminar. (Birkbeck, University of London).  

    Peer-reviewed conference presentations

    Magne, V., & Ferri, G. (2022). Linguistic diversity and multilingual practices in post-92 universities. Paper presented at BAAL conference 2022. Belfast.   

    Magne, V., & Suzukida, Y. (2022). (Mis)categorisation of L2 accents affects language attitudes: an L2 listener study. Paper presented at New Sounds 2022. 10th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, Barcelona. 

    Ferri, G., & Magne, V. (2019). Exploring the language ideology of nativeness in narrative accounts of second language users. Paper presented at Cutting Edges 2019, Canterbury.  

    Cardoso, W. & Magne, V. (2017). Attitudes towards L2 speech by L2 users: a verbal guise study. Paper presented at EUROSLA, Reading.  

    Magne, V., Ilkan, M., Ngoc Tran, M., & Saito, K. (2017). Acoustic Characteristics and Learner Profiles of Low, Mid and High-Level Second Language Fluency. Paper presented at EUROSLA, Reading.  

    Magne, V. (2016). The role of accentedness and variety recognition in ESL students’ attitudes towards Arabic and Chinese accented English in Montreal. Paper presented at New Sounds 2016, Aarhus. 

    Kazarloga (Magne), V., Steinbach, M., & Cardoso, W. (2014). The role of perceived accentedness and variety recognition in Montreal ESL students’ attitudes towards native and non-native varieties of English. Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca, Athens. 

    Kazarloga (Magne), V., Steinbach, M., & Cardoso, W. (2014). Montreal International ESL Students’ Attitudes towards Native and Non-native Accents in English.  Paper presented at the annual Conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR. 

    Kazarloga (Magne), V., Steinbach, M., & Cardoso, W. (2013). Montreal international ESL students’ attitudes towards English as a Lingua Franca. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca, Rome. 

    Kazarloga (Magne), V. (2013). Adult immigrants’ attitudes towards pronunciation teaching in Montreal ESL classrooms. Paper presented at 15e Colloque pour étudiants et jeunes diplômés (CEETUM), Montreal. 

    Kazarloga (Magne), V., Steinbach, M., & Cardoso, W. (2012). Immigrants’ attitudes towards pronunciation models taught in Montreal L2 classrooms. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca, Istanbul. 

    Kazarloga (Magne), V. (2012). Quebec Immigrants' Attitudes towards English and Different Accents in English. Paper presented at the 14e Colloque pour étudiants et jeunes diplômés (CEETUM), Montreal. 

  • Research degree supervision

    Second Supervisor

    Exploring the Relationship between Educational Leadership and School Improvement (Hengameh Karimi)

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