Student Profiles

Name

Areas of Interest

Balong, John

Language: German. Foreign language pedagogy; computer-assisted language learning; L2 reading; connectionist theories of L2 learning

Language: Spanish. Program Direction; Foreign Language Pedagogy and Instructional Technology and SLA

Chrissobolis, Erin

Languages: English and German. Merging of SLA and Pedagogy; Bilingualism

Cabrelli, Jennifer

Languages: Portuguese, Spanish. Third language acquisition, interference between L2 and L3 from both generative and social perspectives, L2/L3 phonology.

Campos, Gonzalo

Languages: Spanish and English. L2 morphosyntax

Cho, J. Jacee

Languages: Russian and Korean. Generative SLA; Second Language Syntax; Acquisition of Russian Aspects and Motion verbs; Acquisition of Korean Verb System; Foreign Language Pedagogy

Deifell, Elizabeth D

Languages: Spanish. Language program direction; Applied linguistics; Foreign language pedagogy; New media technologies and SLA; Experiential language learning; Intercultural communication

Grabitzky, Vera Katharina

Gu, Lin

Language: Chinese. Various aspects of classroom-based acquisition of Chinese

Hagiwara, Akiko

Language: Japanese. L2 listening and speaking; Japanese language pedagogy; foreign language testing and assessment

Hanzawa, Chiemi

Language: Japanese. Acquisition of Japanese; Speaking; Japanese as a foreign language pedagogy focusing on naturalness of speaking

Huang, Yi-Tzu

Language: Chinese. Heritage Language Acquisition; Chinese pedagogy; Curriculum development; Multimedia language learning; language program direction.

Language: German. Program Direction

Kley, Katharina

Second language testing and assessment; L2 reading and speaking; vocabulary learning; SLA theories, cognitive approaches to second language learning and acquisition; acquisition of syntax and pragmatics.

Klimanova, Lyudmila

Language: Russian. English as a Second Language (ESL) and Russian. Technology and Language Learning. Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Second Language Writing. The intersection of technology for language learning and the acquisition of pragmatic competence in a second language. Cognitive and socio-cultural approaches to second language acquisition.

Kolesnikova, Anna

Language: German. Psychological aspects of attention and perception of visual images and the possibilities to enhance attention using design of the computer programs

Language: Russian. Foreign langauge pedagogy; language aptitude; age effects and critical period relationship between grammatical competence and comprehension of pragmatic meaning.

Language: Spanish. Generative Second Language Acquisition; Third Language Acquisition; Computer Assisted Language Learning

Liao, Jianling

Language: Chinese. Multimedia language learning; web-based language learning; Chinese pedagogy

Muramatsu, Chie

Language: Japanese. Classroom-based acquisition of Japanese.

Nakakubo, Takako

Language: Japanese. Acquisition of Japanese; acquisition of vocabulary; learning strategies; the effects of planning on L2 oral performance

Shimanskaya, Elena

Nicholson, Elizabeth

Languages: French. Incorporation of technology into language teaching and the role of technology as a tool for langauge learning.

Schuster Provaznikova, Ludmila

Language: German, Czech. Second language acquisition; Multimedia and SLA; Second language listening; Foreign language pedagogy; Development of teaching materials; Authentic materials in the classroom; Web-based learning and teaching

Tecedor Cabrero, Marta

Language: Spanish. Generative Second Language Acquisition; Computer Assissted Language Learning

Tsai, Chen-hui

Language: Chinese. Acquisition of L2 listening and reading; foreign language pedagogy; language program direction

Yang, Bei

Language: Chinese. Acquisition of Chinese tones and vocabulary. Psycholinguistic speech perception and production process. Computer-assisted language learning. Chinese pedagogy

Qiao, Zhengwei

Language: Chinese. Chinese lexical development; Chinese pedagogy

Yang, Li

Zhu, Jia

Language: Chinese. The social and cultural factors that influence second language learning.