Student Publications & Presentations

Publications (refereed)

Cabrelli, J., Iverson, M., Judy, T. & Rothman, J. (2008). What the Start of L3 Tells us about the End of L2: N-drop in L2 and L3 Portuguese. BUCLD 32 Proceedings Supplement. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

Cabrelli, J., Iverson, M., Judy, T. (in press). N-drop at the L3 Initial State and its Relationship to the L2 Steady State. Minimalist Inquiries into Child and Adult Language Acquisition: Studies Across Portuguese. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

Erbaugh, M. & B. Yang. (2006) Two general classifiers in the Shanghai Wu dialect: A comparison with Mandarin and Cantonese. Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, 35,169-207

Fujioka-Ito, N., & Nakakubo, T. (2007). Introducing Content-based Curriculum in Intensive Courses for International Co-op Program. Japanese Language Education around the Globe, 17, 153-167.

Hagiwara, A. (forthcoming). Teacher versus peer evaluations of L2 Learner's oral production. Studies in Language Sciences 8. Kurosio Publishers, Tokyo.

Hagiwara, A. (2008). A grammaticality judgment test on the auxiliary verbs "te-ageru", "te-kureru", and "te-morau": In relation to L2 learners' Japanese course level. ICU Nihongo Kyoiku Kenkyu [ICU Studies of Japanese Pedagogy]. International Christian University, Tokyo.

Hagiwara, A. (2006). Teacher and peer feedback on L2 learners' oral proficiency. Proceedings of the the 8th Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society of Language Sciences Program. Tokyo: International Christian University.

Iverson, M., Cabrelli, J., Judy, T., Rothman, J. (to appear). N-Drop at the L3 Initial State and Its Relationship to the L2 Steady State. Proceedings from the 2007 Boston University Conference on Language Development.

Rothman, J. & Cabrelli, J. (in press). The Psychotypological Syntactic Transfer Hypothesis and the Multilingual Initial State: Evidence from Comparing L3 French and L3 Italian. Second Language Research.

Severino, C., & Thoms, J. (to appear) Journal-based self-studies of L1 English/L2 Spanish speakers learning L3 Kichwa in Ecuador and L3 Guarani in Paraguay, Entre Lenguas.

Severino, C., Zhu, J, & Swenson, J. (in press) A comparison of online feedback requests by non-native English-speaking and native English-speaking writers, Writing Center Journal.

Szustak, A. (2003). Der Terminus Anglizismus: Was steckt dahinter? Estudios filológicos alemanes, 2, 135-142.

Thoms, J., Liao, J., & Szustak, A. (2005). The use of L1 in a L2 online chat activity. Canadian Modern Language Review, 62, 161-182.

Conference presentations (refereed)

Cabrelli, J. (2005). English speakers' acquisition of L2 Spanish palatal sounds: Which comes first? American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual conference, Baltimore, MD.

Cabrelli, J. (2007). Social and psychological motivational factors influencing the maintenance or attrition of L2 Spanish in adult learners of L3 Portuguese. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Costa Mesa, CA.

Cabrelli, J., Iverson, M., Judy, T., Rothman, J. (2007, November). What the start of L3 tells us about the end of L2: Noun drop in L2 and L3 Portuguese. Paper presented at the annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Campos, G. & Carlos E. Pineros. (2007). Morphological Differences between Two Types of Voseo: A DM Account. 2007 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, San Antonio.

Campos, G. (2009, March). L2 production of past morphology in the L2 English of advanced Spanish natives: syntactic or morphological deficits? Paper to be presented at the 10th Annual Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA-10), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Campos, G. (2009, May). L2 production of past morphology in the L2 English of advanced Spanish natives: syntactic or morphological deficits? Paper to be presented at The Mind-Context Divide: Language Acquisition and Interfaces of Cognitive-Linguistic Modules, the University of Iowa, IA.

Fujioka-Ito, N., & Nakakubo, T. (2003). Making an engineering terminology English-Japanese dictionary for international co-op education trainees: Needs analysis in foreign interns in Japanese companies. Canadian Association of Japanese Language Education, Calgary, Canada.

Fujioka-Ito, N., & Nakakubo, T. (2004). Development of self-directed learning materials based on needs analyses. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual conference, Chicago.

Fujioka-Ito, N., & Nakakubo, T., & Kinbara, H. (2005). Effectiveness and strategies of dictionary use. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual conference, Baltimore, MD.

Fujioka-Ito, N., & Nakakubo, T. (2006). Dictionary Use for Learners’ Needs and Life-Long Learning. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual Conference, Nashville, TN.

Gao, B. (2004). Incorporation of the newly taught words in CFL learners’ writing and the role of writing in the acquisition of vocabulary.Symposium on Second Language Writing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Gao, B. (2005). The L2 acquisition of Chinese wh-questions by English speakers. International Association of Applied Linguistics, Madison, WI.

Gao, B. (2005). A comparison of L2 oral production and interlanguage development between at-Home and study-abroad program. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual conference, Baltimore, MD.

Hagiwara, A. (2006). Teacher and peer feedback on L2 learners' oral proficiency. The 8th Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society of Language Sciences Program, International Christian University, Tokyo.

Hagiwara, A. (2006). Teacher and peer feedback on L2 learners’ oral proficiency: Whose feedback is most helpful? Research SIG Roundtable discussions. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Nashville, TN.

Hagiwara, A. (2007). L2 learners' performance and perception during a phone conversation. Association of Teachers of Japanese Seminar, Boston, MA.

Hagiwara, A. (2007). Teacher and peer feedback on L2 learners' oral proficiency. Nihon Kyooiku Gakkai (Association of Japanese Pedagogy) Spring Conference,Tokyo, Japan

Hagiwara, A. (2007). Incorporating students' voice into website activities. The 19th Association of Teachers of Japanese (CATJ) Conference, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Hagiwara, A. (2009). Raising L2 writers' awareness through e-mail writing: from writer-based to reader-based prose. The 2009 Seminar, Association of Teachers of Japanese.

Hagiwara, A. & Yang, B. (2006). Two Models of Feedback on Learners’ Speaking Performances. The 40th Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Nashville, TN.

Hanzawa, C. (2006). The use of Aizuchi in relation to turn taking by advanced learners of Japanese. Research SIG Roundtable discussions. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual conference, Nashville, TN.

Hanzawa, C. (2007). Performance and perception of the listener role during small-group discussions by advanced learners of Japanese. The Association of Teachers of Japanese Seminar, Boston.

Hanzawa, C. (2007). Performance and perception of the listener role by JFL learners. Pragmatics & Language Learning Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Hanzawa, C. (2008). Analysis of listener behavior by intermediate and
advanced learners of Japanese. Canadian Association for Japanese
Language Education 20th annual conference. Toronto, Canada.

Hanzawa, C. (2009). An analysis of NNS and NS perception of aizuchi and head nod use: Participants and non-participants' perspectives.Associationof Teachers of Japanese Seminar, Chicago.

Helen, S. & Tsai, C. (2008). Academic and Technical Considerations: Design Web-Based Extensive Reading Program. 5th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century, Macao, China.

Shen. H., Xu, L., Tsai, C. & Zhu, Z. (2008). Cognitive Architectures for Designing Chinese Vocabulary Instruction. The Annual Conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, Florida, USA [Panel discussion]

Shen, H. & Tsai, C. (2009). Evaluating Reading Proficiency Gain and Reading Program Effectiveness: A Three-Tiered Web-Based Assessment Approach. Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference, Washington, D. C.

Iverson, M., Cabrelli, J., Judy, T., Rothman, J. (2007, October). N-Drop at the L3 Initial State and Its Relationship to the L2 Steady State. Paper presented at the annual Second Language Research Forum, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Iverson, M., Cabrelli, J., Judy, T., Rothman, J. (2007, November). N-Drop at the L3 Initial State and Its Relationship to the L2 Steady State. Paper presented at the annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Liao, J. (2005). Linguistic processing in second language Chinese computer chat sessions. Reading Matrix Online Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Liao, J., Szustak, A., & Thoms, J. (2005). The use of L1 in a L2 online chat. International Society of Language Studies Conference, Montréal, Canada.

Liao, J., Szustak, A., & Thoms, J. (2005). The use of L1 in a L2 online chat: The influence of task type. International Association of Applied Linguistics, Madison, WI.

Nakakubo, T. (2006). The effects of different types of planning on L2 learners' oral performance. 2006 International Conference on Japanese Language Education, Columbia University, New York City, NY.

Nakakubo, T. (2007). Processes of Task Planning: What Strategies do L2 Learners of Japanese Use? Association of Teachers of Japanese Seminar , Boston, MA.

Nakakubo, T. (2007). L2 Learners’ Strategies during Task Planning: What and How Do They Plan? American Association for Applied Linguistics annual conference, Costa Mesa, CA.

Nakakubo, T . (2008). Analyses of dictionaries and the use for Japanese language learners. Association of Teachers of Japanese Seminar, Atlanta, GA.

Nakakubo, T . (2009). Analysis of Japanese Learners’ Strategy Use during Task Planning." British Association of Teaching Japanese Spring Seminar & Cardiff University Applied Linguistics Seminar, Wales, UK.

Provaznikova, L., & Spencer, B. H. (2005). Vocabulary and WebCT culture modules in the first-year German courses. Instructional Technology Forum, The German Colloquium Series, University of Iowa, IA.

Provaznikova, L. (2005). How can language instructors and researchers use Camtasia Studio 2.1? Tips and limitations. EUROCALL, Krakaw, Poland.

Provaznikova, L. (2005). Is camtasia studio really that powerfu of a research tool? Tips for researchers without advanced multimedia knowledge. 2nd International Online Conference on Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Research.

Qiao, Z. (2008). The Acquisition of wh-Construction in L2 Mandarin. First International Symposium on Chinese Applied Linguistics, Iowa, IA.

Roncal-Ramirez, F., & Thoms, J. (2006). Comparing the effects of blogging and email exchanges on the acquisition of L2 cultural knowledge. EUROCALL, Granada, Spain.

Rothman, J. & Cabrelli, J. (2007, September). On the initial state of L3 (Ln) acquisition: selective or absolute transfer? Paper presented at the International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, Stirling, UK.

Tsai, C., & Choi, H. (2005). Parallel corpus and lexical acquisition in Chinese learning. Fourth International Conference on Internet Chinese Education, Taipei, Taiwan.

Tsai, C., & Liao, J. (2005). Introducing a multimedia advanced Chinese text. Annual Conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association. Baltimore, MD.

Tsai, C., & Xu, L. (2008). A principle-based approach to teach listening in a CALL-integrated classroom, WorldCALL 2008, Fukuoka, Japan.

Yang, B. (2008). Using social software to facilitate Chinese learning. CLTA Annual Conference. Orlando, FL.

Yang, B. & R. Ankenmann. (2007). Mandarin tonal acquisition -- from the intralinguistic perspective. 5th International Conference on ELT in China and 1st Congress of Chinese Applied Linguistics. Beijing, PRC.

Yang, B. & R. Ankenmann. (2007). The gap between the perception and production of tones by American learners of Mandarin. AAAL Annual Conference. Costa Mesa, CA.

Zhu, J. (2008). Beyond L1 Transfer: A Study of He/She Misuse among Chinese ESL Speakers. Paper accepted for presentation at AAAL.

Conference posters (refereed)

Behrends, W., & Szustak, A. (2004). Bringing study abroad home: Peer advisers and the process of study abroad. Internationalizing the Curriculum conference, University of Minnesota.

Elola, I., O’Donnell, M., & Provaznikova, L. (2004). So many free online translators, dictionaries and search engines: Which one to use? A review and evaluation. EUROCALL, Vienna, Austria.

Hagiwara, A. (2008). L2 learners' grammatical judgments on the Japanese auxiliary verbs "give" and "receive". The American Association for Applied Linguistics 2008 Conference.

Hagiwara, A. (2009). L2 learners' reconstruction of meaningful sequences. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages & Linguistics.

Hanzawa, C. (2008). Choosing the appropriate Japanese demonstrative KO, SO, and A: Importance of shared knowledge. 2008 SLA Graduate Student Symposium. Madison, WI.

Kolesnikova, A. (2007). Negative Feedback and Classroom Anxiety. 30th Annual Second Language Research Forum. Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

Liao, J., Szustak, A., & Thoms, J. (2004). Uses of the first language in online chat activities in a second language. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual conference, Chicago.

Nakakubo, T. (2006). The effects of pre-task and on-line planning on L2 oral performance in Japanese. American Association for Applied Linguistics annual conference, Montreal, Canada.

Nakakubo, T . (2008). Investigating L2 learners’ task planning processes. 2008 SLA Graduate Student Symposium. Madison, WI.

Provaznikova, L. (2005). How can language instructors use Camtasia Studio 2.1? Tips and limitations for creating teaching materials. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual conference, Baltimore, MD.

Thoms, J. (2005). Measuring L2 oral proficiency of learners: An assessment battery. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual conference, Baltimore, MD.

Yang, B. (2008) Duration of tone sandhi in Mandarin Chinese. 154th Meeting of the Acoustic Association of America. Miami, FL