Second Language Acquisition Graduate Research
The Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition emphasizes training in cognitive aspects of second and foreign language learning, as well as research methodology.
The course load is kept to a minimum to encourage students to start engaging in research as soon as possible. The faculty have conducted research in a variety of second languages using a wide range of methodologies, from behavioral psycholinguistic experiments and classroom research to participant observation and survey research. A wide variety of research interests are welcome.
Below is a list of publications authored by our graduate students. For publications authored by the current SLA faculty, visit our SLA People page and select the profile of any faculty member.
Recent Publications (co)authored by SLA Students
Kobayashi Hillman, K. & Long, M.H. (2020). Target tasks for U.S. Foreign Service Officers: The challenge for TBLT of the Japanese celebration speech. In C. Lambert & R. Oliver (Eds.), Using Tasks in Second Language Teaching: Practice in Diverse Contexts. Multilingual Matters. 123.
Malone, J., Yi, W., & Man, K. (2020). Using eye-tracking technology in Applied Linguistics and SLA: a review of Conklin et al. (2018) and Godfroid (2020). Applied Linguistics, Advance Articles. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amaa041
Toda-Cosi, M. (2020). [Review of Salience in Second Language Acquisition, by S. M. Gass, P. Spinner, and J. Behney]. Applied Linguistics.
Iizuka, T., & Nakatsukasa, K. (2020). Implicit and explicit corrective feedback and feedback exposure conditions. Instructed Second Language Acquisition, 4(1), 3-48.
Iizuka, T., Nakatsukasa, K., & Braver, A. (2020). The efficacy of gesture on second language pronunciation: An exploratory study of handclapping as a classroom instructional tool. Language Learning, 70(4), 1054-1090.
Bowles, A. R., Harper, D., Amer, L., Pandža, N. B., & Linck, J. A. (submitted). Improving outcomes for English learners through technology: A randomized controlled trial. AERA Open.
Harper, D., Pandža, N. B., & Amer, L. (submitted). The impact of video SCMC on an online language-learning program. Language Learning & Technology.
Phillips, I., Calloway, R., Karuzis, V., Pandža, N.B., O'Rourke, P., & Kuchinsky, S. E. submitted). Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) strengthens semantic representations of foreign language tone words during early stages of learning: Evidence from event-related potentials. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Paletz, S., Golonka, E., Stanton, G., Ryan, D., Adams, N., Pandža, N. B., & Bradley, P. (under revision). Emotion and social media propagation: The development of an annotation guide and initial findings. Behavior Research Methods.
Pandža, N. B., Phillips, I., Karuzis, V. P., O'Rourke, P., & Kuchinsky, S. E. (2020). Neurostimulation and pupillometry: New directions for learning and research in applied linguistics. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 40, 56-77. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0267190520000069
Hamrick, P., & Pandža, N. B. (2020). Contributions of semantic and contextual diversity to the word frequency effect in L2 lexical access. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale, 74(1), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000189
Bonilla, C., Golonka, E., Pandža, N. B., Linck, J., Michael, E. B., Clark, M., Lancaster, A., & Richardson, D. (2020). Leveraging Spanish knowledge and cognitive aptitude in Portuguese learning. In K. Mosling, C. Lopes, & A. Ibaños (Eds.), Linguistic approaches to Portuguese as an additional language (pp. 191-230). John Benjamins.
Bikowski, D., Park. K., & Tytko, T. (under review). Teaching large-enrollment online language courses: Faculty perspectives and an emerging curricular model. System.
Lee, J. J., Tytko, T., & Larkin, R. (2021). (Un)attended this/these in undergraduate student writing: A corpus analysis of high- and low-rated L2 writers. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 50, 100967.
Tytko, T., & Augstkalns, M. C. (2020). How well do we know ourselves? Identifying suicide markers in online communication: A case study of a graduate student’s writing. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences: Illinois Working Papers, 43, 45-62.
Tytko, T. (2019, November). [Review of A Practical Guide to Integrating Technology into Task-Based Language Teaching, by Marta González-Lloret]. TESL-EJ.
Iizuka, T. (2019). Task-based needs analysis: Identifying communicative needs for study abroad students in Japan. System, 80, 134-142
Jeong, H., & Jiang, N. (2019). Representation and processing of lexical bundles: Evidence from word monitoring. System, 80, 188-198.
Long, M.H., Lee, J. & Hillman, K.K. (2019). Task-based language learning. In J.W. Schwieter & A. Benati (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Language Learning (pp. 500-526). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Jeong, H., & Lee, H. (2018). The Effects of Two Types of Written Output Tasks on Noticing and Learning of Vocabulary. Korean Journal of Applied Linguistics, 34(4), 75-102.
Ross, S. J.., & Hong, Y. (2018) Mixed Methods Research in Second Language Pragmatics. In N. Taguchi (Ed.), Routledge handbook of SLA and pragmatics (pp. 287-307). New York, NY: Routledge.
de Carvalho Borges, A. (TBD). Promoting Student Intercultural Development for Students of Brazilian Portuguese through Simulated Scenarios Abroad. Workshop to be conducted at the AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese). Atlanta, GA.
Kang E. (TBD). Presentation at 2020 KATE (Korean Association of Teachers of English) Special Interest Group Conference.
Hong, Y., Xu, R., & Damari, R. (2020, October). Evaluating ratings of language program grant applications quantitatively and qualitatively: Practical recommendations for process improvement. Paper Presentation at East Coast Organization of Language Testers. (Virtual Conference.)
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2020, December). Effects of input modification on listening comprehension: The case of advanced L2 Japanese speakers. The 31th JASLA conference, Tokyo, Japan. (Virtual Conference.)
Malone, J. (2020, October). Banana Pills and Ink Pans: Crosslinguistic Influences, Proficiency, and Modality in L2 Lexical Network Access. Paper presented at the 2020 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF). Vanderbilt University, TN, USA. (Virtual Conference.)
Montero, F. (2021, March). Investigating the episodic L2 hypothesis. Paper presented at the 2021 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference. (Virtual Conference.)
Struck, J. (2020, October). Language switch costs in a lexical decision task: Symmetry and cognitive correlates. Paper presented at the 2020 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF). Vanderbilt University, TN, USA. (Virtual Conference.)
Zheng, Q. (2020, October). Exploring categorical perception, L1 phonotactic constraints, and working memory on newly formed L2 lexical representations. Poster presented at the 2020 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF). Vanderbilt University, TN, USA. (Virtual Conference.)
Pulupa, C. (2020). Presentation at the East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT) conference.
Pulupa, C. (2021). Presentation at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Huston, TX, USA. (Virtual Conference.)
Hamrick, P., Pandža, N. B., MacDonald, T.-A., Centurion, M. J. T., & Alansari, A. (submitted). Semantic diversity in the bilingual mental lexicon. Paper submitted to The Mental Lexicon. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada.
Kuchinsky, S. E., Rezeghi, N., & Pandža, N. B. (December, 2020). Words matter: Analyzing lexical effects on recognition and effort using normed word stimuli. Paper presented at the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). Chicago, Illinois.
Pandža, N. B., Ward, W. H., Linck, J., & Golonka, E. (November, 2020). Efficacy of the Language-Enabled Airmen Program. Paper presented at the Language Education and Resources Network (LEARN) Virtual Workshop. Virtual Conference.
Zhang, Y. Ridchenko, M., Maiga, I., Lamb, M., Hayashi, A., Corpening, K., Pandža, N. B., & Hamrick, P. (October, 2020). Individual differences in episodic memory abilities compensate for age effects in L2 lexical access. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF). Virtual Conference.
Pandža, N. B., Ward, W. H., Linck, J., & Golonka, E. (October, 2020). Efficacy of the Language-Enabled Airmen Program. Paper presented at the Air University Language, Regional Expertise and Culture Symposium (AU LREC). Virtual Conference.
Carter, B., Jerome, B., Campbell, S., Silbert, N., Tseng, A., Bunting, M., & Pandža, N. B. (October, 2020). Developing the Computer Language Aptitude Battery (CLAB) for the U.S. Air Force. Paper presented at the Air University Language, Regional Expertise and Culture Symposium (AU LREC). Virtual Conference.
Harper, D., Pandža, N. B., & Amer, L. (May, 2020). The impact of live tutoring in an online language-learning program. Paper to be presented at the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Seattle, Washington. (Conference canceled.)
Bowles, A. R., Harper, D., Amer, L., Pandža, N. B., & Linck, J. A. (April, 2020). Improving outcomes for English learners through technology: A randomized controlled trial. Poster to be presented at the Conference for the American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Francisco, California. (Conference canceled.)
Tytko, T. (2021, June). Multidimensional L2 learners’ engagement in technology-mediated TBLT tasks. Paper presented at the 2021 Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). (Virtual Conference.)
Tytko, T. (2021, June). Can reading be collaborative? Implementing computer-assisted collaborative reading in L2 instruction. Paper presented at the 2021 Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). (Virtual Conference.)
Tytko, T. (2021, March). Can reading be collaborative? Implementing computer-assisted collaborative reading in L2 instruction. Paper presented at the TESOL 2021 Convention & English Language Expo Doctorate Forum. (Virtual Conference.)
Tytko, T. (2021, March). Can text messages reveal suicidal thoughts? A case study of graduate student’s online communication. Paper presented at the 2021 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, USA. (Virtual Conference.)
Bikowski, D., Park. K., & Tytko, T. (2021, March) Teaching large-enrollment EFL course: Faculty perspectives and curricular models. Paper presented at the TESOL 2021 Convention & English Language Expo, Huston, TX, USA. (Virtual Conference.)
Larkin, R., Tytko T., Oshita, H., Nguyen, A., Sakach, M., & Pack, R. (2021, March). “An earthquake occurred many people to death?!”: Acceptable vs. unacceptable resultative sentences in English. Paper presented at the 2021 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Huston, TX, USA. (Virtual Conference.)
Tytko, T. (2021, February). Facilitating L2 writing instruction by introducing web-based collaborative reading tasks. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS13). (Virtual Conference.)
Tytko, T. (2021, February). Introducing web-based collaborative strategic reading into L2 instruction. Paper presented at the 27th ASU Annual Graduate Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, and TESOL Symposium. (Virtual Conference.)
Tytko, T. (2020, October). Implementing web-based collaborative reading strategies in L2 instruction. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Vanderbilt University, TN, USA. (Virtual Conference.)
Oshita, H., Nguyen, A., Tytko T., Larkin, R., Sakach, M., & Pack, R. (2020, October). Expressing change of state with a resultative phrase: Native and non-native grammars of English. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Vanderbilt University, TN, USA. (Virtual Conference.)
Tytko, T. (2020, July). Learner engagement in traditional and technology-mediated task-based language teaching. Paper presented at the Master’s Student Forum at the TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Denver, CO, USA. (Virtual Conference.)
Tytko, T. (2020, April). Multidimensional L2 learners’ engagement in technology-mediated task-based learning activities. TESOL CALL-IS Electronic Village Technology Showcase, Denver, CO, USA. (Conference canceled.)
Tytko, T. (2020, March). Second language learners’ engagement in task-based language teaching: Technology or not? American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Denver, CO, USA. (Conference canceled.)
Larkin Jr., R., Tytko, T., & Lee, J. J. (2020, March). (Un)attended this/these in undergraduate student writing: A corpus analysis of high- and low-rated writers. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Denver, CO, USA. (Conference canceled.)
Oshita, H., Nguyen, A., Larkin, R., Tytko, T., Pack., R., & Sakach., M. (2020, April). Change of state expressed by English transitive sentences. KFLC: The Languages, Literatures and Cultures Conference, Lexington, KY, USA. (Conference canceled.)
Tytko. T. (2020, February). Suicide markers in online communication: A case study of a graduate student’s writing. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS12), Urbana, Champaign, ILL, USA.
Tytko, T., & Larkin Jr., R. (2020, February). This/these in high- and low-rated L2 university student writing. Ohio University Department of Linguistics Roundtable, Athens, OH, USA.
Lee, J. J., Tytko, T., & Larkin Jr., R. (2019, October). Use of this/these in high- and low-rated L2 university student writing: A corpus-based study. Paper presented at the Ohio TESOL 2019 Conference, Columbus, OH, USA.
Tytko, T. (2019, October). Comparative study on L2 learners’ engagement in technology-mediated and traditional task-based language teaching (TBLT). Paper presented at the Ohio TESOL 2019 Conference, Columbus, OH, USA.
Tytko, T. (2019, September). L2 learners’ engagement in technology-mediated task-based language teaching. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), East Lansing, MI, USA.
Lee, J. J., Tytko, T., & Larkin Jr., R. (2019, April) “This what?” A corpus-based analysis of demonstratives this/these in Chinese ESL undergraduate student writing. Paper presented at the the 11th Ohio University CALL Conference, Athens, Ohio, USA.
Tytko, T. (2019, April). L2 learners’ engagement in technology-mediated task-based language teaching. Paper presented at the 11th Ohio University CALL Conference, Athens, Ohio, USA.
Tytko, T. (2019, April). L2 learners’ engagement in technology-mediated task-based language teaching. Paper presented at the Second Language Acquisition Graduate Student Symposium, Union South Madison, WI, USA.
Iizuka, T. (2019, August). Task-based needs analysis: Identifying communicative needs for study abroad students in Japan. The 8th International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Jeong, H. (2019, June). The influence of frequency, exposure, and phonological short-term memory on collocation knowledge. American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK) 2019 conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Hong, Y. & Ross, S. (2019, October) The Development and Validation of a Contextual Interpretation Ability Test as a Measurement of Language Pragmatic Aptitude: A pilot study. Midwest Association of Language Testers, Indiana, USA.
Kim, S. (2019, March). Non-selective lexical access in bilinguals: A meta-analytic review of masked phonological and orthographic priming studies. American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Park, K. (2019, August). Task-based analysis of discourse: A case for teaching English for a specific military purpose. The 8th International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Toda Cosi, M. (2019, April). “The Discourse around the 1st of October Vote in Catalonia: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Newspapers’ Bias”. The 17th International Colloquium of the North American Catalan Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Toda Cosi, M. (2019, April). “Spanish Affair 2, ‘Collons!’, The pro-independence movement through the comical lens”. Film Festival with a special cycle about Iberian Nationalisms at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, USA.
Toda Cosi, M. (2019, March). “How can we better learn a language’s gender system?”. Graduate Experience, Achievements & Research Symposium, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, USA.
Borges, A. (2018, March). Semiotics, Semi-symbolism and Comics: A Semiotic Perspective of Mafalda. The 2018 Georgetown University Roundtable - Approaches to Discourse, Washington, DC, USA.
Borges, A. (2019, March). Animacy and Positioning Impact on the Production of Second Language Referring Expressions. The 7th Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Linguistics Conference at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Borges, A. (2018, August). Bilingual Educator Training: The Case for Instructional Technological Tools. VII EMEP - Encontro Mundial Sobre o Ensino de Português, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Hillman, K.K. (2018, October). Negotiations during the instruction delivery and reaction-time data in psycholinguistic experiments. The 37th Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Montreál, Canada.
Hillman, K.K. (2018, October). Exploration of input and oral corrective feedback in the JFL classroom of TBLT in Japanese Language Education. The annual Fall conference of the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA), Williamsburg, Virginia.
Hillman, K.K. (2018, June). Task-Based Needs Analysis for the US foreign Service Officer. The fourth biennial Task-Based Learning and Teaching (TBLT) conference in Asia, Kyoto, Japan.
Hillman, K.K. (2018, June). Analysis of Target Discourse in Developing a TBLT Module for Delivering Japanese Celebration Speeches. The fourth biennial Task-Based Learning and Teaching (TBLT) conference in Asia, Kyoto, Japan.
Hillman, K.K. (2018, March). From talking with restaurant wait staff to explaining U.S. policy: Task-based needs analysis for U.S. Foreign Service Officers in Japan. The annual Spring conference of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ), Washington D.C.
Damari, R. & Hong, Y. (2017, April). K-12 and university programs in less commonly taught languages: Origins and Strengths, Goals and Challenges. National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) Conference, USA.
Toda Cosi, M. (2018, March). "Immigrants' identity: the discourse of supporters and opponents of DACA on Twitter". 40th Graduate Research Conference, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, USA.
Toda Cosi, M. (2018, March). Reader for “Performing Glory. The Mystery of Elche on Contemporary Stages” by Dr. Francesc Massip Bonet. Performing the Bible. Christian Drama and the Arts. Bible Museum, Washington DC, USA.
Toda Cosi, M. (2018, March). “Toward a common Catalan interlanguage”: - Diálogos XV. The graduate research conference in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Toda Cosi, M. La interculturalitat en l'obra de Monika Zgustová” (Interculturality in the work of Monika Zgustová).
Toda Cosi, M. (2018, March). Diálogos XV. The graduate research conference in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN.
Toda Cosi, M. (2018, April). Of Books and Roses. Second California Symposium on Catalan Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
Toda Cosi, M. (2018, March). “Wholesale versus fine-grained transfer of the dative alternation from L1 Dutch and L2 English to L3 Spanish (A study on L3 type of transfer).” Diálogos XV, The graduate research conference in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, Literature and culture. Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN.
Tare, M., Golonka, E.M., Linck, J.A., Kim, S. (2018, April). Engaging with stakeholders to develop effective virtual reality training: Simulating second language immersion. Conference on Language, Learning, & Culture, Fairfax, Virginia.
Kim, S., Linck, J.A. (2018, March). Virtual reality for training second language listening comprehension skills. American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Chicago, IL, USA.
Golonka, E.M., Tare, M., Kim, S., Linck, J.A. (2017, November). Can we simulate language immersion? Second language listening practice in virtual reality. The annual Psychonomics Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Kim, S. (2017). The cross-language activation of Korean and English in a monolingual setting. The annual Psychonomics Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Campbell, S.G., Kim. S., Karuzis, V.P., Jackson. S.R., Hughes, M.M., Tseng, A. (2017). Cyber knowledge is here, but not evenly distributed. The annual Hot Topics in the Science of Security (HoTSoS) Symposium and Bootcamp, Hanover, MD, USA.