Publications

Virtual companionship or flesh and blood: The effects of study-with-me (SWM) videos on learners’ intrinsic motivation, perceived pressure, and performance
Study-with-me (SWM) videos offer virtual companionship for learning. Users claim that SWM videos simulate physical companionship, …
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The impact of out-of-school L2 input and interaction on adolescent classroom immersion and community-L2 learners’ L2 vocabulary: opportunities for interaction are key
Comparing young second-language (L2) learners in different learning contexts is a valuable, but under-researched, design for determining …
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Does the use of complex sentences differentiate between bilinguals with and without DLD? Evidence from conversation and narrative tasks
Over-identification of language disorder among bilingual children with typical development (TD) is a risk factor in assessment. One …
Comprehension of English plural-singular marking by Mandarin-L1, early L2-immersion learners
Previous research has established that early second language (L2) learners in classroom immersion may not ultimately produce all L2 …
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Oral language profiles of English second Language learners in adolescence: Cognitive and input factors influence how they compare to their monolingual peers
It is often claimed that child English L2 learners take up to seven years to attain English skills commensurate with those of …
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Morphosyntactic Abilities of Early L2 Learners in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Convergence with Monolinguals and Role of Vocabulary Size
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Children's second language acquisition of English complex syntax: The role of age, input and cognitive factors
The goal of this study was to determine a) the similarities and dissimilarities between child L2 and L1 acquisition of complex …
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From a Classifier Language to English: Do EFL Classrooms Benefit Acquisition of English Number Marking?
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Middle-School Language Immersion Learners’ Comprehension of Plural-Singular Marking: Acquisition across a Typologically Distinct Language Pairing [Poster]
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How Are They Now? Early Second Language Learners' Grammaticality Judgments in Adulthood
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Differences between ESL, EFL, and Monolinguals: A Developmental Retrospective Grammaticality Judgment Study
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Incidental Word Learning from Reading Repeated and Diverse Contexts