AERA Second Language Research SIG
@slrsigaera.bsky.social
The AERA SLR SIG promotes research in L2 learning/acquisition and facilitates the exchange of ideas among educators involved in L2 teaching and language program administration https://www.aera.net/SIG108-Second-Language-Research-SIG-108
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Here to elevate second language research by the educational research community. Please tag for a RT! 🦋✨
🚨 The AERA Second Language Research SIG is launching the Critical Language Education Seed Grant! 🎓✍️
$500–$1,000 awards for critical research on language and inequality.
Deadline: Oct 15, 2025.
Details + apply 👉 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#LanguageEd #ResearchFunding #EducationEquity
$500–$1,000 awards for critical research on language and inequality.
Deadline: Oct 15, 2025.
Details + apply 👉 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#LanguageEd #ResearchFunding #EducationEquity
SLR SIG Seed Grant Guidelines
AERA Second Language Research SIG Critical Language Education Seed Research Grant Program Submission Deadline: October 15, 2025 The Second Language Research Special Interest Group (SIG) of the America...
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April 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🚨 The AERA Second Language Research SIG is launching the Critical Language Education Seed Grant! 🎓✍️
$500–$1,000 awards for critical research on language and inequality.
Deadline: Oct 15, 2025.
Details + apply 👉 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#LanguageEd #ResearchFunding #EducationEquity
$500–$1,000 awards for critical research on language and inequality.
Deadline: Oct 15, 2025.
Details + apply 👉 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#LanguageEd #ResearchFunding #EducationEquity
SLR SIG Members,
If you have not already done so, we invite you to participate in our Spring 2025 SLR SIG Member Survey!
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If you have not already done so, we invite you to participate in our Spring 2025 SLR SIG Member Survey!
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SLR SIG Member Survey - Spring 2025 (Due March 31, 2025)
Please share your latest information on affiliations, promotions, publications, and awards. If you are interested in volunteering with the SLR SIG, please also indicate that below.
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March 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
SLR SIG Members,
If you have not already done so, we invite you to participate in our Spring 2025 SLR SIG Member Survey!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you have not already done so, we invite you to participate in our Spring 2025 SLR SIG Member Survey!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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I loved recording this @languageonthemove.bsky.social episode with Dr. Jinhyun Cho about English ideologies in Korea. We discuss how ways of speaking English in Korea index different class positions and how English has become part of female beauty standards! www.languageonthemove.com/english-ideo...
English ideologies in Korea
Did you know that the US is referred to as “Beautiful Country” in Korean? Or that different ways of speaking English index different class positions? Or that English has become part of …
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November 26, 2024 at 9:00 PM
I loved recording this @languageonthemove.bsky.social episode with Dr. Jinhyun Cho about English ideologies in Korea. We discuss how ways of speaking English in Korea index different class positions and how English has become part of female beauty standards! www.languageonthemove.com/english-ideo...
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New open access pub! Excited to share that our nationwide parent survey study is published in IJBEB! The study highlights the need to inform parents about the benefits of bilingualism and to address misconceptions about bilingual and dual language education. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 28, 2024 at 11:52 AM
New open access pub! Excited to share that our nationwide parent survey study is published in IJBEB! The study highlights the need to inform parents about the benefits of bilingualism and to address misconceptions about bilingual and dual language education. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Excited 2 share our article led by @DrSab_Sembiante titled "Sustainable #translanguaging pedagogy in support of the vulnerable language: honoring children’s ways of ‘Showing’ and ‘Telling’ in early childhood #duallanguage #bilingualeducation"
Free eprint:
Free eprint:
November 19, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Excited 2 share our article led by @DrSab_Sembiante titled "Sustainable #translanguaging pedagogy in support of the vulnerable language: honoring children’s ways of ‘Showing’ and ‘Telling’ in early childhood #duallanguage #bilingualeducation"
Free eprint:
Free eprint:
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Delighted to share our policy paper titled "The viability of #bilingualeducation in #Nevada" in which we discuss the current context and provide recommendations for policymakers and districts: #CCSD #ELLs #bilingual #unlv
November 19, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Delighted to share our policy paper titled "The viability of #bilingualeducation in #Nevada" in which we discuss the current context and provide recommendations for policymakers and districts: #CCSD #ELLs #bilingual #unlv
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I am very excited to share my recent article, Beyond description: reconceptualizing the (trans)language(ing) among international students, in the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
#translanguaging #bilingualeducation #sociolinguistics #internationalstudents #TESOL #ESL
#translanguaging #bilingualeducation #sociolinguistics #internationalstudents #TESOL #ESL
Beyond description: reconceptualizing the (trans)language(ing) among international students
Although there have been numerous recent translanguaging studies, less research ventured into a more critical uptake of translanguaging beyond descriptive framing. This exploratory multiple-case st...
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November 29, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I am very excited to share my recent article, Beyond description: reconceptualizing the (trans)language(ing) among international students, in the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
#translanguaging #bilingualeducation #sociolinguistics #internationalstudents #TESOL #ESL
#translanguaging #bilingualeducation #sociolinguistics #internationalstudents #TESOL #ESL
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Delighted to share a new article titled, "(Re)negotiating Asian and Asian American identities in solidarity as language teacher educators: An AsianCrit discourse analysis", published in TESOL Journal.
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🌟 Free open-access here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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🌟 Free open-access here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
(Re)negotiating Asian and Asian American identities in solidarity as language teacher educators: An AsianCrit discourse analysis
The historical and contemporary experiences of Asian/Asian Americans in the United States casts light on the significance of identity negotiation and construction. In this study, the identities of As...
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November 25, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Delighted to share a new article titled, "(Re)negotiating Asian and Asian American identities in solidarity as language teacher educators: An AsianCrit discourse analysis", published in TESOL Journal.
🧵 Below
🌟 Free open-access here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧵 Below
🌟 Free open-access here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Thrilled to share our latest article published in Journal of Second Language Writing (Elsevier)! Link to free access within 50 days:
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#writing #feedback #modeltexts
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#writing #feedback #modeltexts
Exploring EFL learners’ engagement and draft quality in a multi-stage expository writing task using model texts as a feedback facilitator: A mixed-methods study
To enhance EFL learners’ engagement and writing, model texts as a feedback instrument (MTFI) have been used for the past two decades. This approach in…
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November 30, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Thrilled to share our latest article published in Journal of Second Language Writing (Elsevier)! Link to free access within 50 days:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#writing #feedback #modeltexts
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#writing #feedback #modeltexts
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over three years we worked closely with a group of English language high school teachers who were committed to anti-deficit practices for combatting language stigma and discrimination. this article documents their efforts and describes what became possible: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 15, 2024 at 10:58 AM
over three years we worked closely with a group of English language high school teachers who were committed to anti-deficit practices for combatting language stigma and discrimination. this article documents their efforts and describes what became possible: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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SLA for All, a special issue of Language Learning is now available, with 6 examples of replication studies giving us lots of food for thought in terms SLA research, how we do it and what can be done to make it more inclusive & generalisable
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Language Learning: Vol 73, No 4
Click on the title to browse this issue
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December 29, 2023 at 9:50 AM
SLA for All, a special issue of Language Learning is now available, with 6 examples of replication studies giving us lots of food for thought in terms SLA research, how we do it and what can be done to make it more inclusive & generalisable
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679922...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679922...
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Congrats to Prof. @cbchang.bsky.social on his chapter w/ Dr. Esther de Leeuw in The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingual #Phonetics & #Phonology! 🤩📖
"Phonetic and phonological L1 attrition and drift in bilingual speech" doi.org/10.1017/9781009105767.033
#Linguistics @bulinguistics.bsky.social
"Phonetic and phonological L1 attrition and drift in bilingual speech" doi.org/10.1017/9781009105767.033
#Linguistics @bulinguistics.bsky.social
Phonetic and Phonological L1 Attrition and Drift in Bilingual Speech (Chapter 32) - The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingual Phonetics and Phonology
The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingual Phonetics and Phonology - November 2024
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November 17, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Congrats to Prof. @cbchang.bsky.social on his chapter w/ Dr. Esther de Leeuw in The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingual #Phonetics & #Phonology! 🤩📖
"Phonetic and phonological L1 attrition and drift in bilingual speech" doi.org/10.1017/9781009105767.033
#Linguistics @bulinguistics.bsky.social
"Phonetic and phonological L1 attrition and drift in bilingual speech" doi.org/10.1017/9781009105767.033
#Linguistics @bulinguistics.bsky.social
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Highly recommend reading my friend Doris’s article. Feeling very timely… again. #EDUsky #BilingualEducation #DualLanguage
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 11, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Highly recommend reading my friend Doris’s article. Feeling very timely… again. #EDUsky #BilingualEducation #DualLanguage
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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With Elizabeth Loh and Mark Shum from HK University also edited this volume on Chinese as a second language. We look at immigrant learners in HK and new learners of Chinese (ie not ‘background’ speakers) mainly in Australia; original research data and concepts.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Supporting the Learning of Chinese as a Second Language: Implications for Language Education Policy
This book systematically reviews and analyses the policy of Chinese as a second language in the multilingual and multicultural contexts.
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November 13, 2024 at 8:28 PM
With Elizabeth Loh and Mark Shum from HK University also edited this volume on Chinese as a second language. We look at immigrant learners in HK and new learners of Chinese (ie not ‘background’ speakers) mainly in Australia; original research data and concepts.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Second article based on my doctoral research into linguistic dissociation is now open access in TESOL Quarterly 🥳✨ The Role of English and Its Myths in the Emergence of First Language Dissociation among Some Japanese-English Late Plurilinguals doi.org/10.1002/tesq...
The Role of English and Its Myths in the Emergence of First Language Dissociation among Some Japanese‐English Late Plurilinguals
Linguistic distancing behaviours indicative of linguistic dissociation (Moore, 2023) have been documented in social scientific and literary accounts focusing on the lives of Japanese-English late plu....
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August 23, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Second article based on my doctoral research into linguistic dissociation is now open access in TESOL Quarterly 🥳✨ The Role of English and Its Myths in the Emergence of First Language Dissociation among Some Japanese-English Late Plurilinguals doi.org/10.1002/tesq...
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The interpretation of verbal #moods in #Spanish: A close #replication of Kanwit and Geeslin (2014) by Aarnes Gudmestad et al. This will be part of the
SSLA special issue on replication in second #language research doi.org/10.1017/S027...
SSLA special issue on replication in second #language research doi.org/10.1017/S027...
April 4, 2024 at 7:15 PM
The interpretation of verbal #moods in #Spanish: A close #replication of Kanwit and Geeslin (2014) by Aarnes Gudmestad et al. This will be part of the
SSLA special issue on replication in second #language research doi.org/10.1017/S027...
SSLA special issue on replication in second #language research doi.org/10.1017/S027...
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New open-access journal in applied lingustics/second language studies: Second Language Research & Practice
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Second Language Research & Practice
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November 8, 2024 at 4:26 AM
New open-access journal in applied lingustics/second language studies: Second Language Research & Practice
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Hello all! Just a quick post to say hi and let you know that we will be adding more information soon on the 58th BAAL conference 2025, set to take place at the University of Glasgow on 4th-6th September. Please share the page amongst colleagues.
Will keep you all updated!
Will keep you all updated!
November 22, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Hello all! Just a quick post to say hi and let you know that we will be adding more information soon on the 58th BAAL conference 2025, set to take place at the University of Glasgow on 4th-6th September. Please share the page amongst colleagues.
Will keep you all updated!
Will keep you all updated!
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Hello new non-Twitter-but-kind-of-like-Twitter world. The main thing I've been doing recently is writing a book, which is finally coming out early 2025. More detail here: www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
November 16, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Hello new non-Twitter-but-kind-of-like-Twitter world. The main thing I've been doing recently is writing a book, which is finally coming out early 2025. More detail here: www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
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You can read my project launch poster here!
(PDF) The Interaction of Space, Place, and Linguistic Variation in Social Media
PDF | The advent of the internet and social media should have provided social geographers new avenues in determining the relationship between offline... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
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November 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM
You can read my project launch poster here!
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Santa Claus has cooome to toooown (with a new BLC paper) 🎶🎅 Wonderful collaboration with Tim Laméris and Brechtje Post and my first venture into tone processing and learning. L2 perception and word learning with a smidge of individual differences. What's not to like? Below's the link (OA)
Non-native tone categorization and word learning across a spectrum of L1 tonal statuses | Bilinguali...
Non-native tone categorization and word learning across a spectrum of L1 tonal statuses
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December 18, 2023 at 9:59 AM
Santa Claus has cooome to toooown (with a new BLC paper) 🎶🎅 Wonderful collaboration with Tim Laméris and Brechtje Post and my first venture into tone processing and learning. L2 perception and word learning with a smidge of individual differences. What's not to like? Below's the link (OA)
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This month, my work with ʻŌiwi Parker Jones on the stop consonants /p, k/ in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi for speakers from the 1970s-80s came out in Journal of Phonetics. I am honored to work with the Hawaiian community and grateful for the linguistic resources they have been meticulously maintaining.
Effects of word-level structure on oral stop realization in Hawaiian
Hawaiian, or ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi, is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken on the islands of Hawaiʻi. This study examines oral stops in Hawaiian as produce…
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November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
This month, my work with ʻŌiwi Parker Jones on the stop consonants /p, k/ in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi for speakers from the 1970s-80s came out in Journal of Phonetics. I am honored to work with the Hawaiian community and grateful for the linguistic resources they have been meticulously maintaining.
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🧠 Exciting News! Our latest paper in the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, delves into how speaking two, three, and four languages can transform the brain! Check these exciting results ⬇️
doi.org/10.1017/S136...
doi.org/10.1017/S136...
Subcortical restructuring as a function of multilingualism: Insights from monolinguals, bilinguals, ...
Subcortical restructuring as a function of multilingualism: Insights from monolinguals, bilinguals, trilinguals and quadrilinguals
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January 3, 2024 at 11:00 AM
🧠 Exciting News! Our latest paper in the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, delves into how speaking two, three, and four languages can transform the brain! Check these exciting results ⬇️
doi.org/10.1017/S136...
doi.org/10.1017/S136...
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Doing #bilingualism or #multilingualism research and wondering which lang background measure to use?
We examined if #language solidarity biased self-evaluation accuracy. doi.org/nrvz
Bottom line: %use self-evals were less biased than value-laden (how good am I?) self-evals.
%use wins, to us!
We examined if #language solidarity biased self-evaluation accuracy. doi.org/nrvz
Bottom line: %use self-evals were less biased than value-laden (how good am I?) self-evals.
%use wins, to us!
Self-evaluations and the language of the beholder: objective performance and language solidarity predict L2 and L1 self-evaluations in bilingual adults - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implication...
People are often asked to self-evaluate their abilities, and these evaluations may not always reflect objective reality. Here, we investigated this issue for bilingual adults’ self-evaluations of lang...
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November 13, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Doing #bilingualism or #multilingualism research and wondering which lang background measure to use?
We examined if #language solidarity biased self-evaluation accuracy. doi.org/nrvz
Bottom line: %use self-evals were less biased than value-laden (how good am I?) self-evals.
%use wins, to us!
We examined if #language solidarity biased self-evaluation accuracy. doi.org/nrvz
Bottom line: %use self-evals were less biased than value-laden (how good am I?) self-evals.
%use wins, to us!
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🔔📝My new paper on the experiences of students who dropped out of an English-medium university. #Bourdieu #EMI
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
English-medium instruction (EMI) as the great (un)equaliser: experiences of former EMI students in T...
English-medium instruction (EMI) has gained traction in Turkey in recent decades. However, strict English proficiency requirements at EMI universities pose a problem for many students, whose Englis...
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January 15, 2024 at 8:17 AM
🔔📝My new paper on the experiences of students who dropped out of an English-medium university. #Bourdieu #EMI
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....