Nafal O. Hostens
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Nafal O. Hostens
@nohstns.bsky.social
Policy Advisor Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Affiliated researcher @ SLAB Lab UT Austin
Second Language Acquisition & Germanic Studies PhD, UT Austin
Input processing, explicit instruction & syntax
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Powerful and positive conclusion in Kara Morgan-Short’s keynote lecture at #eurosla34
June 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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I had the pleasure of reviewing Charlie Nagle's recent book on quantitative methods for L2 pronunciation research - excellent, comprehensive resource for people aiming to do research (or do better research) on various facets of L2 pronunciation.

doi.org/10.1075/jslp...
Review of Nagle (2025): A Guide to Quantitative Research Methods in Second Language Pronunciation | John Benjamins
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May 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Making my first post the biggest news right away: Dissertation has been officially submitted! I can't believe we're finally here!
April 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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I might be able to hire a postdoc for this fall in computational linguistics at UT Austin. Topics in the general LLM + cognitive space (particularly reasoning, chain of thought, LLMs + code) and LLM + linguistic space. If this could be of interest, feel free to get in touch!
April 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM