Personal Statement

Diana C. Arroyo is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Second Language Studies. She obtained M.A. degree in TESOL/Applied linguistics from the same department. Diana currently works as an Associate Instructor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Her research interests involve instructed second language acquisition of both English and Spanish, especially task complexity, task effects, and corrective feedback.

Research Interests

  • Individual differences in instructed and naturalistic SLA
  • Aptitude-treatment interactions
  • Task-based language teaching
  • Measures of explicit and implicit language knowledge
  • Effects of early and late bilingualism on long-term L2 achievement