Projects

Relative Effects of Focus on Form vs. Focus on Forms

Investigators: Diana Arroyo, Nick Blumenau, Megan DiBartolomeo, Jaesu Choi, Jungyoun Choi, Zhicheng Han, Yu-Hsin Lin, and Jungwon Yoo 

This project investigates the relative effects of Focus on Form versus Focus on Forms on the acquisition of English grammatical and vocabulary targets.

The Role of Frequency in the Effectiveness of Corrective Feedback

Investigators: Yucel Yilmaz, Zhicheng Han, Jungwon Yoo

This study investigates the role of feedback frequency on L2 acquisition.

The effect of feedback timing on the acquisition of Spanish gender agreement through syncrhonous computer-mediated communication

Investigators: Yucel Yilmaz, Diana Arroyo

This project investigated the relative effects of immediate and delayed feedback on the acquisition of Spanish gender agreement using a pretest/posttest randomized experimental design.

Feedback timing and the acquisition of Spanish vocabulary in synrhonous computer-mediated communication

Investigators: Carly Carver

This study examined the effect of immediate versus delayed corrective feedback on the acquisition of Spanish vocabulary in a synchronous computer-mediated interactive task. Learners’ feedback perceptions and preferences are also investigated.

The interaction between inhibition and feedback timing in the acquisition of Spanish gender agreement

Investigators: Yucel Yilmaz, Aysegul Sagdic

This study investigated the role of feedback timing and inhibitory control on L2 learners' ability to learn from reformulations provided on Spanish gender agreement in an interactive SCMC task.

Language aptitude profiles and the effectiveness of instruction in Second Language Acquisition: One size does not fit all

Investigators: Yucel Yilmaz, Gisela Granena

In this project funded by the Spencer Foundations, the co-PIs, Gisela Granena and Yucel Yilmaz, examined the relative effectiveness of two instructional interventions (explicit and implicit oral corrective feedback) as a function of different language aptitude profiles that combine cognitive aptitudes for implicit and explicit learning.

Relative effects of models versus explicit correction in the acquisition of the Turkish locative morpheme

Investigators: Yucel Yilmaz, Senyung Lee, Yilmaz Koylu

This study investigated the relative role of models and explicit correction in the acquisition of the Turkish locative morpheme.