Research record

Conference talks

Collins, L., & Horst, M. (2010, June). The vocabulary of teacher and student talk: A corpus-based study. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, Montreal, QC.

Horst, M., Cobb, T., & Collins, L. (2010, September). Teacher talk as lexical environment. Paper presented in the colloquium Researching vocabulary use: Insights from corpus analysis (Organizers Camilla Bardel, Batia Laufer, and Christina Lindqvist), European Second Language Association (EUROSLA), Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Horst, M., Collins, L., White, J., Cardoso, W. (2010, March). Does ESL teacher talk support incidental vocabulary acquisition? Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Atlanta, GA.

Trofimovich, P., Lightbown, P. M., & Halter, R. (2010, September). From listening to speaking: Learning pronunciation through comprehension practice. Paper presented at the 2010 EuroSLA conference, Reggio Emilia, Italy.

White, J. & Horst, M. (2010, July). Cognate awareness-raising in late childhood: Teachable and useful. Association for Language Awareness, Kassel, Germany.

White, J., Horst, M., & Bell, P. (2010, March). Is cognate pattern instruction in late childhood teachable and useful? Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Atlanta.

Collins, L., Trofimovich, P., White, J., Cardoso, W., & Horst, M. (2009, July). Input and second language acquisition: Tracking the relationship. Paper presented at the bi-annual International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB7). University of Utrecht, Holland.

Gatbonton, E., Trofimovich, P., & Segalowitz, N. (2009, May). Ethnic group affiliation, language use, and psycholinguistic factors in L2 pronunciation accuracy development. Paper presented as part of the colloquium “Accentuating the Positive: Directions in Pronunciation Research” (organizers: Tracey Derwing and Murray Munro) at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, Ottawa, Ontario.

Horst, M., Collins, L, & Cardoso, W. (2009, March). Focus on vocabulary in ESL teacher talk. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Denver, CO.

Horst, M., White, J. & Bell, P. (July, 2009). Enhancing children’s cross-linguistic awareness in the second language classroom. International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB7). Utrecht.

Segalowitz, N., & Trofimovich, P. (2009, July). Using tasks simultaneously contrasting interference and facilitation to study bilingual language representation. Paper presented at the 7th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Walker, N., Cedergren, H. J., Trofimovich, P., & Gatbonton, E. (2009, September). Using speech recognition technology for interactive learning of L2 pronunciation. Paper presented at the 2009 Iowa State University Conference on Pronunciation in Second Language Teaching and Learning, Ames, Iowa.

Walker, N., Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E., & Cedergren. H. J. (2009, May). “She’s not mute—she’s English”: The development and testing of a prototype virtual dialogue system for second language training of healthcare professionals. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, Ottawa, Ontario.

White, J., Bell, P., & Horst, M. (2009, May) Cross-linguistic awareness instruction and the analytic/non-analytic divide in young learners. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Ottawa.

Yanchak, T., Gatbonton, E., & Collins, L. (2009, November). Killing two birds with one stone: Teach grammar through RMUs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Société pour la promotion de l'enseignement de l'anglais, langue seconde, au Québec (SPEAQ), Montréal, QC.

Bell, P., Horst, M., & White, J. (2008, November). Closing the gap between English and French. Paper presented at the annual conference of La société pour la promotion de l’anglais, langue seconde, au Québec (SPEAQ), Quebec City.

Collins, L., Trofimovich, P., White, J., Cardoso, W., & Horst, M. (2008, March). Some input on the easy/difficult grammar question. Paper presented at AAAL, Washington, D.C.

Horst, M., White, J., & Bell, P. (2008, June). Crosslinguistic awareness and individual differences in your language learners. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Vancouver.

Llama, R., Cardoso, W. & Collins, L. (2008, November). The roles of typology and L2 status in the acquisition of L3 phonology: The influence of previously learnt languages on L3 speech production. Paper presented at the 5th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds). Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.

Llama, R., Collins, L., & Cardoso, W. (2008, December). The roles of typology and L2 status in third language acquisition. Paper presented at the International Conference on Multilingualism (ICOM), Castelló, Spain.

Trofimovich, P., & Gatbonton, E. (2008, April). From repetition to communication: A processing-based framework for teaching pronunciation. Paper presented as part of the colloquium “English Lingua Franca and L2 Prosody Research” (organizer: Marnie Reed) at the annual 2008 TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Convention. New York, New York.

White, J., Horst, M., & Bell, P. (2008, June). Cross-linguistic awareness: Teachable and effective? Paper presented at the 9th meeting of the Association for Language Awareness, Hong Kong.

Zhang, Y., Gatbonton E., Segalowitz, N., & Trofimovich, P. (2008, November). Cognitive factors in the teaching and learning of spatial prepositions. Paper presented at the annual SPEAQ (Société pour la promotion de l’enseignement de l’anglais au Québec) Convention, Québec, Québec.

Cleary, D., Gatbonton, E., & Trofimovich, P. (2007, June). Newfoundland English, access to socio-economic benefits, and identity. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Collins, L., Cardoso, W., & White, J. (2007, April). When comprehensible input isn't comprehensive input: A multi-dimensional analysis of past tense in classroom input. Paper presented at AAAL, Costa Mesa, CA.

Gatbonton, E., Segalowitz, N., Trofimovich, P., & Zhang, Y. (2007, April). Routinizeable multiword utterances in common everyday speech: Pedagogical implications for second language instruction. Paper presented at the University of Wisconsin Linguistics Symposium on Formulaic Language, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Gatbonton, E., Trofimovich, P., & Segalowitz, N. (2007, June). Language and identity: Does ethnic group affiliation affect L2 performance? Paper presented at the 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Hamburg, Germany.

Horst, M., Collins, L., Cardoso, W., Trofimovich, P., & White, J. (2007, November). Vocabulary instruction: A word of praise for primary teachers. Paper presented at the annual conference of La société pour la promotion de l’anglais, langue seconde, au Québec (SPEAQ), Montréal, Québec.

Karchava, E., Gatbonton, E., Trofimovich, P., & Ammar, A. (2007, March). Novice teachers’ perspective on corrective feedback. Paper presented at the annual TESOL Convention, Seattle, Washington.

Llama, R., Cardoso, W., & Collins, L. (2007, August). Language distance or language status? What influence do previously learnt languages have on the acquisition of L3 phonology? Paper presented at the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Universität Freiburg, Germany.

Llama, R., Collins, L., & Cardoso, W. (2007, June). Cross-linguistic influence and third language acquisition: the roles of typology and L2 status in the acquisition of lexis and phonology. Paper presented at ACLA, Saskatoon, SK.

Segalowitz, N., Abrami, P. C., Arnaert, A., Cedergren. H., Gatbonton, E., Kehayia, E., Lamarre, P., Laurier, M. D., Trofimovich, P., & Turner, C. E. (2007, May). Traverser les barrières linguistiques d'accès aux services de santé : Les défis et les opportunités de recherche. Paper presented at the colloquium “Les défis et les opportunités dans la prestation des services de santé aux minorités linguistiques au Québec et au Canada” at the 75e Congrès de l’Acfas, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Segalowitz, N., Gatbonton, E., & Trofimovich, P. (2007, April). Ethnolinguistic affiliation–L2 fluency links: Are there mediating psycholinguistic variables? Paper presented as part of the invited colloquium “Individual differences, language identity, and the L2 self” (colloquium organizer: Zoltán Dörnyei) at the annual meeting of AAAL, Costa Mesa, California.

Segalowitz. N., Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E., & Sokolovskaya, A. (2007, June). Processing affective valency of first and second language words: New insights from reaction time measures. Paper presented at the 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Hamburg, Germany.

Trofimovich, P., & Lightbown, P. M. (2007, December). Comprehension-based practice: Benefits of listen/read for second language pronunciation. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Convention of GELI (Grupo de especialistas en lengua inglesa), Havana, Cuba.

Trofimovich, P., Halter, R., Lightbown, P. M., & Song, H. (2007, October). L2 pronunciation ability: What you hear or what you say. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

White, J., Collins, L., Trofimovich, P., Cardoso, W., & Horst, M. (2007, June). When positive evidence isn’t evident: A multi-dimensional analysis of possessive determiners in classroom input. Paper presented at the 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Hamburg, Germany.

White, J., Horst, M., & Bell, P. (2007, October). How do individual difference factors contribute to metalinguistic awareness among young instructed learners of English? Paper presented at the annual conference of the Second Language Research Forum. Champaign Urbana, IL.

White, J., Horst, M., Bell, P., & Callendar, M. (2007, November). Chicken soupe with riz: building on the language they know. Paper presented at the annual conference of La société pour la promotion de l’anglais, langue seconde, au Québec (SPEAQ), Montreal. Funded by SSHRC.

Collins, L., Trofimovich, P., White, J., Horst, M., & Cardoso, W. (2006, November). Teacher talk: What's it in for the student? Paper presented at the annual conference of La société pour la promotion de l’anglais, langue seconde, au Québec (SPEAQ), Québec, QC.

Gatbonton, E., & Trofimovich, P. (2006, October). Second language fluency and accent development: Contribution of ethnic group affiliation. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Gatbonton, E., Trofimovich, P., & Segalowitz, N. (2006, July). The social significance of ethnic group identity and L2 phonological learning. Paper presented at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 16, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Kumar, N., Trofimovich, P., & Gatbonton, E. (2006, July). Investigating the link between first language loss and erosion of heritage cultural values: A Canadian North-Indian Hindu perspective. Paper presented at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 16, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Segalowitz, N., Trofimovich, P., & Gatbonton, E. (2006, June). Cognitive efficiency in second language emotion word processing: Effects of learners’ identification with the second language speaker community. Paper presented at the Second Biennial Conference on Cognitive Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Trofimovich, P., Gatbonton, E., & Segalowitz, N. (2006, June). Psycholinguistic influences on L2 phonological learning: How cross-language similarity and lexical frequency determine the learning path. Paper presented at the annual meeting of AAAL, Montréal, Québec.

Trofimovich, P., Halter, R., & Lightbown, P. (2006, November). The role of input in the development of L2 pronunciation: Comprehension versus production. Paper presented at the annual SPEAQ Convention, Québec, Québec.