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Eye-tracking reading-while-listening: Challenges and methodological considerations in vocabulary research (2023)
Journal Article

Learners need to know a considerable number of words to function in a second or foreign language. To help increase their word knowledge, learners are encouraged to engage in activities that provide a rich source of vocabulary like listening to music... Read More about Eye-tracking reading-while-listening: Challenges and methodological considerations in vocabulary research.

“Bread and butter” or “butter and bread”? Nonnatives’ processing of novel lexical patterns in context (2022)
Journal Article

Little is known about how non-native speakers process novel language patterns in the input they encounter. The present study examines whether non-natives develop a sensitivity to novel binomials and their ordering preference from context. Thirty-nine... Read More about “Bread and butter” or “butter and bread”? Nonnatives’ processing of novel lexical patterns in context.

'Did You See That?' - The Role of Repetition and Enhancement on Lexical Bundle Processing in English Learning Materials (2021)
Journal Article

For second-language learners, the use of formulaic language can benefit processing. Previous studies have explored the development of a 'processing advantage' for lexical bundles and investigated whether learning materials can be optimized via repeti... Read More about 'Did You See That?' - The Role of Repetition and Enhancement on Lexical Bundle Processing in English Learning Materials.

Using GAMMs to model trial-by-trial fluctuations in experimental data: More risks but hardly any benefit (2021)
Journal Article

Data from each subject in a repeated-measures experiment forms a time series , which may include trial-by-trial fluctuations arising from human factors such as practice or fatigue. Concerns about the statistical implications of such effects have incr... Read More about Using GAMMs to model trial-by-trial fluctuations in experimental data: More risks but hardly any benefit.

The Effect of Auditory Input on Multimodal Reading Comprehension: An Examination of Adult Readers’ Eye Movements (2021)
Journal Article

Comprehension of many types of texts involves constructing meaning from text and pictures. However, research examining how second language (L2) learners process text and pictures and the relationship with comprehension is scarce. Thus, while verbal i... Read More about The Effect of Auditory Input on Multimodal Reading Comprehension: An Examination of Adult Readers’ Eye Movements.

The role of empirical methods in investigating readers’ constructions of authorial creativity in literary reading (2020)
Journal Article

The popularity of literary biographies and the importance publishers place on author publicity materials suggest the concept of an author’s creative intentions is important to readers’ appreciation of literary works. However, the question of how this... Read More about The role of empirical methods in investigating readers’ constructions of authorial creativity in literary reading.

The Effect of Pre‐reading Instruction on Vocabulary Learning: An Investigation of L1 and L2 Readers’ Eye Movements (2020)
Journal Article

This study examines the effect of pre-reading vocabulary instruction on learners’ attention and vocabulary gains. Participants (L1 = 92; L2 = 88) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: pre-reading instruction, involving explicit instructio... Read More about The Effect of Pre‐reading Instruction on Vocabulary Learning: An Investigation of L1 and L2 Readers’ Eye Movements.

Words go together like ‘bread and butter’: The rapid, automatic acquisition of lexical patterns (2020)
Journal Article

While it is possible to express the same meaning in different ways (‘bread and butter’ versus ‘butter and bread’), we tend to say things in the same way. As much as half of spoken discourse is made up of formulaic language, or linguistic patterns. De... Read More about Words go together like ‘bread and butter’: The rapid, automatic acquisition of lexical patterns.

What eye-tracking tells us about reading-only and reading-while-listening in a first and second language (2020)
Journal Article

Reading-while-listening has been shown to be advantageous in second language learning. However, research to date has not addressed how the addition of auditory input changes reading itself. Identifying how reading differs in reading-while-listening a... Read More about What eye-tracking tells us about reading-only and reading-while-listening in a first and second language.