Neurocognitive Foundations of L2 Acquisition: ESRC UK-Japan Project

23/12/2022

Professor Ana Pellicer Sanchez's special lecture is now out in our YouTube channel. Please share with your colleagues!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLA6EgnVUSs

This video features Dr. Ana Pellicer Sanchez’s talk, "Revisiting the role of lexical coverage in reading" presented at LSLARF Symposium (2022).About Us:Funde...

14/12/2022

Professor Jean-Marc Dewaele's latest talk now out in our YouTube channel -
What is "Flow" in EFL classrooms?

This video presents Dr. Jean-Marc Dewaele’s talk, "Is flow possible in the Emergency Remote Teaching foreign language classroom?" at LSLARF Symposium (2022)....

11/06/2022

We are very excited to share Professor Natsuko Shintani's special YouTube lecture in ESRC-Applied Linguistics Lecture Series (run by Kazuya Saito & Masaru Yamamoto & funded by ESRC). Prof Shintani is a TBLT expert and she introduced how TBLT can be introduced in traditional EFL classrooms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1G3YWQLCyA

Comparing task-based language teaching and traditional instruction: Findings and methodological issues
Natsuko Shintani
Kansai University
Abstract
This paper examines the findings and methodological issues in studies that have investigated the effectiveness of task-based language teaching (TBLT). I will focus on classroom-based studies that have compared TBLT and more traditional approaches to language teaching such as presentation-practice-production (PPP). These studies have shown overall mixed results. I will then turn to the design issues of comparative method studies. The examination of previous studies suggests the importance of examining process features as well as learning outcomes. The paper concludes with some possibilities for future research on TBLT that employ comparative method studies.
Bio
Natsuko Shintani is a Professor in the Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Kansai University. Her research interests include the roles of interaction in second language acquisition, second language writing, and task-based language teaching. Her new co-authored book, entitled Task-based language teaching: Theory and practice, has been published with Cambridge University Press.

29/04/2022

EPILOGUE: How do neuroscientists view SLA?
- Adam Tierney (Birkbeck, University of London)
- Motoaki Sugiura (Tohoku University)
- Andrea Revesz (UCL)
- Yuichi Suzuki (Kanagawa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo1OTLUjM5I&fbclid=IwAR3-azOIHO6mp7MXml0AmK3ndehRjK_ugx2iKUHGmJ4LPdLudy8roSj2Lp0

This video highlights the concluding discussion with all the presenters on board at our first ESRC-JSLARF Symposium at Tohoku University (April 2019). Drs. A...

05/03/2022

Prof Andrea Revesz's (UCL) special lecture is now out:

"Working memory, cognitive aptitude, & successful instructed L2 learning - Overview"

Please share with your colleagues & students!

This video presents Dr. Andrea Rèvész's talk, "Applied linguistics perspectives on successful instructed L2 learning: The role of individual differences" a...

08/07/2021

Having a good ear is integral to nativelike L2 pronunciation attainment. Our team has developed a novel online training paradigm to enhance this auditory aptitude! Call for participants, native speakers of Mandarin Chinese. £25 remuneration. Please share with your colleagues :)

10/05/2021

We will update our project -SLARF Annual Colloquium 2021. Please join @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bEL56o12TI

We are happy to announce that our L-SLARF Annual Colloquium 2021 will take place this Friday, 14th of May, at 14:00-17:15 (UK time)!!

The event features five presentations by L-SLARF researchers:
-Jean Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck, University of London)
-Andrea Revesz (UCL Institute of Education)
-Parvaneh Tavakoli (University of Reading)
-Ana Pellicer-Sanchez (UCL Institute of Education)
-Kazuya Saito (UCL Institute of Education)

Each 20-min presentation will be followed by a 10-min discussion.

Join us on Friday!!!!

Livestreaming at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bEL56o12TI

12/12/2020

Congratulations are due to our Prof Hyeonjeong Jeong (Tohoku University) for her latest publication in Brain & Language (Elsevier). The work has revealed how training facilitates the development of L2 listening skills.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2020.104839

06/12/2020

A 7-minute summary of our lab’s latest research findings on “how having a good ear promotes second language acquisition”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4gRDP2HErI&fbclid=IwAR3ScULUDnzKeJ8OxC5Eq4-QXsZJ0RE362eVhPFxoqfUBCcOa3Ca7pZP6Mk

A 7-minute summary of our lab’s latest research findings on “how having a good ear promotes second language acquisition” ***The project is funded by Leverhul...

23/09/2020

Our *2nd* report out! Having a good ear matters throughout the lifespan. This time, we have approached "goodness of ear" from multiple angles, leading to a range of unique discoveries. This is the largest data collection my team has ever done in terms of quantity and quality. We are proposing something very simple but maybe controversial. The paper freely downloadable NOW!

https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bnPc,H2pbYc0Q

Saito, Kachlicka, Sun & Tierney (2020). Domain-general auditory processing as an anchor of post-pubertal L2 pronunciation learning: Behavioural and neurophysiological investigations. Journal of Memory and Language.

11/09/2020

Dear colleagues, we are running a two-day online symposium in Tokyo, Japan. This time, we will introduce a range of SLA research in Japan. Please register here:

Please enter your email address in the first box. We will send the Zoom link to this email address on Oct. 2nd.