Outliers in L2 research in applied linguistics: A synthesis and data re-analysis

C Nicklin, L Plonsky - Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2020 - cambridge.org
Data from self-paced reading (SPR) tasks are routinely checked for statistical outliers
(Marsden, Thompson, & Plonsky, 2018). Such data points can be handled in a variety of …

Determinants of word‐reading development in English learner university students: A longitudinal eye movement study

D Schmidtke, AL Moro - Reading Research Quarterly, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the word‐reading development of adult second‐language learners of
English. A sample of 70 (Mandarin or Cantonese) Chinese‐speaking students enrolled in a …

Learning English through out‐of‐school exposure: How do word‐related variables and proficiency influence receptive vocabulary learning?

V De Wilde, M Brysbaert, J Eyckmans - Language Learning, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to investigate which word‐related variables play a role in Dutch‐speaking
children's L2 word learning through out‐of‐school exposure prior to classroom instruction in …

Text readability and processing effort in second language reading: A computational and eye‐tracking investigation

S Nahatame - Language learning, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although text readability has traditionally been measured based on simple linguistic
features, recent studies have employed natural language processing techniques to develop …

L2 self-paced reading data collection across three contexts: In-person, online, and crowdsourcing

AS Patterson, C Nicklin - Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2023 - Elsevier
In psycholinguistic research, reaction time data is traditionally obtained in person via
laboratory-based experiments. Recently, data gathered online, whether through …

Using machine learning to predict children's reading comprehension from linguistic features extracted from speech and writing.

J Sinclair, EE Jang, F Rudzicz - Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Advances in machine learning (ML) are poised to contribute to our understanding of the
linguistic processes associated with successful reading comprehension, which is a critical …

Modeling effects of linguistic complexity on L2 processing effort: The case of eye movement in text reading

X Zhang, N Gong - Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024 - cambridge.org
This study examined how linguistic complexity features contribute to second language (L2)
processing effort by analyzing the Dutch English-L2 learners' eye movements from GECO …

Contextual word learning in the first and second language: Definition placement and inference error effects on declarative and nondeclarative knowledge

I Elgort, N Beliaeva, F Boers - Studies in Second Language …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Access to definitions facilitates the learning of word meanings when novel words are
encountered in reading. However, the memorial costs and benefits of inferring word …

Predicting processing effort during L1 and L2 reading: The relationship between text linguistic features and eye movements

S Nahatame - Bilingualism: Language and cognition, 2023 - cambridge.org
Researchers have taken great interest in the assessment of text readability. This study
expands on this research by developing readability models that predict the processing effort …

Socioecological and psycholinguistic approaches to multilingual health literacy.

E Hernández-Rivera, JW Gullifer… - Translational Issues in …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Socioecological approaches to communication consider people's language behaviors as
nested within multilevel sociocultural systems. In contrast, psycholinguistic approaches …