Not all bilinguals are the same: A call for more detailed assessments and descriptions of bilingual experiences

A De Bruin - Behavioral Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
No two bilinguals are the same. Differences in bilingual experiences can affect language-
related processes but have also been proposed to modulate executive functioning …

The effectiveness of app‐based language instruction for developing receptive linguistic knowledge and oral communicative ability

S Loewen, DR Isbell, Z Sporn - Foreign Language Annals, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hundreds of millions of language learners around the globe study a second language with
popular apps such as Duolingo, Rosetta Stone, Busuu, and Babbel. This study examined …

The impact of bilingualism on executive functions and working memory in young adults

E Antón, M Carreiras, JA Duñabeitia - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
A bilingual advantage in a form of a better performance of bilinguals in tasks tapping into
executive function abilities has been reported repeatedly in the literature. However, recent …

The BEST dataset of language proficiency

A De Bruin, M Carreiras, JA Duñabeitia - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Researchers investigating processes stemming from or related to multilingualism often face
the challenge of correctly characterizing their multilingual samples in terms of language use …

Speakers of different languages remember visual scenes differently

M Fernandez-Duque, S Hayakawa, V Marian - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Language can have a powerful effect on how people experience events. Here, we examine
how the languages people speak guide attention and influence what they remember from a …

Using gesture to facilitate L2 phoneme acquisition: The importance of gesture and phoneme complexity

M Hoetjes, L Van Maastricht - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Most language learners have difficulties acquiring the phonemes of a second language (L2).
Unfortunately, they are often judged on their L2 pronunciation, and segmental inaccuracies …

What absent switch costs and mixing costs during bilingual language comprehension can tell us about language control.

M Declerck, I Koch, JA Duñabeitia… - Journal of …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
In the current study, we set out to investigate language control, which is the process that
minimizes cross-language interference, during bilingual language comprehension …

Captioning and grammar learning in the L2 Spanish classroom

M Cintrón-Valentín, L García-Amaya… - The Language Learning …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of captioning in second language
(L2) comprehension and vocabulary learning. However, little attention has been paid to its …

LexCHI: A quick lexical test for estimating language proficiency in Chinese

Y Wen, Y Qiu, CXR Leong, WJB van Heuven - Behavior Research …, 2024 - Springer
A prominent methodological issue in cognitive research on bilingualism is the lack of
consistency in measuring second language (L2) proficiency. To reduce the inconsistency in …

The MINT Sprint: Exploring a fast administration procedure with an expanded multilingual naming test

DL Garcia, TH Gollan - Journal of the International …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objectives: The present study examined if time-pressured administration of an expanded
Multilingual Naming Test (MINT) would improve or compromise assessment of bilingual …