Classroom versus Immersion Learning-2/1/01

Target articles:

    DeKeyser, R. (1991). The semester overseas: What difference does it make? ADFL Bulletin, 22, 42-48.

    Foltz, D. A. (1994). Studying abroad: Do you really learn to speak the language better? Journal of the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, 144-157.

Extra reading:

     Milleret, M. (1991). Assessing the gain in oral proficiency from summer foreign study. ADFL Bulletin, 22, 39-43.

You can download the two linked articles directly. The other article is available on my door.
 

Code Switching, Language Mixing-2/15/01

Target articles:

    Grosjean, F. (1997). Processing mixed language: Issues, Findings, and Models. In A. M. B. de Groot & J. Kroll (Eds.) Tutorials in bilingualism: Psycholinguistic Perspectives. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Mahwah, NJ.

    Meuter, R. F. I, & Allport, A. (1999). Bilingual language switching in naming: Asymmetrical costs of language selection. Journal of Memory and Language, 40, 25-40.

Extra reading:

    Li, P. (1996). Spoken word recognition of code-switched words by Chinese-English bilinguals. Journal of Memory and Language, 35, 757-774.
 

Inhibitory Control-3/1/01

    Green, D. W. (1998). Mental control of the bilingual lexico-semantic system. Bilingualism, 1, 67-81, and associated commentary.I will put the figures in your mailboxes.

    Price, C. J., Green, D. W., & von Studnitz, R. (1999). A functional imaging study of translation and language switching. Brain, 122, 2221-2235.
 

Bilingual Imaging Studies-3/15/01

Target article:

    Perani, D., Paulesu, E., Sebastian Galles, N., Dupoux, E., Dehaene, S., Bettinardi, V., Cappa, S. F., Fazio, F., & Mehler, J. (1998). The bilingual brain: Proficiency and age of acquisition of the second language. Brain, 121, 1841-1852.

Extra reading:

    Kim, K. H. S., Relkin, N. R., Lee, K-M, & Hirsch, J. (1997). Distinct cortical areas associated with native and second languages. Nature, 388, 171-174.
 

Bilingual Word Recognition and the Bilingual Interactive Activation Model-3/22/01

Target articles:

    Dijkstra, T., Grainger, J., & van Heuven, W. J. B. (1999). Recognition of cognates and interlingual homographs: The neglected role of phonology. Journal of Memory and Language, 41, 496-518.

    van Heuven, W. J. B., Dijkstra, T., & Grainger, J. (1998). Orthographic neighborhood effects in bilingual word recognition. Journal of Memory and Language, 39, 458­483.