Maureen Scheidnes, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

second language acquisition gender assignment retrieval practice French bilingualism gender marking

Latest funding

Retrieval-based learning and noun-ending regularities in grammatical gender assignment
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$17,144
Language Experience and Linguistic Complexity in Child Bilingual Development: A Cross-learner Comparison
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$37,550

All 2 grants and awards

Retrieval-based learning and noun-ending regularities in grammatical gender assignment

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Scheidnes, Maureen

Keywords: second language acquisition; gender assignment; retrieval practice; French; bilingualism; gender marking

$17,144

Language Experience and Linguistic Complexity in Child Bilingual Development: A Cross-learner Comparison

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Scheidnes, Maureen

Keywords: (1) child second language acquisition; (2) language development; (3) bilingualism; (4) language disorders; (5) French immersion; (6) sentence repetition; (7) morphosyntax; (8) non-word repetition; (9) phonology

$37,550

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: second language acquisition Dear Professor Scheidnes, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on second language acquisition connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Retrieval-based learning and noun-ending regularities in grammatical gender assignment" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]