Research
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Latest papers
Second language social networks and communication-related acculturative stress: the role of interconnectedness.
Frontiers in psychology · 2015
Attention control and ability level in a complex cognitive skill: attention shifting and second-language proficiency.
Memory & cognition · 2005 · first author
Linguistic attention control: attention shifting governed by grammaticized elements of language.
Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition · 2005 · senior author
Latest funding
- $152,055
Individual differences and second language fluency development in adult immersion programs
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
- $72,453
Constructing a corpus for language revitalization-Inuttitut
SSHRC · 2011 · Co-investigator
- $83,493
Ethnic group affiliation and second language proficiency
SSHRC · 2009 · Co-investigator
4 publications.
Second language social networks and communication-related acculturative stress: the role of interconnectedness.
Doucerain MM, Varnaamkhaasti RS, Segalowitz N, Ryder AG
Attention control and ability level in a complex cognitive skill: attention shifting and second-language proficiency.
Segalowitz N, Frenkiel-Fishman S
Linguistic attention control: attention shifting governed by grammaticized elements of language.
Taube-Schiff M, Segalowitz N
Attentional blink differences between adolescent dyslexic and normal readers.
Lacroix GL, Constantinescu I, Cousineau D, de Almeida RG, Segalowitz N, Grünau Mv
Individual differences and second language fluency development in adult immersion programs
Principal investigators: French, Leif M.
Keywords: l2 fluency; working memory; willingness to communicate; ethnic group affiliation; adults; immersion
Constructing a corpus for language revitalization-Inuttitut
Principal investigators: Gatbonton, Elizabeth C.
Keywords: Aboriginal research; Inuit studies; corpus linguistics; curriculum development; task-based language teaching
Ethnic group affiliation and second language proficiency
Principal investigators: Gatbonton, Elizabeth C.
Keywords: social factors; ethnic group affilation; language and identity; pronunciation accuracy
Talking about pain: healthcare communication in a second language
Principal investigators: Segalowitz, Norman S.
Keywords: second language; pain; patient-professional communication; official-language minority communities; access to healthcare
Language performance: doing language in real time
Principal investigators: Libben, Gary
Second-language phonological learning: a dynamic model of acquisition and its pedagogical implications
Principal investigators: Trofimovich, Pavel
Keywords: phonological learning; second-language phonology; automatic processing; fluency; teaching methodology; second-language acquisition
Language performance: doing language in real time
Principal investigators: Libben, Gary
Cognitive control in skilled performance
Principal investigators: Segalowitz, Norman
Adult second language acquisition: the role of routinized utterances in fluency development
Principal investigators: Gatbonton, Elizabeth
Keywords: automatic processing; cognitive psychology; fluency; formulaicity; teaching methodology; second language acquisition
Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance-Special Instructional Environments (CSLP-SIE)
Principal investigators: Abrami, Philip
Keywords: Second language acquisition; new technologies for information and communication, digital research laboratories; educational technology
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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