Psycholinguistic techniques and resources in second language acquisition research

Leah Roberts

doi:10.1177/0267658311418416

Psycholinguistic techniques and resources in second language acquisition research

Leah Roberts^*

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Abstract

In this article, a survey of current psycholinguistic techniques relevant to second language acquisition (SLA) research is presented. I summarize many of the available methods and discuss their use with particular reference to two critical questions in current SLA research: (1) What does a learner's current knowledge of the second language (L2) look like?; (2) How do learners process the L2 in real time? The aim is to show how psycholinguistic techniques that capture real-time (online) processing can elucidate such questions; to suggest methods best suited to particular research topics, and types of participants; and to offer practical information on the setting up of a psycholinguistics laboratory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-127
Number of pages	15
Journal	Second Language Research
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658311418416
Publication status	Published - Jan 2012

Keywords

psycholinguistics
parsing
syntactic processing
reading
on-line methods
eye-tracking
self-paced reading
SUBJECT-OBJECT AMBIGUITIES
SENTENCE COMPREHENSION
GENDER AGREEMENT
EYE-TRACKING
L2
ENGLISH
RESOLUTION
LEARNERS
PLAUSIBILITY
SPEAKERS

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