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Second Language Acquisition Lab

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April 30th- May 2nd 2009 -
University of Iowa to host the Mind-Context Divide: LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND INTER -FACES OF COGNITIVE-LINGUISTIC MODULES workshop.

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 6-18-08 - Roumyana Slabakova will give one of the plenary talks at GASLA 10 to be held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign March 13-15 2009.

 6-6-08 - NSF grant awarded to Jason Rothman (PI and Jennifer Cabrelli
(co-PI) BCS-0818198:The Phonological
Permeability Hypothesis: The (In)stability of L2 Phonology as Evidenced By the Acquisition of a Third Language (L3)

 

 

The University of Iowa Second Language Acquisition Lab is located in Phillips Hall, Suite 303 at the University of Iowa. Research in our lab primarily focuses on understanding non-primary language acquisition (second (L2), third (L3) or additional (Ln) language acquisition) in adulthood. Mainly, our research looks at adult learner’s ability to acquire new target syntactic, semantic and pragmatic knowledge. We also conduct research on childhood primary language (L1) acquisition and bilingualism, especially concerning the competence outcomes of so-called “heritage speakers”.


We use a variety of experimental techniques to determine grammatical competence at various levels of linguistic development. We conduct many collaborative projects with researchers from other US, European and South American institutions. To learn more about our research program and current projects, please check out our research section.


If you are interested in participating in one of our studies or coming to study in our lab, please contact Dr. Jason Rothman at jason-rothman@uiowa.edu, or Dr. Roumyana Slabakova at roumyana-slabakova@uiowa.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!


Our various research projects are made possible through grants from the National Science Foundation, the Arts and Humanities Initiative and International Programs and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa.

 
   
   

 

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Phone: (319) 335-3808

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The UIOWA SLA lab is funded in part by:

National Science Foundation Arts and Humanities Initiative College of Liberal Arts and Sciences