2023 NFMLTA / NCOLCTL Dissertation Research Support Grants Awardees
Grant Recipients | Research Topic |
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Amr Rabie-Ahmed, Michigan State University | Arabic heritage language learners in classroom: Translanguaging practices and social identity mobilization |
Angelina Rubina, University of South Carolina | Heritage language Russian in the United States: Acquisition of specificity |
Keiji Iwamoto, Indiana University | The effect of the lexical function of the pitch in L1 on cue weighting strategies for L2 segmental contrast |
WeiHsuan Lo, University of Northern Colorado | Playful Language Learning: FIXIT! A Problem-Solving Game |
Hunter Brakovec, Indiana University | |
Thong Vang, University of Minnesota Twin Cities | An exploratory study of HMoob teaching and learning opportunities |
Wei William Zhou, Ohio State University | The effects of Chinese orthography on L2 lexical access and develop an evidence-based vocabulary training paradigm for learners. |
Rossina Soyan, Carnegie Mellon University | The role of morphological awareness in lexical inferencing in L2 Russian: Interaction between learner variables and language-specific features |
Kaidi Chen, University of Connecticut | The goal of this study is to identify the influence of semantic context, fundamental frequency (F0), and background noise on Mandarin spoken word recognition in English-speaking American learners of Mandarin with different proficiency levels. |
Matthew Ajibade, Indiana University | The Role of Native Language and L2 Experience in the Perception of Yoruba LabialVelar Consonants |
Bianca Brown, Carnegie Mellon University | Lx Turkish interaction and identity on study abroad |
Hanyu Jia, The University of Arizona | Examining the Potential of Immersive Virtual Reality for Chinese L2 Pragmatics Acquisition |
2020 NFMLTA / NCOLCTL Dissertation Research Support Grants Awardees
Grant Recipients | Research Topic |
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Margaret Borowczyk, Georgetown University | Multicultural Families in Polish Community-Based Heritage Language Schools |
Magdalyne Oguti Akiding, Michigan State University | An Investigation of Motivational Strategy Use by Instructors of African Languages in the United States |
Leah Adelson, Georgetown University | The roles of language background, metalinguistic awareness, psychotypology, and L2/L3 proficiency level in lexical crosslinguistic influence (CLI) from Spanish into L3 Portuguese |
Yu Tian, University of Arizona | Acquisition of Chinese Nominal Compounds by Adult L2 learners |
Bing Han, Texas A&M University | Metalinguistic Development in Learners of Chinese as A Foreign Language (CFL) in A Chinese Immersion Program: A Longitudinal Study |
Ruth Rouvier, University of California, Berkeley | Yurok L2 learners’ attitudes and emotions related to the language learning experience |
Robin Harvey, The Graduate Center at CUNY | Do online text-based book discussions promote literacy skills of 4th grade students in Chinese immersion classes? |
Yao-Kai Chi, University of Wisconsin, Madison | How non-heritage adult Taiwanese students of Turkish connect themselves with peers and Turkish communities during their learning process and how they envision themselves in the future |
Aleksey Novikov, University of Arizona | Syntactic and Morphological Complexity Measures as Markers of L2 Russian development |
Dmitrii Pastushenkov, Michigan State University | The Role of Cognitive Factors, Motivation, and Prior Exposure in Russian SLA |
2020 NFMLTA / MLJ Dissertation Writing Support Grants Awardees
Grant Recipients | Dissertation Title |
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Wei Yi, University of Maryland, College Park | Attentional processing and incidental learning of semantically transparent and opaque compound words through reading: An eye-tracking study |
Feng Liang, University of Cincinnati | Adult Chinese Heritage Language Learners in the United States: Investments and Identities |
Huan Liu, Washington University in St. Louis | University-Level Second Language Readers Comprehending Informational Texts: A Mixed-methods Analysis of the Effects of Comprehension Questioning Strategies, Comprehension Subskills and Assessment Task Types |
Rachel Mamiya Hernandez, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa | Integrated Multimedia Design for Language Learners |
Katherine Kerschen, The Pennsylvania State University | Semantic Feature Training as a Means to Improve Productive L2 Vocabulary Knowledge |
Ivana Rehman, Iowa State University | Technology-enhanced pronunciation practice compared with traditional methods |
Amy Hutchinson, Purdue University | The Effect of Foreign Film on the Production and Perception of Second Language Speech |
Stefan Vogel, University of Arizona | Collaboration as a Path to Professionalizing Leadership: Insights from L2 Writing Teachers’ Narratives |
Silvana Domaz, Arizona State University | A Virtual Approach to Communication: Augmented Reality and Language Related Episodes |
Yangting Wang, University of Texas at San Antonio | Linking Learning-Oriented Assessment and Assessment Use Argument Framework to validate the consequence of an English Placement Assessment |
2020 NFMLTA / MLJ Learning and Teaching Priorities Grants Awardees
Grant Recipients | Workshop/ Webinar Theme |
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Olesya Kisselev, Gabriela Nik Ilieva, Irina Dubinina, Antonia Schleicher | 1. On the place of grammar teaching in Less Commonly Taught Languages 2. Strategies of form-focused instruction in communicative language teaching 3. Preparing teachers of LCTLs: How understanding of language structure helps inbuilding teaching skills |
2020 NFMLTA Travel Support Grants Awardees
Grant Recipients | Conference |
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Baraka Mbise, Indiana University | African Language Teachers Association |
Abiodun Sadiq, University of Pennsylvania | National Council Of Less Commonly Taught Languages |
Eyitayo Akomolafe, Southern Illinois University | African Language Teachers Association |
Qian Wang, The Ohio State University | Chinese Language Teachers Association |
Olamide Eniola, Michigan State University | National Council Of Less Commonly Taught Languages |
Florencia Henshaw, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign | African Language Teachers Association |
Lillian Jones, University of California, Davis | American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese |
David Higginbotham, University of Mississippi | American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese |
Lori Lye, University of Florida | American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese |
Larrisa Goulart, Northern Arizona University | American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese |
Jonathan Choti, Michigan State University | African Language Teachers Association |
Nuoyi Yang, University of Wisconsin, Madison | National Council Of Less Commonly Taught Languages |
Pamela Ngugi, Kenyatta University | African Language Teachers Association |
Ashlyn Heise, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese |
Caitlin Samples, University of Georgia | American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese |
Jhonathan Munoz, University of Arizona | American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese |
Eugenia Fernandes, University of California Davis | III Simpósio Internacional sobre o Ensino de Português como Língua Adicional |
Budimka Uskokovic, The Ohio State University | International Association of Applied Linguistics |
Jaouad Elbakili, Mohamed V University | University of Michigan Arabic SLA |
Dishari Chattaraj, Indiana University, Bloomington | African Language Teachers Association |