2020 NFMLTA / NCOLCTL Dissertation Research Support Grants Awardees
| Grant Recipients | Research Topic |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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