SLA Students Shine at AAAL Conference in Texas

Discover the research presented by our students and faculty at the 2024 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference in Houston, TX.

This spring, four graduate students and one faculty member in the department of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) presented their research at the 29th Annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) in Houston, Texas. Each presentation covered a distinct area of applied linguistics research, offering valuable dedication to participants attending the major conference.

These presentations represent the department’s support for advancing applied linguistics research, and also tap into the innovative research being conducted by SLA students in the department. They reflect the department’s commitment to preparing leaders in language teaching and learning through excellence in research.

The details of their presentations are as follows:

Hui, B. (2024, March 16). Scaffolding Comprehension with Reading-While-Listening and the Role of Reading Speed and Text Complexity. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Houston, TX, United States.

Jia, R., & Jiang, N. (2024, March 16). The strength of L2 form-meaning connection: Task effect with advanced L2 learners [Poster Presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Houston, TX, United States.

Ogawa, S. (2024, March 16). Investigation of Differential Item Functioning Analyses in Testlet-Based Assessment Due to Multiple Manifest Grouping Variables [Conference presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Houston, TX, United States.

Tytko, T. (2024, March 17). The Effect of Multimodal Input on L2 Learners’ Reading Comprehension: An Eye-tracking Study [Conference presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Houston, TX, United States.

Woodward, J. (2024, March 16). Un coup d’œil : French as a Foreign Language Processing in an Eye-tracking study [Poster Presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Houston, TX, United States.