Short-term training effects on learned attention and blocking

This is a replication research project being conducted by the Second Language Acquisition Reading Group at Penn State. We have conducted a close replication and extension of Ellis & Sagarra’s (2010)[1] study on learned attention and blocking effects in the learning temporal reference in Latin (manuscript in preparation). We are also replicating our own study in a web-based format in order to investigate the comparability of face-to-face and remote data collection.

[1] Ellis, N., & Sagarra, N. (2010). The Bounds of Adult Language Acquisition: Blocking and Learned Attention. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 32(4), 553-580. DOI

Conference Presentations:

  • Bayas, K., Kerschen, K., Khoruzhaya, Y., Zhuang, J., Magnuson, A., & McManus, K. (2021). Investigating the effects of short-term training on learned attention and blocking in SLA. Paper at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, [Virtual Format], 20-23 March.
  • McManus, K., Magnuson, A., Bayas, K., Kerschen, K., Khoruzhaya, Y., & Zhuang, J. (2020). Short-term training effects on learned attention and blocking in SLA: A close replication study. Paper at the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), [Virtual Format], 23-25 October.

Collaborators: Kevin McManus (Penn State), Kelly Bayas (Penn State), Alex Magnuson (Penn State), Yulia Khoruzhaya (Penn State), Jingyuan Zhuang (Penn State)

Katherine Kerschen
PhD candidate in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Penn State