This study investigates the process of vocabulary consolidation in a second language by extending the Complementary Learning Systems account (Davis & Gaskell, 2009) [1] to an L2 context. Data was collected with L1 Polish-L2 English speakers at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
[1] Davis, M. H., & Gaskell, M. G. (2009). A complementary systems account of word learning: neural and behavioural evidence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 364(1536), 3773-3800. DOI
This project was funded by a Summer Research Fellowship as part of an NSF-PIRE (Partnerships for International Research and Education) grant awarded to the Center for Language Science at Penn State
Conference Presentations:
- Padt, R., Kerschen, K., Wodniecka, Z., & Jackson, C.N. (2021). Vocabulary consolidation in the second language. Poster at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, [Virtual Format], 20-23 March.
- Padt, R., Kerschen, K., Wodniecka, Z., & Jackson, C.N. (2020). Consolidation of newly learned words in the L2. Poster at the Psychonomic Society’s Annual Meeting, [Virtual Format], 19-21 November.
- Padt, R., Kerschen, K., Wodniecka, Z., & Jackson, C.N. (2020). Consolidation of newly learned words in the L2. Poster at the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Language Sciences Conference, [Virtual Format], 3-5 June.
Collaborators: Rosa Padt (Penn State), Zofia Wodniecka (Jagiellonian University, Poland), Carrie Jackson (Penn State)