- Claude Bernard -
“The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel”
Research is fun (most of the time ;)
My research interests are multiple but I only cover three in depth in my dissertation:
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Language processing (using eyetracking)
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Heritage and second instructed language acquisition
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mood processing (the Spanish subjunctive)
Publications and ongoing projects:
Fernández Cuenca, S., & Bowles, M.A. (in preparation). What type of knowledge do implicit and explicit heritage language instruction result in? In M.A. Bowles (Eds.), Outcomes of University Spanish Heritage Language Instruction.
Fernández-Cuenca, S. & Padberg-Schimdt,B. (2014) Spanisch-Deutscher Sprachvergleich. Halyna Leontiy (Eds.), Multikulturelles Deutschland im Sprachvergleich .Berlin:Verlag: 236-256.
Comparative linguistic analysis of Spanish and German to help German language instructors understand the difficulties their Spanish students may encounter when learning German.
Fernández Cuenca, S., & Jegerski, J. (in preparation). Mood processing by Spanish native and non-native speakers.
My dissertation title is:
The Effects of Processing Instruction on heritage and L2 learners' input processing and learning outcomes
I have also collaborated with some colleagues on a couple of projects with French and English as a second language:
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Using Virtual reality to teach phrasal verbs to ESL learners (presented at CALICO 2018)
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The acquisition of the French definite article but intermediate English L1-French L2 learners. (Presented at SLRF 2015)