1. Online measurement of language development DR VIVIENNE ROGERS, COAH CODAH BID DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP: 25 TH JAN 2016

2. My research Language acquisition and processing (first, second, bilingual, children, adults, old age) PhD looked at the development of syntax (word order) by English learners of French. ◦Former secondary school French and German teacher ◦Published Rogers (2010) Since my PhD – 3 main areas: ◦Language learning aptitude: validation of the LLAMA aptitude tests ◦Rogers, Meara, Aspinall, Fallon, Goss, Keey & Thomas (2015), Rogers (2016) ◦Links between vocabulary and syntax ◦Treffers-Daller & Rogers (2014), Rogers, Milton & Playfoot (2016) ◦Teaching methods for second language German: using psycholinguistic techniques in the classroom ◦ESRC bid in progress. Pilot data collected. Large corpus/ data sets to address empirically motivated research questions. ◦http://flloc.soton.ac.uk/newcastle/tasklist.html#Year13http://flloc.soton.ac.uk/newcastle/tasklist.html#Year13

3. Future research questions? How do we acquire language? ◦Role of first language in second language acquisition. ◦Role of Individual differences (memory, aptitude etc) ◦Role of age in language acquisition and attrition. ◦How can we best teach language? (first language (L1) literacy, second languages (L2) etc) ◦What happens in a third language (L3) situation? ◦Variation in native speakers? ◦Link between comprehension and production. ◦Role of formulaic language How do we process language? ◦How do we read? What does this tell us about the underlying system of language in the brain? ◦What happens to language when our brains change, e.g. after a stroke, dementia?

4. Future research: online methods? My research is all empirical and relies on collecting lots of data. ◦Much of my data collected using paper and pencil (offline) Several methods for collecting real time data (online): Reaction time measures ◦Develop online judgement tasks. ◦Online = on the internet Eye-tracking measures ◦Visual world – possibly links with gaming? ◦Reading? fMRI measures ◦What parts of the brain are involved in language processing?

5. Thank you. Any questions?