BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16936-b5a8bc67aa6b79b934f277f361190534@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260712T060900Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T103000 SUMMARY:CLS Speaker Series - Kinsey Bice (Penn State) Dynamics of Language Proce ssing and the Consequences For New Language Learning: A talk and disse rtation defense DESCRIPTION:Dynamics of Language Processing and the Consequences \nFor N ew Language Learning: \; A talk and dissertation defense\n\nLearning a new language as an adult is difficult and many fail to acquire high p roficiency. Individual differences in late language learning have been p artially\, but not fully\, accounted for by factors such as working memo ry and native language (L1) performance. An overlooked observation in re search that attempts to characterize successful language learning is tha t bilinguals consistently outperform monolinguals in acquiring new langu ages. When bilinguals are learning a new language\, they can draw on the ir past experience. That experience encompasses both language-specific s kills\, such as managing the dynamics of cross-language interaction\, as well as domain-general learning skills that may enable language regulat ion and control. In contrast\, for monolingual learners\, there is only the opportunity to transfer existing L1 knowledge and general cognitive skills. The hypothesis tested in the research I will present is that pre vious language experience and individual differences guide the trajector y and outcome of new language learning. In one study\, I consider how bi ases in domain-general learning contribute to individual differences in language processing for monolinguals and bilinguals with different langu age learning experience. In a second study\, I examine the consequences of domain-general and language-specific biases for bilinguals and monoli nguals as they learn a new language.\n\nFor more details: https://events .la.psu.edu/event/cls-speaker-series-kinsey-bice-penn-state-dynamics-of- language-processing-and-the-consequences-for-new-language-learning-a-tal k-and-dissertation-defense/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Dynamics of Language Processing and the Cons equences

For New Language Learning: A talk and dissertation defense

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Learning a new language as an adult is difficult and many fail to acquire high proficiency. Individual differences in late languag e learning have been partially, but not fully, accounted for by factors such as working memory and native language (L1) performance. An overlook ed observation in research that attempts to characterize successful lang uage learning is that bilinguals consistently outperform monolinguals in acquiring new languages. When bilinguals are learning a new language, t hey can draw on their past experience. That experience encompasses both language-specific skills, such as managing the dynamics of cross-languag e interaction, as well as domain-general learning skills that may enable language regulation and control. In contrast, for monolingual learners, there is only the opportunity to transfer existing L1 knowledge and gen eral cognitive skills. The hypothesis tested in the research I will pres ent is that previous language experience and individual differences guid e the trajectory and outcome of new language learning. In one study, I c onsider how biases in domain-general learning contribute to individual d ifferences in language processing for monolinguals and bilinguals with d ifferent language learning experience. In a second study, I examine the consequences of domain-general and language-specific biases for bilingua ls and monolinguals as they learn a new language.

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