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Language Processing Laboratory Fields: Second Language
Acquisition Faculty: Carrie Jackson Students: Alison Eisel,
Christine Gardner  The primary goal of the Second Language
Processing Laboratory is to investigate how adult second
language learners utilize grammatical and semantic information
when comprehending and producing words and sentences in their
non-native language. How individual learner variables, such as
proficiency, one's native language and other previous language
learning experiences and working memory, may influence L2
speakers’ processing strategies is also of crucial interest. To
that end, the lab contains computers and the necessary software
for experimental testing, as well as laptop computers to
facilitate off-site data collection.