Vivienne RogersSwansea University | SWAN · Applied Linguistics
Vivienne Rogers
PhD
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Introduction
Vivienne’s research interests fall into two main areas of psycholinguistics and second language acquisition:
Firstly, the link between learning vocabulary as a driver for the acquisition of syntactic features and the implications for classroom teaching, and
Secondly, the role of language learning aptitude and working memory in instructed second language acquisition. To this end, she has been working on the development of the LLAMA aptitude tests with Prof Paul Meara (lognostics.co.uk).
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September 2011 - present
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Publications (14)
The last few years have witnessed exponential growth in research output within the field of language aptitude. With contributions from an international team of leading experts, this volume provides the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date overview of developments in language aptitude theory and practice. It addresses central and newly e...
The effectiveness of explicit instruction, within the context of strategy development in learners, has been widely accepted for several years. However, the methods used within explicit vocabulary instruction are varied and comparatively few studies have directly compared methods. This study investigates the type of instruction (in a visual or writt...
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Transparency is an important design consideration for all intelligent autonomous systems. Previous work shows that a real-time visual display of a robot's decision making produces significantly better understanding of that robot's intelligence. We investigate vocalisation of behaviour selection as a possible alternative solution for situations wher...
Meara (2005) developed the LLAMA tests as a free, language-neutral, user-friendly suite of aptitude tests incorporating four separate elements: vocabulary learning (LLAMA_B), phonetic (implicit) memory (LLAMA_D), sound-symbol correspondence (LLAMA_E) and grammatical inferencing (LLAMA_F) based on the standardised MLAT tests (Carroll & Sapon 1959)....
Chapter to appear in In Paul Meara & Imma Miralpeix (Ed.), Tools for researching vocabulary. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
This paper reports a study comparing the effects of vocabulary instruction on recognition and recall through provision of either an L1 equivalent or an L2 (French) definition. Instruction was in the context of a focus-on-meaning listening activity. The study employed a quasi-experimental design, involving 262 Year 9 learners of French in seven inta...
Although a number of studies have documented French L2 development (e.g. Ayoun, 2007; Dewaele, 2005; Myles and Towell, 2004; Prévost and Paradis, 2004), most focus on one or more aspects of morphosyntax, and there is comparatively little research on lexical development in French as an L2 (but see David, 2008; Graham, Richards and Malvern, 2008; Mil...
