Academic Background:
Ph.D. in Second Language Studies (2009) Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Dissertation: The Multilingual/Bilingual Dichotomy: An Exploration of Individual Differences Teaching
- Applied Linguistics
- Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language
- Second Language Acquisition
- TESL Curriculum
Research (selected publications)
Thompson, A. (2008). Prominent factors in the acquisition of Portuguese: Language aptitude versus previous language experience. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium Conference proceedings.
Thompson, A. (in progress). Spanish Narratives: Se in the Interlanguage of Portuguese Speakers
Loewen, S., Li, S., Fei F., Thompson, A., Nakatsukasa, K., Ahn, S., & Chen, X. (2009). L2 Learners’ Beliefs about Grammar Instruction and Error Correction. Modern Language Journal, 93 (1), 91-104.
Research (selected presentations)
March 2009 “A Model of Language Acquisition: Additional Language Proficiency, Aptitude, and Motivation.” Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Denver, Colorado.
March 2009 “A Comparison of Bilingual and Multilingual learners: The Fortaleza Story.” Paper presented at the Georgetown University Round Table (GURT), Washington, DC.
October 2008 “Motivational profiles of bilingual and multilingual learners.” Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Honolulu, Hawai’i.
April 2008 “Português e espanhol: Um estudo de interlíngua.” (Portuguese and Spanish: A study of interlanguage ) Invited lecture given for the Linguistics Department at the Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.
October 2007 “Attitudes towards grammar instruction: A comparison of students across languages.” Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
September 2007 “Portuguese to Spanish: A study of interlanguage.” Paper given at EuroSLA 17, Newcastle, England.
September 2007 “Students’ motivation for language learning and attitudes towards grammar instruction: A comparison of L2 and L3 learners.” Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, Stirling, Scotland.
April 2007 “Spanish narratives: Interlanguage of Portuguese speakers.” Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Costa Mesa, California.
October 2006 “Prominent factors in the Acquisition of Portuguese: Language Aptitude versus Previous Language Experience.” Paper presented at the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS), London, Ontario, Canada.
July 2006 “Aprender las lenguas extranjeras: ¿cómo y por qué?” (Learning foreign languages: How and why?) Invited lecture given for the Universidade Federal do Ceará Spanish department, Fortaleza, Brazil.
March 2006 “Las ventajas ser Bilingüe en los Estados Unidos: el español como segunda lengua.” (The advantages of being bilingual in the United States: Spanish as a second language) Invited lecture given for the department of Spanish and Portuguese for the Workshops for Professional Spanish lecture series, East Lansing, Michigan.
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