Profile

Research assistant at Center for Applied Second Language Studies (2007-2008 academic year):

Second Language Assessment Program: Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP)

Current Projects:

(1) The role of perception in coda nasal mergers in Chinese languages

(2) The Mandarin LVS construction: cognitive and informational perspectives

(3) Prosodic realization of focus in second language speech

(4) Orienting attention in perceptual learning of non-native sounds

(5) Foreign accent as a function of language immersion