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Révész, A. (2011). Task complexity, focus on L2 constructions, and individual differences: A classroom-based study. The Modern Language Journal, 95(s1), 162–181. doi.org/10.1111/j.1540…

I'm excited to share our latest article co-authored with Shungo Suzuki just accepted in System!✨ "Developing the Productive Academic Formulas Test: Evidence from Rasch and factor analysis and cognitive fluency analysis"

Together with my student, Salvador Xiongfei Wang, we have a presentation at #AAAL2026. Effects of Talker Variability on Second Language Vocabulary Learning: A Classroom Study. Please come if you're interested in vocab learning & practice and how we may enhance it with HVPT!!

Thank you, K. Takizawa, for your innovative work on developing the multiword knowledge test. As multiword sequences play a crucial role in maintaining oral #fluency, I am quite certain that this is a useful tool for future CF-UF link research.

Thank you to the people that aggressively nod during presentations.

Suzuki, Y., & DeKeyser, R. (2017). The interface of explicit and implicit knowledge in a second language: Insights from individual differences in cognitive aptitudes. Language Learning, 67(3), 747–790. doi.org/10.1111/lang.1…

Mystkowska-Wiertelak, A., Bielak, J., & Wiertelak, W. (2025). Unveiling the dynamics of learner engagement: An idiodynamic investigation of L2 speaking tasks. Applied Linguistics. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1093/applin…

I’ve received three rejections this week. I think it’s important that we normalise that.

Academic publishing is perhaps the greatest scam perpetrated on intelligent people 1) Write grants (unpaid) 2) Do research 3) Write papers 4) Peer review (unpaid) 5) PAY up to $12K to publish 6) Need publications to get grants (back to step 1) Publishers: 38% profit margins

Teimouri, Y. (2025). What really drives language learning success: Talent or hard work? Language Learning. doi.org/10.1111/lang.7…

"this study investigated the minimum text length necessary to reliably estimate lexical diversity in genre-sensitive contexts" Zheng (2025). Text length requirements for stable and genre-sensitive lexical diversity measurement doi.org/10.1080/233119…

Reinders, H., & Nakamura, S. (2021). Engagement. In T. Gregersen & S. Mercer (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of the psychology of language learning and teaching (pp. 137–148). Routledge. doi.org/10.4324/978042…

New study using the #GramBank database finds that about 1/3 of 191 proposed grammatical universals hold across languages #linguistics #universals #typology #Bayesian nature.com/articles/s4156…

Published! Super proud of this collaboration with Hyun-Bin Hwang Shawn Loewen and Fred Poole! As usual, if anybody wants a copy of my chapters (the Introduction and Ch. 1), I'm happy to share PDFs! benjamins.com/catalog/lllt.6…

It’s been 40 years since we released the Rock A Little Album.  This was a special album for me and I thank all of you for loving it as much as I do.

The article is finally out. It's Open Access. Special thanks to 早稲田大学 Waseda University :) doi.org/10.1016/j.syst…

Ellis, N. C. (2015). Implicit and explicit language learning: Their dynamic interface and complexity. In P. Rebuschat (Ed.), Implicit and explicit learning of languages (pp. 1–24). John Benjamins. doi.org/10.1075/sibil.…

SSLA is now fully open access! "We are delighted to announce that all articles accepted for publication in Studies in Second Language Acquisition from 18 November 2025 will be ‘open access’" cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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