REAL Doc with Adrienne Lew

REAL Doc Zoom and Learn, presented by SALT Journal, proudly presents Adrienne Lew. Please register to attend by clicking the "register" button at the bottom of this page. 

Title: Input Robustness: An In-Depth Study of ESL/EFL Textbooks

Description: The purpose of this study is to examine the dual linguistic and frequency distribution of the simple present and present progressive in an English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) textbook corpus through a novel application of the input robustness framework. In addition to an overview of L2 input robustness, this REAL Doc session also offers attendees hands-on opportunities to code for one of the sub-variables of input robustness, namely input variability—using actual textual discourse input data from the study.  

Bio: Wai Man Adrienne Lew is an Ed.D. candidate in Applied Linguistics at Teachers College, Columbia University, specializing in Second Language Acquisition. Her research interests include L2 input and input distribution, interlanguage fossilization, the acquisition of L2 tense-aspect, as well as Complex Dynamic Systems Theory.