What does Your Noticing say about Your language Learning? Insights from Second Language Acquisition Research

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What do language learners notice when they read in a second language (L2)? Why do some learners notice specific linguistic forms better than others? Why do learners use specific forms more than others when they speak in the L2? Are they consciously aware of their choices? In this talk, Lama Nassif addresses these questions, among others, taking the Arabic language as a case study and sharing ideas and outcomes from her research.

Lama Nassif is an applied linguist, whose research focuses on learner “noticing” and “attention” in L2 development, sociolinguistic development in L2 acquisition, and the interface between second language acquisition research and pedagogy. Her research has appeared in various top journals within her field including System, Foreign Language Annals, Applied Pragmatics, and Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. Her book manuscript, Teaching Grammar in the L2 Arabic Classroom is expected to be published in 2024 (Routledge). Prior to joining Williams, Nassif was faculty at Damascus University (Syria), Middlebury College, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, and a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania as well as the University of Texas at Austin.