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Wei

Yi

DLPT Target Language Expert

Interests: 

Aptitude, Bilingualism, Cognitive Linguistics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Executive Control, Individual Differences, Language Processing, Memory, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Acquisition

Units: 

School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, National Foreign Language Center

Degree(s): 

2014 - 2019: Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition, University of Maryland, College Park

2011 - 2014: M.A. in Chinese Linguistics, Peking University, Beijing, China

2007 - 2011: B.A. in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Contact: 

weiyi@umd.edu

301-660-9028

Role(s): 

Alumni, Faculty

Blog: 

Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (对外汉语人空间-汉妮）

About: 

I am interested in exploring the cognitive processes and mechanisms of second language acquisition using experimental methods (reaction time tasks, eye tracking, EEG).  I have done several studies on the statistical nature of the processing of multiword sequences. Currently, I am investigating the complexities of second language acquisition/processing by looking into salience, attention and awareness. 

My research interests include:

Second language acquisition (SLA)

Second language processing (SLP)

Attention, awareness and memory in second language development

Statistical modeling and dynamic development of L2

Task-based language teaching (TBLT)

Interaction in SLA

Virtual reality (VR) and its cognitive benefits to language acquisition

 

Publications:

Yi, W., Lu, S., & Ma, G. (2017). Frequency, contingency and online processing of multiword sequences: An eye-tracking study. Second Language Research, 33(4), 519-549. Link to this publication

Yi, W. (2018). Statistical sensitivity, cognitive aptitudes, and processing of collocations. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1-26. Advance online publication.doi:10.1017/S0272263118000141  Link to this publication

Yi, W., Lu, S., & DeKeyser, R. An eye-tracking investigation of selective attention and the role of salience in incidental L2 vocabulary learning (manuscript submitted for publication). 

 

Ongoing projects:

The time course of frequency and contingency during the processing of multiword sequences (with Dr. Shiyi Lu)

Combining reaction time and accuracy rates for exploring cognitive processes (with Kaiwen Man)

Intuitive knowledge of phrasal statistics by native and nonnative speakers of English (with Ryo Mae)

Ordering takeouts from the restaurant over the phone: A task-based analysis (with Matt Coss)

 

Workshops:

Analyzing eye-tracking data using R. July 4, 2018. Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China. Link to lecture slides (Dropbox)

Using R for second language research. June 28-July 14, 2017. Peking University, Beijing, China. Link to download the videos of this two-week workshop

Linear Mixed-effects modeling for second language research. June, 2017. Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China.

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