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1219
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Overview

Alison Mackey is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Arts and Humanities, Psychology, and Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Language and Linguistics, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Literature and Literary Theory. Their work also touches on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Education.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
  • Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods

Mackey has published extensively in prominent venues. The most frequent publication sources include:

  • Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
  • Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
  • Nature Reviews Rheumatology

They have also contributed to academic books published by Cambridge University Press, including:

  • Interaction, Feedback and Task Research in Second Language Learning (2020)
  • The Art and Science of Language Teaching (2023)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mackey encompass:

  • Lara Bryfonski (23 joint works)
  • Susan M. Gass (5 joint works)
  • Elena Semino (3 joint works)
  • Hee Jin Bang (3 joint works)
  • David Yarowsky (2 joint works)

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Alison Mackey are:

  • Social justice in applied linguistics: Making space for new approaches and new voices (2022) published in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
  • Research methods for IDs and TBLT: A substantive and methodological review (2024) published in Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • Seatbelts and raincoats, or banks and castles: Investigating the impact of vaccine metaphors (2024) published in PLoS ONE
  • Artificial Intelligence Scribe and Large Language Model Technology in Healthcare Documentation: Advantages, Limitations, and Recommendations (2025) published in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
  • 2023 International Rome consensus for the nomenclature of Sjögren disease (2025) published in Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Best Publications

  • Second Language Research: Methodology and Design

    Alison Jayne Mackey;S.M. Gass

  • Stimulated Recall Methodology in Second Language Research

    Susan M. Gass;Alison Mackey

  • A Social Actor Conception of Organizational Identity and Its Implications for the Study of Organizational Reputation

    David A. Whetten;Alison Mackey

  • Conversational Interaction and Second Language Development: Recasts, Responses, and Red Herrings?

    Alison Mackey;Jenefer Philp

  • Input, Interaction, and Output in Second Language Acquisition

    Susan M. Gass;Alison Mackey

  • INPUT, INTERACTION, AND SECOND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: An Empirical Study of Question Formation in ESL

    Alison Mackey

  • HOW DO LEARNERS PERCEIVE INTERACTIONAL FEEDBACK

    Alison Mackey;Susan M. Gass;Kim McDonough

  • Interaction research in SLA : A meta-analysis and research synthesis

    Alison Mackey;J. Goo

  • Feedback, noticing and instructed second language learning

    Alison Mackey

  • TASK-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING

    Alison Mackey

  • The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition

    Susan M. Gass;Alison Mackey

  • Input, Interaction and Output: An Overview

    Susan M. Gass;Alison Mackey

  • The Role of Input and Interaction in Second Language Acquisition Introduction to the Special Issue

    Susan M. Gass;Alison Mackey;Teresa Pica

  • 9. Individual differences in working memory, noticing of interactional feedback and L2 development

    Alison Mackey;Jenefer Philp;Takako Egi;Akiko Fujii

  • The role of conversational interaction in second language acquisition

    Alison Mackey

  • Data Elicitation for Second and Foreign Language Research

    Susan M. Gass;Alison Mackey

  • Interactional input and the incorporation of feedback: An exploration of NS-NNS and NNS-NNS adult and child dyads

    Alison Mackey;Rhonda Oliver;Jennifer Leeman

  • The effects of task repetition on linguistic output

    Susan M. Gass;Alison Mackey;María José Alvarez-Torres;Marisol Fernandez-Garcia

  • Taking Responsibility for Corporate Social Responsibility: The Role of Leaders in Creating, Implementing, Sustaining, or Avoiding Socially Responsible Firm Behaviors

    Lisa Jones Christensen;Alison Mackey;David Whetten

  • Responses to Recasts: Repetitions, Primed Production, and Linguistic Development.

    K McDonough;Alison Jayne Mackey

  • Second language research

    Alison Mackey;Susan M. Gass

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan M. Gass
Susan M. Gass Michigan State University
Kim McDonough
Kim McDonough Concordia University
Naoko Taguchi
Naoko Taguchi Northern Arizona University
Jonathan Culpeper
Jonathan Culpeper Lancaster University
Kendall A. King
Kendall A. King University of Minnesota
Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson Aoyama Gakuin University
Nick C. Ellis
Nick C. Ellis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lourdes Ortega
Lourdes Ortega Georgetown University
James P. Lantolf
James P. Lantolf Pennsylvania State University
Jan H. Hulstijn
Jan H. Hulstijn University of Amsterdam

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