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Rob Schoonen is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a specific focus on developmental and educational psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience. Their research spans several subfields including linguistics and language, experimental and cognitive psychology, and general health professions.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics related to neurobiology of language and bilingualism, language development and disorders, second language acquisition and learning, reading and literacy development, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, linguistic variation and morphology, and phonetics and phonology research.

Among recent publications, the following are notable contributions:

  • Structural Equation Modeling, 2025, The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics
  • Executive control in bilingual aphasia: a systematic review, 2021, Bilingualism Language and Cognition
  • The structure of developing semantic networks: Evidence from single and multiple nominal word associations in young monolingual and bilingual readers, 2020, Applied Psycholinguistics
  • THE EFFECT OF LEARNING CONTEXT ON L2 LISTENING DEVELOPMENT, 2020, Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • Voluntary and cued language switching in late bilingual speakers, 2023, Bilingualism Language and Cognition

Rob Schoonen has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Saskia Mooijman
  • Ardi Roelofs
  • Marina B. Ruiter
  • Mira Goral
  • Tessa Spätgens

In terms of publication venues, Schoonen has contributed multiple works to the following journals:

  • Bilingualism Language and Cognition
  • Aphasiology
  • Applied Psycholinguistics
  • Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics

Best Publications

  • First Language and Second Language Writing: The Role of Linguistic Knowledge, Speed of Processing, and Metacognitive Knowledge

    Rob Schoonen;Amos van Gelderen;Kees de Glopper;Jan Hulstijn

  • Metacognitive and Language-Specific Knowledge in Native and Foreign Language Reading Comprehension: An Empirical Study Among Dutch Students in Grades 6, 8 and 10

    Rob Schoonen;Jan Hulstijn;Bart Bossers

  • Linguistic knowledge, processing speed and metacognitive knowledge in first and second language reading comprehension; a componential analysis.

    Amos van Gelderen;Rob Schoonen;Kees de Glopper;Jan Hulstijn

  • Facets of speaking proficiency

    Nivja H. de Jong;Margarita P. Steinel;Arjen F. Florijn;Rob Schoonen

  • Generalizability of writing scores: an application of structural equation modeling

    Rob Schoonen

  • Linguistic skills and speaking fluency in a second language

    Nivja H. De Jong;Margarita P. Steinel;Arjen Florijn;Rob Schoonen

  • Second language fluency: speaking style or proficiency? Correcting measures of second language fluency for first language behavior

    N.H. de Jong;R. Groenhout;R. Schoonen;J.H. Hulstijn

  • Development of adolescent reading comprehension in language 1 and language 2 : A longitudinal analysis of constituent components

    Amos van Gelderen;Rob Schoonen;Reinoud D. Stoel;Kees de Glopper

  • Lexical Knowledge of Monolingual and Bilingual Children.

    Marianne Verhallen;Rob Schoonen

  • Revising in two languages: A multi-dimensional comparison of online writing revisions in L1 and FL☆

    Marie Stevenson;Rob Schoonen;Kees de Glopper

  • Determinants of Success in Native and Non‐Native Listening Comprehension: An Individual Differences Approach

    Sible Andringa;Nomi Olsthoorn;Catherine van Beuningen;Rob Schoonen

  • Roles of linguistic knowledge, metacognitive knowledge and processing speed in L3, L2 and L1 reading comprehension: A structural equation modeling approach

    A. van Gelderen;R. Schoonen;de Cornelis Glopper;J. Hulstijn

  • Lexical knowledge in L1 and L2 of third and fifth graders

    Marianne Verhallen;Marianne Verhallen;Rob Schoonen

  • Modeling the Development of L1 and EFL Writing Proficiency of Secondary School Students

    Rob Schoonen;Amos van Gelderen;Reinoud D. Stoel;Jan Hulstijn

  • The assessment of deep word knowledge in young first and second language learners

    Rob Schoonen;Marianne Verhallen

  • Guidelines for Reporting Quantitative Methods and Results in Primary Research

    John M. Norris;Luke Plonsky;Steven J. Ross;Rob Schoonen

  • Towards a blueprint of the foreign language writer: the linguistic and cognitive demands of foreign language writing.

    R. Schoonen;P. Snellings;M. Stevenson;A. van Gelderen

  • Towards a blueprint of the foreign language writer: the linguistic and cognitive demands of foreign language writing

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  • Automatization in second language acquisition: What does the coefficient of variation tell us?

    Jan H. Hulstijn;Amos Van Gelderen;Rob Schoonen

  • The Effect of Task Complexity on Functional Adequacy, Fluency and Lexical Diversity in Speaking Performances of Native and Non-Native Speakers.

    N.H. de Jong;M.P. Steinel;A. Florijn;R. Schoonen

  • Linguistic Competences of Learners of Dutch as a Second Language at the B1 and B2 Levels of Speaking Proficiency of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

    Jan H. Hulstijn;Rob Schoonen;Nivja H. de Jong;Margarita P. Steinel

  • Structural Equation Modeling

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Frequent Co-Authors

Jan H. Hulstijn
Jan H. Hulstijn University of Amsterdam
James Dean Brown
James Dean Brown University of Hawaii at Manoa
Huub van den Bergh
Huub van den Bergh Utrecht University
Gregory R. Hancock
Gregory R. Hancock University of Maryland, College Park

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