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41
Citations
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4879
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2315

Overview

Robert DeKeyser is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas related to language acquisition, psychology, and linguistics, as evidenced by their extensive publication record and areas of study.

The main fields of study for DeKeyser include:

  • Psychology
  • Arts and Humanities

Within these fields, the subfields of study they engage with are:

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Literature and Literary Theory
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Their work spans several main topics, focusing strongly on language teaching and learning. These include:

  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Text Readability and Simplification

DeKeyser has published numerous papers across several scholarly venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • System
  • Frontiers in Communication
  • IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching
  • Modern Language Journal

Selected recent publications by DeKeyser and their collaborators are:

  • EVEN IN THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO L2 LEARNERS HAVE PERSISTENT DIFFICULTY PERCEIVING AND UTILIZING TONES IN MANDARIN, 2020, Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • IMPLICIT LANGUAGE APTITUDE: CONCEPTUALIZING THE CONSTRUCT, VALIDATING THE MEASURES, AND EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE, 2021, Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • Advanced Second Language Learners of Mandarin Show Persistent Deficits for Lexical Tone Encoding in Picture-to-Word Form Matching, 2021, Frontiers in Communication
  • Incidental learning of semantically transparent and opaque Chinese compounds from reading: An eye-tracking approach, 2022, System
  • Scrutinizing LLAMA D as a measure of implicit learning aptitude, 2023, Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Their frequent collaborators reflect a multidisciplinary network, including:

  • Wei Yi
  • Eric Pelzl
  • Ellen Lau
  • Taomei Guo
  • Shaofeng Li

Best Publications

  • The Robustness of Critical Period Effects in Second Language Acquisition.

    Robert M. DeKeyser

  • Skill Acquisition Theory

    Robert DeKeyser

  • Learning Second Language Grammar Rules: An Experiment with a Miniature Linguistic System.

    Robert M. DeKeyser

  • Implicit and Explicit Learning

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  • WHAT MAKES LEARNING SECOND-LANGUAGE GRAMMAR DIFFICULT? AREVIEW OF ISSUES

    Robert M. DeKeyser

  • BEYOND EXPLICIT RULE LEARNING: Automatizing Second Language Morphosyntax

    Robert M. DeKeyser

  • Practice in a Second Language: Perspectives from Applied Linguistics and Cognitive Psychology

    Robert M. DeKeyser

  • Explaining the “Natural Order of L2 Morpheme Acquisition” in English: A Meta-analysis of Multiple Determinants

    Jennifer M. Goldschneider;Robert M. DeKeyser

  • What does the Critical Period really mean

    Robert DeKeyser;Jenifer Larson-Hall

  • The effect of error correction on L2 grammar knowledge and oral proficiency

    Robert M. Dekeyser

  • The differential role of comprehension and production practice

    Robert M. DeKeyser;Karl J. Sokalski

  • Cross-Linguistic Evidence for the Nature of Age Effects in Second Language Acquisition.

    Robert Dekeyser;Iris Alfi-Shabtay;Dorit Ravid

  • Cognitive‐Psychological Processes in Second Language Learning

    Robert M. DeKeyser

  • Monitoring Processes in Spanish as a Second Language During a Study Abroad Program

    Robert M. DeKeyser

  • Age Effects in Second Language Learning: Stepping Stones Toward Better Understanding

    Robert M. DeKeyser

  • Practice in a Second Language: List of contributors

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  • What Gets Processed in Processing Instruction? A Commentary on Bill VanPatten’s “Processing Instruction: An Update”

    Robert DeKeyser;Rafael Salaberry;Peter Robinson;Michael Harrington

  • Practice in a Second Language: Introduction: Situating the concept of practice

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  • Practice in a Second Language: Study abroad as foreign language practice

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  • Bridging the Gap: Cognitive and Social Approaches to Research in Second Language Learning and Teaching.

    Jan H. Hulstijn;Richard F. Young;Lourdes Ortega;Martha Bigelow

  • Interactions Between Individual Differences, Treatments, and Structures in SLA

    Robert DeKeyser

  • The Interface of Explicit and Implicit Knowledge in a Second Language: Insights From Individual Differences in Cognitive Aptitudes

    Yuichi Suzuki;Robert DeKeyser

  • Comparing Elicited Imitation and Word Monitoring as Measures of Implicit Knowledge.

    Yuichi Suzuki;Robert DeKeyser

  • Knowledge and Skill in ISLA

    Robert DeKeyser

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorit Ravid
Dorit Ravid Tel Aviv University
Jan H. Hulstijn
Jan H. Hulstijn University of Amsterdam
Alison Mackey
Alison Mackey Georgetown University
Lourdes Ortega
Lourdes Ortega Georgetown University
Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson Aoyama Gakuin University
James P. Lantolf
James P. Lantolf Pennsylvania State University
Nick C. Ellis
Nick C. Ellis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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