Nina Spada

Professor, SLE Program Coordinator

Areas of specialization: Second language acquisition, classroom research in L2 teaching and learning, applied linguistics, English as a second language

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

1] Interactions between type of L2 instruction, type of language feature and type of knowledge

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

Spada, N. & Lightbown, P.M. (2010). Instructed second language acquisition. In N. Schmitt (Ed.), An Introduction to Applied Linguistics (2nd edition) (pp. 108-123). London: Arnold.

Refereed Journal Articles

Spada.N. (in press). Classroom research in applied linguistics. To appear in The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Spada, N. (in press). Beyond form-focused instruction: Reflections on past, present and future research. To appear in Language Teaching.

Spada, N., & Tomita, Y. (2010). Interactions between type of instruction and type of language feature: A meta-analysis. Language Learning, 60:2, 1-46.

Ammar, A., Lightbown, P.M. & Spada, N. (2010). Awareness of L1/L2 differences: Does it matter? Language Awareness.

Book Reviews

Spada, N. (in press, 2010). A review of Second Language Acquisition by Lourdes Ortega 2009. Studies in Second Language Acquisition.