Lab Affiliation: Second Language Acquisition Laboratory

Research Interests:

Second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, sentence processing.

Research Opportunities:

If you are a Penn State undergrad interested in getting research experience, we are always looking for RAs to work in our lab. No prior experience with psychology, linguistics, or foreign language learning required. Please contact e-mail me for more information.

Recent Publications:

Jackson, C. (forthcoming). “The use and non-use of semantic information, word order, and case markings during comprehension by L2 learners of German”. Modern Language Journal.

Jackson, C., & Dussias, Paola E. (submitted). “Cross-linguistic differences and their impact on L2 sentence processing”. Submitted to Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, January 2007.

Jackson, C. (submitted). “Processing strategies and the comprehension of sentence-level input by L2 learners of German ” International Review of Applied Linguistics.

Jackson, C. (in progress). “How important is the thematic verb? Processing of subject-object ambiguities in German.”