Professor Norman Segalowitz (Concordia University, Department of Psychology)
"Cognitive Aspects of Second Language Fluency"
Abstract: Attaining high level fluency in a second language is often experienced by "late" second language learners as a barrier that is difficult to overcome. In this talk I present a cognitive perspective on the nature of this barrier, and I discuss the implications this perspective has for research into its origins and for discovering ways to overcome it.
Monday October 17, 2011 from 3:00-4:30
Reception to follow / The Ohio Union (Great Hall Rooms 1 & 2)
Sponsors: The Foreign Language Center, Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures, Department of French & Italian, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, Department of Linguistics, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, Department of Slavic & East European Languages & Literatures, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, and School of Teaching & Learning.