The Second Language Acquisition Lab at the CUNY Graduate Center is a research and teaching lab investigating the linguistic development of second language learners and bilinguals. We run two types of projects: 

• Experimental studies on language acquisition and bilingualism in adults, including late learners and heritage speakers.  In this area we employ behavioral and psychophysiological methods to measure explicit and implicit knowledge and processing of language.  These studies fall under SLAM, Studies in Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, and include dissertation research by PhD students, thesis research by MA students, and collaborative work done by several lab members;

• Bilingual literacy.  Here we investigate the development of reading skills in the primary language of emergent bilinguals in order to create resources that can be used in schools and other institutions serving newcomer students. These projects are conducted under the direction of Lab Director Martohardjono and her Multilingual Literacy team.

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