The Washington University Foreign Language Learning Colloquium Speaker Series Lecture

Luke Plonsky, Associate Prof. of Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University

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Lecture: Wednesday, March 7^th, 9:00am, Seigle 148

Advancing Quantitative Methods in Applied Linguistics:

Two Complementary Approaches

In recent years, applied linguists have (re-)considered and (re-)examined a wide range of methodological issues and practices. The constructs and processes we are interested in—language use, learning, teaching, assessment, and so forth—are invariably multivariate in nature; and an understanding of the relationships between them often requires more comprehensive (e.g., multivariate) analyses (e.g., Brown, 2015). I make a strong case for increased use of multivariate statistics in applied linguistic as I make use of a number of worked examples to illustrate the points being made.

***Coffee and Muffins served after the lecture

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*The Washington University Foreign Language Learning Colloquium Speaker Series is sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures; the Department of Psychology; the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures; the Department of Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures; the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Department of Education, and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.