Richard La Bontee
About Richard La Bontee
Dissertation Topic:
I will be conducting research into vocabulary learning strategies for Swedish Second Language Learners. The project seeks to observe strategies learners use to build their vocabulary, establish a categorization for these strategies in the Swedish context, then explore if it is possible to measure if any of those strategies are more effective in receptive or productive vocabulary learning. This project will also likely involve an analysis of learner individual differences, including motivation, learning styles and demographics.
Keywords
Language Learning Strategies, Vocabulary Learning Strategies, Swedish as a Second Language, Second Language Acquisition, Individual Differences, Motivation, Learning Styles, Applied Linguistics.
Publications
2014
- LaBontee (2014). Strategies in learning and producing lexical intonation of Mandarin Chinese as a Foreign Language by English L1 learners. The Asian Conference on Language Learning, Osaka, Japan. Pg. 424-440.