Jenifer Larson‐hall
Biographic Data
| ID | 2187413 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jenifer Larson‐hall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jenifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Larson‐hall |
| SIGNATURE | HALL J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Texas |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3945-6411 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Comparing Two+ Independent Groups
This entry discusses the situation where a researcher wants to know if differences among more than two independent groups on a continuous‐dependent variable such as test score are statistically significant and important. The groups will differ by a categorical variable such as treatment type. Adequate sample size and assumptions for using parametric, nonparametric, and robust tests are discussed. Practitioners are urged to conduct power analyses …
Why you should stop using the ideal L2 self and the L2 motivational self-system to measure motivation (Reaction to Al-Hoorie, Hiver & In’nami, 2024)
This paper responds to Al-Hoorie, Hiver, and In’nami’s (2024) critique of the second language (L2) Motivational Self System (L2MSS) by advocating for an immediate cessation of its use in the absence of substantial revision and validation. We revisit foundational studies in the tradition, exposing critical methodological flaws that we feel undermine empirical support for the model. Further, we examine systemic factors that contributed to the large…
The critical role of the individual in language education: New directions from the learning sciences
Reporting and Interpreting Quantitative Research Findings: What Gets Reported and Recommendations for the Field
This paper presents a set of guidelines for reporting on five types of quantitative data issues: (1) Descriptive statistics, (2) Effect sizes and confidence intervals, (3) Instrument reliability, (4) Visual displays of data, and (5) Raw data. Our recommendations are derived mainly from various professional sources related to L2 research but motivated by results from investigations into how well the field as a whole is following these guidelines f…
Our statistical intuitions may be misleading us: Why we need robust statistics
Most academics' intuitions about statistics follow those of naive laypeople – that is, we often think that a sample should reflect the population characteristics more closely than it does, and expect less variability in samples than is truly found in them. These intuitions may prevent us from understanding why modern developments in statistics are needed. Another intuition most researchers hold is that it is better to be conservative when perform…
Improving Data Analysis in Second Language Acquisition by Utilizing Modern Developments in Applied Statistics
In this article we introduce language acquisition researchers to two broad areas of applied statistics that can improve the way data are analyzed. First we argue that visual summaries of information are as vital as numerical ones, and suggest ways to improve them. Specifically, we recommend choosing boxplots over barplots and adding locally weighted smooth lines (Loess lines) to scatterplots. Second, we introduce the reader to robust statistics, …
Quantitative Methods in Linguistics. Keith Johnson (2008)
Statistics in language research: Analysis of variance. Tony Rietveld and Roeland van Hout (2005)
Analyzing linguistic data: A practical introduction to statistics using. R. Harald Baayen (2008)
Analyzing linguistic data: A practical introduction to statistics using. R. Harald Baayen (2008) New York: Cambridge University Press, xiii, 353 pp ISBN 978–0-521–70918–7 – ISBN 978–0-521–88259–0
Weighing the benefits of studying a foreign language at a younger starting age in a minimal input situation
This study examined whether a younger starting age is advantageous in a situation of minimal exposure to an instructed foreign language (≤ 4 hours classroom contact per week). Previous theoretical and empirical studies indicated there should be no advantage for an earlier start. Japanese college students who started studying English between ages three and twelve ( n = 61) were examined on a phonemic discrimination ( /l/w) and grammaticality judge…
What Does More Time Buy You? AnotherLook at the Effects of Long-Term Residence on Production Accuracy of English / / and / l / by Japanese Speakers
This study tested the issue of whether extended length of residence (LOR) in adulthood can provide sufficient input to overcome age effects. The study replicates Flege, Takagi, and Mann (1995), which found that 10 out of 12 Japanese learners of English with extensive residence (12 years or more) produced liquids as accurately as native speakers of English (NS). Further, for both accuracy and native-like accentedness, the Japanese with extensive r…
Predicting perceptual success with segments: A test of Japanese speakers of Russian
A perception experiment involving a novel language pairing, that of Japanese as a first language (L1) and Russian as a second language (L2), was conducted with 33 Japanese learners of Russian to determine whether two phonological models could successfully predict patterns of perceptual difficulty with eight Russian segments.The Featural Model of L2 Perception (based on Brown, 1997) predicts that learners will only be able to accurately perceive t…
Weighing the benefits of studying a foreign language at a younger starting age in a minimal input situation
This study examined whether a younger starting age is advantageous in a situation of minimal exposure to an instructed foreign language (≤ 4 hours classroom contact per week). Previous theoretical and empirical studies indicated there should be no advantage for an earlier start. Japanese college students who started studying English between ages three and twelve ( n = 61) were examined on a phonemic discrimination ( /l/w) and grammaticality judge…
Reporting and Interpreting Quantitative Research Findings: What Gets Reported and Recommendations for the Field
This paper presents a set of guidelines for reporting on five types of quantitative data issues: (1) Descriptive statistics, (2) Effect sizes and confidence intervals, (3) Instrument reliability, (4) Visual displays of data, and (5) Raw data. Our recommendations are derived mainly from various professional sources related to L2 research but motivated by results from investigations into how well the field as a whole is following these guidelines f…
The critical role of the individual in language education: New directions from the learning sciences
What Does More Time Buy You? AnotherLook at the Effects of Long-Term Residence on Production Accuracy of English / / and / l / by Japanese Speakers
This study tested the issue of whether extended length of residence (LOR) in adulthood can provide sufficient input to overcome age effects. The study replicates Flege, Takagi, and Mann (1995), which found that 10 out of 12 Japanese learners of English with extensive residence (12 years or more) produced liquids as accurately as native speakers of English (NS). Further, for both accuracy and native-like accentedness, the Japanese with extensive r…
Predicting perceptual success with segments: A test of Japanese speakers of Russian
A perception experiment involving a novel language pairing, that of Japanese as a first language (L1) and Russian as a second language (L2), was conducted with 33 Japanese learners of Russian to determine whether two phonological models could successfully predict patterns of perceptual difficulty with eight Russian segments.The Featural Model of L2 Perception (based on Brown, 1997) predicts that learners will only be able to accurately perceive t…
Our statistical intuitions may be misleading us: Why we need robust statistics
Most academics' intuitions about statistics follow those of naive laypeople – that is, we often think that a sample should reflect the population characteristics more closely than it does, and expect less variability in samples than is truly found in them. These intuitions may prevent us from understanding why modern developments in statistics are needed. Another intuition most researchers hold is that it is better to be conservative when perform…
Analyzing linguistic data: A practical introduction to statistics using. R. Harald Baayen (2008)
Analyzing linguistic data: A practical introduction to statistics using. R. Harald Baayen (2008) New York: Cambridge University Press, xiii, 353 pp ISBN 978–0-521–70918–7 – ISBN 978–0-521–88259–0
Predicting perceptual success with segments: A test of Japanese speakers of Russian
A perception experiment involving a novel language pairing, that of Japanese as a first language (L1) and Russian as a second language (L2), was conducted with 33 Japanese learners of Russian to determine whether two phonological models could successfully predict patterns of perceptual difficulty with eight Russian segments.The Featural Model of L2 Perception (based on Brown, 1997) predicts that learners will only be able to accurately perceive t…
What Does More Time Buy You? AnotherLook at the Effects of Long-Term Residence on Production Accuracy of English / / and / l / by Japanese Speakers
This study tested the issue of whether extended length of residence (LOR) in adulthood can provide sufficient input to overcome age effects. The study replicates Flege, Takagi, and Mann (1995), which found that 10 out of 12 Japanese learners of English with extensive residence (12 years or more) produced liquids as accurately as native speakers of English (NS). Further, for both accuracy and native-like accentedness, the Japanese with extensive r…
Statistics in language research: Analysis of variance. Tony Rietveld and Roeland van Hout (2005)
Analyzing linguistic data: A practical introduction to statistics using. R. Harald Baayen (2008)
Analyzing linguistic data: A practical introduction to statistics using. R. Harald Baayen (2008) New York: Cambridge University Press, xiii, 353 pp ISBN 978–0-521–70918–7 – ISBN 978–0-521–88259–0
Weighing the benefits of studying a foreign language at a younger starting age in a minimal input situation
This study examined whether a younger starting age is advantageous in a situation of minimal exposure to an instructed foreign language (≤ 4 hours classroom contact per week). Previous theoretical and empirical studies indicated there should be no advantage for an earlier start. Japanese college students who started studying English between ages three and twelve ( n = 61) were examined on a phonemic discrimination ( /l/w) and grammaticality judge…
Improving Data Analysis in Second Language Acquisition by Utilizing Modern Developments in Applied Statistics
In this article we introduce language acquisition researchers to two broad areas of applied statistics that can improve the way data are analyzed. First we argue that visual summaries of information are as vital as numerical ones, and suggest ways to improve them. Specifically, we recommend choosing boxplots over barplots and adding locally weighted smooth lines (Loess lines) to scatterplots. Second, we introduce the reader to robust statistics, …
Quantitative Methods in Linguistics. Keith Johnson (2008)
Our statistical intuitions may be misleading us: Why we need robust statistics
Most academics' intuitions about statistics follow those of naive laypeople – that is, we often think that a sample should reflect the population characteristics more closely than it does, and expect less variability in samples than is truly found in them. These intuitions may prevent us from understanding why modern developments in statistics are needed. Another intuition most researchers hold is that it is better to be conservative when perform…
Reporting and Interpreting Quantitative Research Findings: What Gets Reported and Recommendations for the Field
This paper presents a set of guidelines for reporting on five types of quantitative data issues: (1) Descriptive statistics, (2) Effect sizes and confidence intervals, (3) Instrument reliability, (4) Visual displays of data, and (5) Raw data. Our recommendations are derived mainly from various professional sources related to L2 research but motivated by results from investigations into how well the field as a whole is following these guidelines f…
The critical role of the individual in language education: New directions from the learning sciences
Comparing Two+ Independent Groups
This entry discusses the situation where a researcher wants to know if differences among more than two independent groups on a continuous‐dependent variable such as test score are statistically significant and important. The groups will differ by a categorical variable such as treatment type. Adequate sample size and assumptions for using parametric, nonparametric, and robust tests are discussed. Practitioners are urged to conduct power analyses …
Why you should stop using the ideal L2 self and the L2 motivational self-system to measure motivation (Reaction to Al-Hoorie, Hiver & In’nami, 2024)
This paper responds to Al-Hoorie, Hiver, and In’nami’s (2024) critique of the second language (L2) Motivational Self System (L2MSS) by advocating for an immediate cessation of its use in the absence of substantial revision and validation. We revisit foundational studies in the tradition, exposing critical methodological flaws that we feel undermine empirical support for the model. Further, we examine systemic factors that contributed to the large…
Psychology (10 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Mathematics (7 works) · Statistics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (3 works)