Jeff McQuillan

Biographic Data

ID5435211
NAMEJeff McQuillan
GIVEN NAMESJeff
FAMILY NAMEMcQuillan
SIGNATUREMCQUILLAN J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Southern California
ORCID0000-0001-6703-8159
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
H-INDEX2

  • Reading, Language Acquisition, and the “Din in the Head”: Involuntary Mental Rehearsal in the First Language

    Jeff McQuillanARTICLEITL - International Journal of…1996

    The phenomenon of involuntary mental rehearsal or "Din in the head," has been associated by researchers with second language (L2) acquisition, primarily with beginning learners. This study provides new evidence for Din in association with the acquisition of new linguistic elements from a different population of language acquirers, advanced first language readers. The results lend support to the claims made by Krashen concerning the nature of L1 a…

  • Does Research Matter? An Analysis of Media Opinion on Bilingual Education, 1984–1994

    Jeff McQuillan, Lucy TseARTICLEBilingual Research Journal1996Cited by: 7References: 8

    Media opinion pieces, as persuasive rhetorical devices, have recourse to the use of social science research in support of their editorial positions. This study examines the extent to which newspaper and magazine opinion pieces employed scientific research findings in making their arguments in support of or opposition to bilingual education. A content analysis was conducted on bilingual education articles published in educational research journals…

  • How Should Heritage Languages Be Taught: The Effects of a Free Voluntary Reading Program

    Open AccessJeff McQuillanARTICLEForeign Language Annals1996Cited by: 9References: 27

    The United States has experienced a sharp rise in recent years in the number of heritage language (HL) bilinguals, students who speak a language other than English at home. Due to a lack of advanced language development in other settings, many of these students enroll in foreign language courses in their respective home languages. This paper reports on a program designed to promote heritage language and literacy development in one university‐leve…

  • Child language brokering in linguistic minority communities: Effects on cultural interaction, cognition, and literacy

    Jeff McQuillan, Lucy TseARTICLELanguage and Education1995

    Socio‐cultural views of learning suggest that the acquisition and display of knowledge is context dependent. This study examines the contexts of cultural interaction and the development of cognition and language among linguistic minority (LM) children who ‘brokered’ for their limited English speaking parents. Unlike formal translators, language brokers mediate rather than merely transmit information among the parties involved. Nine subjects who b…

  • A Reading “Din in the Head”: Evidence of Involuntary Mental Rehearsal in Second Language Readers

    Open AccessJeff McQuillan, Victoria RodrigoARTICLEForeign Language Annals1995References: 7

    The phenomenon of involuntary mental rehearsal of language, or the “Din in the head,” has been considered by researchers as an indicator of second language (L2) acquisition among acquirers. Previous studies have noted that the Din occurs primarily among beginning and intermediate L2 students after the reception of oral input that is comprehensible, but not after reading. It has been argued that this lack of a reported Din is due to the fact that …