Megumi Hamada Assistant Professor Office: Robert Bell 336 Phone: (765) 285-8408 E-mail: mhamada@bsu.edu

Areas of Specialization:
Second language acquisition, Psycholinguistics of reading, Learning to read, Vocabulary acquisition, TESOL, Japanese linguistics and pedagogy

Publications:
Hamada, M., & Koda, K. (2008). Influence of First Language Orthographic Experience on Second Language Decoding and Word Learning. Language Learning, 58, 1-31.

Hamada, M. (2006). Pedagogical Implications of Japanese ESL Learners' Vocabulary Learning Strategies. INTESOL Journal, 3, 25 - 39.

Hamada, M., & Koda, K. (under review). The Role of Phonological Decoding in Second Language Word-Meaning Inference: A Comparison of L1 Orthographic Experiences.


Recent Presentations:

"Role of Decoding Efficiency in L2 Incidental Word Learning: A Longitudinal Investigation." Paper presented at the meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Costa Mesa, CA, April 2007.

"The Relationship between Decoding Efficiency and Word Form and Meaning Acquisition from L2 Reading." Paper presented at the joint meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) and Association Canadienne de Linguistique Appliqué (ACLA)/Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL), Montréal, Canada, June 2006.


Courses:
Gradaute:
Foundations in second language acquisition, Introduction to language learning (TESOL research and theory), Psycholinguistics

Undergraduate:
English linguistics, Language and society, TESOL research and theory