Conferences

Conference Presentations:

(Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most applied linguistics conferences for 2020 were cancelled).

Fujii, A., Bang, H. J., Mackey, A., Hartman, E., Lenihan, E., & Yoshida, R. (2022, November). Novice instructors’ implementation of TBLT with young beginner EFL learners. [Paper presentation]. The Japanese Association for Language Teaching. Fukuoka City, Japan.

Semino, E., Flusberg, S. J., & Mackey, A., (2022). Investigating framing effects of metaphors for vaccination. [Paper presentation]. Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM) Conference [online].

Mackey, A., Bang, H. J., Fujii, A., Ito, Y, Lenihan, E., *Reagan, D., & Bryfonski, L. (2022, August). Is less more? Group size and task production with child L2 learners [Paper presentation]. The International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching. Innsbruck, Austria.

Mackey, A., Bryfonski, L., Ku, Y. (2022, March). Research methods in work on TBLT and IDs: A methodological review. [Paper presentation]. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference. Pittsburgh, PA.

*Cook, K., Fell, E., & Mackey, A. (2022, January 6). Reimagining the professionalization seminar: (Re)Orienting to the needs of incoming graduate students. [Paper presentation]. Linguistic Society of America: Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. *Canceled due to COVID-19.

Mackey, A. and King, K. (2015, November). Research Methodology in Second Language Studies: Trends, Concerns and New Directions. Invited Colloquium: Celebrating 100 Years of the Modern Language Journal - Reflecting on Challenges for the Language Studies Field in a Multilingual World. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2015 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. San Diego, California.

Polio, C., Mackey, A., Malone, M., and VanPatten, B. (2015, November). Are some languages really more difficult to learn? Maybe not. Paper presented at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2015 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. San Diego, California.

Mackey, A., Philp, J. and Teimouri, Y. (2015, September). The relationships amongst working memory, cognitive creativity and second language production during communicative tasks. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching. Leuven, Belgium. 

Ziegler, N., Mackey, A., & Parlak, O. (2015, September). Pre-task planning in L2 text-chat: Perceptions, performance, and individual differences. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching. Leuven, Belgium.

Tagarelli, K.M., Jiang, X., Shattuck, K.F., Laka, I., Barbey, A.K., VanMeter, J.W., Morgan-Short, K., Mackey, A., Newman, A.J., Turkeltaub, P.E., Newport, E.L. and Ullman, M.T. (2015, March). The neural trajectory of adult second language acquisition: An fMRI study of learning a reduced natural language. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Francisco, CA.

Ziegler, N. and Mackey, A. (2014, September). Pre-task planning, performance, and individual differences in L2 text chat. European Second Language Acquisition (EUROSLA) conference. York, UK.

Mackey, A. (2014, March). Research, relationships and reflexivity: Reflections on two case studies of language and identity. Invited colloquium: Ethics in Educational Linguistics Research: Language Researcher Narratives. American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR.

Mackey, A., Park, H. I., Akiyama, Y. and Pipes, A. (2014, March). The role of cognitive creativity in L2 learning processes. Georgetown University Round Table. Washington, DC.

Mackey, A. (2013, November). Social dialects and shifting identities: British women in the United States and American women in Britain. American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL.

Mackey, A. (2013, March). Quantitative and Qualitative Orientations in Interaction Research: Exploring Questions of Balance. Invited colloquium: Bridging the Gap: Cognitive and Social Approaches in Applied Linguistics. American Association for Applied Linguistics, Dallas, TX.

McDonough, K., Trofimovich, P., & Mackey, A. (2012, September). Integrating priming tasks and ESL learners’ subsequent production. The 22nd Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA), Adam Mickiewicz University, Germany.

Shah, S., Mackey, A., & Silver, R. (2011, March). Culture, identity and proficiency: An outcomes-based study of Gujarati heritage language learners. American Association for Applied Linguistics, Chicago, IL.

Fogle, L.W., King, K., & Mackey, A. (2011, June). Child agency and language policy in translational families. International symposium on Bilingualism (ISB8), University of Oslo, Norway.

Fujii, A., Mackey, A., & Ziegler, N. (2011, November). Metacognitive instruction and learning through task-based interaction. 4th Biennial International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching, Auckland, New Zealand.

Marsden, E. & Mackey, A. (2011, September). Establishing a digital repository of research instruments. The 21st Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA), Stockholm University, Sweden.

McDonough, K. & Mackey, A. (2011, September). Second language interaction in diverse educational contexts. The 21st Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA), Stockholm University, Sweden.

Mackey, A. & Goo, J. (2010, October). The case against the case against recasts. Second Language Research Forum. University of Maryland, U.S.

Al-Khalil, M. & Mackey, A. (2010, March). Advances in Arabic teaching and learning: Research-driven insights into methods and materials. Georgetown University Round Table. Washington, DC.

Mackey, A. & Petersen, K. (2009, October). Interaction, Modality and Learning: Comparing the Effectiveness of Computer-Generated and Face to Face Recasts. Second Language Research Forum. Michigan State University, U.S

Mackey, A. & Fujii, A. (2009, September). Training learners to be more effective interactors. Invited colloquium: Tasks and the interaction hypothesis. 3rd Biennial Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching. Lancaster, UK.

Mackey, A., Fujii, A., Biesenbach-Lucas, S. & Weger-Guntharp, H. (2009, March). Classrooms, contexts, and communicative activities: A study of English question formation. Georgetown University Round Table, Washington, D.C.

Mackey, A., Oliver, R. & Philp, J. (2006, September). Age, teacher guidance and the linguistic outcomes of task-based interaction. British Association for Applied Linguistics conference, University College Cork, Ireland.

McDonough, K. & Mackey, A. (2006, June). Syntactic priming and ESL question development. American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Mackey, A. & Gass, S. M. (2005, October). Organizers and introduction. In Interaction and Second Language Acquisition, Pushing the methodological boundaries. Invited colloquium at the Second Language Research Forum, Teachers College, Columbia University.

Philp, J., Oliver, R. & Mackey, A. (2005, October). Planning, autonomy, and guidance: Tasks and young learners. Second Language Research Forum, Teachers College, Columbia University.

Gass, S. M. & Mackey, A. (2005, July). Input, interaction and input: What’s it good for, anyway? AILA conference, Madison, WI.

Silver, R. & Mackey, A. (2004, August). Interactional tasks and English L2 child learning in Singapore. Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics conference, Namseoul University, Korea.

Gass, S. M., Mackey, A. & Ross-Feldman, L. (2003, October). The role of setting in classroom and laboratory interaction. Second Language Research Forum, Tucson, AZ.

Mackey, A., Philp, J., Egi, T., Fujii, A. & Tatsumi, T. (2002, December). Working memory capacity, noticing of interactional feedback and L2 development. In P. Robinson (Chair), New directions in second language learning aptitude research. Colloquium at AILA, Singapore.

Mackey, A. (2002, October). Beyond production: Insights from learners' perspectives on interactional opportunities. Second Language Research Forum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Stafford, C., Adams, R., Mackey, A. & Winke, P. (2002, July). Interactional feedback, modified output and working memory: An empirical study of the acquisition of Spanish. Paper presented by C. Stafford at the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Mackey, A., Adams, R., Stafford, C. & Winke, P.  (2002, April). Exploring the relationship between modified output and working memory capacity. American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Salt Lake City, UT.

Leeman, J., Mackey, A. & Oliver, R. (2002, February). Interactional input and modified output: An exploration of NS-NNS and NNS-NNS adult and child dyads. Form-Meaning Connections in Second Language Acquisition conference, Chicago, IL.

Mackey, A. (2000, October). Feedback, noticing and second language development: An empirical study of L2 classroom interaction. British Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Cambridge, U.K.

Mackey, A. (2000, March). Interactional feedback on L2 morpho-syntax: Learners' perceptions and developmental outcomes. American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Mackey, A. (1999, September). Second language learning through interaction: Tasks, research and practice. Forum for SLA Research: the Theory-Practice Interface, British Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Edinburgh, U.K.

Polio, C., McDonough, K. & Mackey, A. (1999, May). Novice teachers' provision of opportunities for attention to linguistic form: A study of the effects of intervention. Research and Practice in Language Teacher Education: Voices from the Field, International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Minneapolis, MN.  

Mackey, A., McDonough, K. & Kim, Y. (1999, March). NNS/NNS interaction: Feedback and input incorporation. American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Stamford, CT.

Mackey, A., McDonough, K. & Polio, C. (1999, March). Novice teachers' linguistic behavior before and after training. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference, New York, NY.

Gass, S. M. & Mackey, A. (1998, March). (Colloquium Organizers), Interaction and feedback in classroom SLA. Colloquium at the Pacific Second Language Research Forum, Tokyo, Japan.

Gass, S. M. & Mackey, A. (1998, March). Learners' perceptions of implicit negative feedback. Pacific Second Language Research Forum, Tokyo, Japan.

Mackey, A., Polio, C., McDonough, K. & Oliver, R. (1998, March). The provision of implicit negative feedback in the second language classroom: An empirical study of the effects of teacher experience. American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Seattle, WA.

Mackey, A., Oliver, R. & Philp, J. (1997, October). The provision and use of implicit negative feedback in NNS-NNS conversation. Second Language Research Forum, East Lansing, MI.  

Mackey, A. & Gum, A. (1997, March). Working into the workplace: Strategies for coping with transition. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages conference, Orlando, FL.

Mackey, A. & Philp, J. (1997, March). Are responses to recasts red herrings? American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Orlando, FL.

Mackey, A. (1996, March). Stepping up the pace: Input, interaction and second language acquisition. American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Chicago, IL.

Mackey, A. (1996, March). Stepping up the pace: Input, interaction and second language acquisition. American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Chicago, IL.

Mackey, A. & Philp, J. (1996, January-February). Pieces in the puzzle: Do recasts add to the picture? Pacific Second Language Research Forum, New Zealand.

Mackey, A. & Philp, J. (1995, August). Recasts: Responses and red herrings. Australian Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Australian National University, Canberra.

Mackey, A. (1994, October). Stepping up the pace: Input, interaction and interlanguage development – an empirical study of questions and negatives in ESL. Second Language Research Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Mackey, A. (1993, July). Second language assessment procedures. Association for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages conference, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Mackey, A. (1992, March). The value of interactional tasks in targeting morphosyntactic structures. Pacific Second Language Research Forum, Sydney, Australia.

Mackey, A. (1991, October). Eliciting targeted morpho-syntactic structures using communicative tasks. Applied Linguistics Association of Australia conference, Queensland, Australia.

Mackey, A. (1991, June). Rapid Profile, demonstration, elicitation procedures and discussion. Association for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages conference, Sydney University, Australia.

Pienemann, M., Mackey, A. and Thornton, I. (1991, June). Rapid Profile: A second language assessment device. Conference on Second Language Acquisition, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Pienemann, M., Mackey, A. and Thornton, I. (1991, April). Computational tools in second language assessment and learning. RELC conference on Second Language Acquisition, Singapore.