Personal profile
Research
My research focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that support language learning in adults. Specifically, I am interested in the processes that take place during learning, and how they are shaped by individual differences.
In my current project, I am investigating how different sources of difficulty in language learning (both individual differences and properties of the input) affect the ways in which we process and encode new language forms during learning.
I have also worked on related aspects of language learning and processing: prediction during language processing, error-based learning, and implicit learning (learning without awareness).
Contact Info
Office: Room 301, 37-41 College Road
Office hours: Tuesdays 10-11am and Thursdays 10-11am
Email: [email protected]
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A Context-Aligned Two Thousand Test: Towards estimating high-frequency French vocabulary knowledge for beginner-to-low intermediate proficiency adolescent learners in England
Dudley, A., Marsden, E. & Bovolenta, G., 25 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Language Testing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How do we use memory when learning a foreign language?
Bovolenta, G., Jun 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Recall, generalisation and the role of declarative memory in the acquisition of new L2 morphology: A pilot study
Bovolenta, G. & Williams, J. N., Jul 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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The effect of verb surprisal on the acquisition of second language syntactic structures in adults: An artificial language learning study
Bovolenta, G. & Marsden, E., Jan 2024, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 45, 1, p. 110-137 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of verbal declarative memory in L2 morphology learning: Explicit rule knowledge vs. item-based learning
Bovolenta, G., 6 Sept 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
Projects
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Investigating the nature of difficulty in language learning with EEG
Bovolenta, G. (PI)
1/12/23 → 28/02/26
Project: Research
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Psycholinguistics at Hidden Worlds Science Festival
Bovolenta, G. (Contributor)
9 Mar 2024Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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Recall, generalisation and declarative memory in L2 morphology learning
Bovolenta, G. (Speaker)
21 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Prizes
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1st Prize for Best Poster Presentation, Learned Society of Wales Early-Career Researchers Network Colloquium
Bovolenta, G. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship
Bovolenta, G. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively