Researchers

Short bio

​Griet Boone completed her PhD on L2 learners’ phraseological development at Ghent University. Her primary research areas include second/foreign language acquisition and development (with a special focus on L2 German and formulaic language), study abroad, L2 pragmatics, intercultural pragmatics, and professional communication.

Faculty

Letteren en Wijsbegeerte

Department

Taalkunde

Expertise

Learner Corpus Research /Second Language Acquisition

Pedagogical linguistics/language learning for specific purposes

Research keywords

SLA, formulaic language, German (for specific purposes), individual learner variables

Short bio

​​Marilize Pretorius completed her PhD at the University of Antwerp. Her research focuses on framing and studying the development of English for academic/nursing purposes as the development of accommodative competence. She investigates how (generative) artificial intelligence can be used to facilitate ESL/EFL accommodative competence, as well as how its use impacts their use of English.

Faculty

Letteren en Wijsbegeerte

Department

Taalkunde

Expertise

AI-assisted language learning and development
Pedagogical linguistics/language learning for specific purposes

Research keywords

artificial intelligence, English for academic purposes, communication accomodation theory

Short bio

​Tom Smits, a Fulbright alumnus, is a Professor of German variational linguistics, and of English, German and CLIL teaching methodology, which he combines with an appointment as Chief Researcher at Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania). His research activities cover language variation as well as foreign language education and intercultural competences with students in/from the EU, Asia and Africa.

Faculty

Letteren en Wijsbegeerte
Sociale Wetenschappen

Department

Taalkunde
Antwerp School of Education

Expertise

Second Language Acquisition
Pedagogical linguistics

Research keywords

SLA, multilingualism in education

Short bio

​Jennifer Thewissen completed her PhD in English linguistics at the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics (UCLouvain). She specialises in the study of EFL/ESL learner accuracy in a variety of contexts and its interactions with L2 complexity. Her research also includes improved methodologies for the study of L2 accuracy as well as the impact of individual learner variables on L2 performance.

Faculty

Letteren en Wijsbegeerte

Department

Taalkunde

Expertise

Learner Corpus Research /Second Language Acquisition
Pedagogical linguistics/language learning for specific purposes

Research keywords

​L2 accuracy, L2 complexity, learner corpus annotation, inter-rater reliability, individual learner variables

Short bio

​Nina Vandermeulen completed her PhD in Linguistics at the University of Antwerp and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Umeå University (Sweden). She now works as a lecturer in professional communication for the master Professional communication and Management. Her main research interests involve writing process research with keystroke logging, source-based writing, and feedback.

Faculty

Bedrijfswetenschappen en Economie

Department

Management

Expertise

Writing processes (keystroke logging)

Research keywords

writing process, keystroke logging, source-based writing, feedback