Cirsten Carlson

Research interests

Language acquisition, bilingualism, language performance (complexity, accuracy, fluency, adequacy), L2 development, language instruction, language enjoyment, teacher language, ESL, bilingual/immersive education, varieties of English, phonetics and phonology.

BA and MA/MEd Thesis Supervision

I will need the following information about your planned thesis:

• Working title
• Planned hand-in date
• Main focus of the thesis (i.e. research question(s), thesis statement)
• Planned thesis structure (i.e. outline)
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Selected conference presentations and publications

Carlson, C. (2024, July). English teachers' lexical diversity: a linguistic potential for school students' L2 vocabulary development? Accepted paper at European Association of Second Language Acquisition EuroSLA. Montpellier, France.

Carlson, C. (2023, August). Is it in the pausing? Effects of spoken L2 complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) on communicative adequacy. European Association of Second Language Acquisition EuroSLA. Birmingham, UK.

Carlson, C. (2022, March). Effects of complex, accurate, and fluent L2 speech on communicative adequacy. Accepted paper at American Association of Applied Linguistics AAAL Conference. Pittsburgh, USA.

Carlson, C. (2021, March). Complex, accurate, and fluent too? A study on L2 speakers’ language performance. American Association of Applied Linguistics Virtual AAAL Conference. Houston, USA.

Carlson, C. (2019, June). Teachers' L2 English performance and elementary children's development of English. (rated ‘above par’). International Symposium of Bilingualism ISB12. Edmonton, Canada.

Carlson, C. (2019, May) Second language speaking: A study on the relationship of complexity, accuracy, and fluency. Accepted paper at Language, Research, and Teaching in the 21st Century. LIF2019. Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Carlson, C. (2018, May). English teachers' lexical diversity and students' receptive vocabulary. Language in Focus LIF2018. Thessaloniki, Greece.

Carlson, C. (2017, August). Language performance of L2 English teachers: complexity, accuracy, fluency, and second language acquisition. European Second Language Association EuroSLA27. Reading, UK.

Carlson, C. (2017, June). L2 English teachers’ language performance: Complexity, accuracy, fluency, and second language acquisition. Symposium of Bilingualism ISB11. Limerick, Ireland.

Carlson, C. (2017, March). L2 English teachers’ language performance: Complexity, accuracy, fluency. Language in Focus LIF2017. Famagusta, Cyprus.

Carlson, C. (2016, March). Elementary school English teachers‘ language performance and SLA. Language in Focus LIF2016. Istanbul, Turkey.

Carlson, C. (in prep.). Language performance and communicative adequacy.

Carlson, C. (in prep.). English teachers' lexical diversity and students' receptive vocabulary.

Carlson, C. (in prep.). Second language speaking: A study on the relationship of complexity, accuracy, and fluency.

Carlson, C. (2020). Elementary school L2 English teachers’ language performance and children’s second language acquisition. Hildesheim: Universitätsverlag. doi.org/10.18442/083

Carlson, C. (2020). Elementary school L2 English teachers’ language performance and children’s second language acquisition – Appendices. Hildesheim: Universitätsverlag. doi.org/10.18442/084