Home Department: German Studies
SLAT Areas of Specialization: Cognitive Dimensions of L2 Learning, Instructional Dimensions of L2 Learning, Sociocultural Dimensions of L2 Learning
Peter Ecke is a Professor of Second Language Acquisition and German and teaches courses on applied linguistics, second language acquisition, multilingualism, intercultural communication, testing and assessment, and German language and culture. He is a faculty member in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching. His research interests include second and third language acquisition, vocabulary acquisition, language attrition, bilingual speech including lexical errors and word finding problems, the effects of study abroad on language and intercultural competence development, and the learning and teaching of German in the United States. Below is a list of representative research areas and publications. More information about Peter Ecke can be found on Research Gate, ORCID, Google Scholar or Academia.