nicol

Image
nicol@arizona.edu
Phone
(520) 626-8184
Office
Communication 314A
Nicol, Janet
Professor

Home Departments: Linguistics, Psychology, and Cognitive Science

SLAT Areas of Specialization: Cognitive Dimensions of L2 Learning, Instructional Dimensions of L2 Learning, Linguistic Dimensions of L2 Learning

Dr. Nicol has degrees in Linguistics, Speech Pathology, and Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Her appointment at the University of Arizona is split 3 ways, and she is also an active member of the Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching.

Her research is multi-disciplinary, and her interests broaden with each passing year. At the core of her research is language: how we produce and comprehend it, how we learn new languages and become able to reach some level of proficiency, what happens when language breaks down.  But she is also interested in the interplay between language and more general skills and abilities, the use of language in remembering, language ambiguity in "word problems" in math, the use of technology in second language learning, and so on.

Area of Specialization
Cognitive dimensions of L2 learning
Instructional dimensions of L2 learning
Linguistic dimensions of L2 learning

Currently Teaching

SLAT 694A – SLAT Practicum

The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.

The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.