This is an on-going collaborative project with Dr M. Carmen Parafita Couto (Leiden University) to study the syntax of Galician-Spanish speakers.
We are currently focusing on differential object marking.
This collaborative project (with Dr William Steed and Dr Alfredo Herrero de Haro) focuses on the improvement of Spanish pronunciation among students of that language in Australian universities.
To read more about our results, check the following papers:
2019. With William Steed and Alfredo Herrero de Haro. “Spanish pronunciation and teacher training: challenges and suggestions”, in Rao, Rajiv (ed.). 2019. Key Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation. Abingdon: Routledge, 304-323.
2015. With William Steed. “La enseñanza de la pronunciación del español en Australia: actitudes y creencias de los profesores”. The Journal of Spanish Language Teaching.
2014. With William Steed. “Quantifying Australian L2 Spanish Pronunciation”, conference proceedings of the 2013 LCNAU conference.
2014. With William Steed. “First things first: Exploring Spanish Students’ Attitudes toward Learning Pronunciation in Australia”. The Language Learning Journal 46.2: 1-13.
2014. With William Steed. “Fair dinkum. L2 Spanish in Australia by the book”. In J. Levis and S. McCrocklin (eds.): Proceedings of the 5th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference. Ames, IA: Iowa State University, 58-67.