Peckham, Donald W.

Senior Assistant Professor
Office: Egyetem u. 2, room 2202
Phone: 544-284
E-mail:
Areas of academic competence: Second language acquisition, Language pedagogy

• Degrees:
  - PhD in linguistics with specialization in applied linguistics, 2000. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Dissertation title: “Attention and consciousness in second language acquisition: An investigation into the effects of instruction on noticing”.
  - MA in linguistics, 1995. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. MA thesis title: “Language transfer and cognitive load”.
  - BA in sociology, 1984. Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, USA.

• Areas of specialization:
  Cognitive approaches to second language learning
  Cross-linguistic influence
  Communication and learning strategies
  Vocabulary acquisition
  English in Europe

• List of publications:
  - Noticing and instruction in second language acquisition: A study of Hungarian learners of English. Szeged, Hungary: JATE Press. In press, 2009
  - “English and multilingualism, or English only in a multilingual Europe?” Linguistic Diversity in the European Union: First Findings of LINEE. Berlin: De Gruyter. Co-authored with Karolina Kalocsai, Kovács Emőke, and Tamah Sherman. In press, 2009.
  - “The names of English: Non-native insights into English as a lingua franca.” Proceedings of the 15. Élőnyelvi Konferencia. In press, 2009
  - “Self-regulation and foreign language vocabulary learning at the university level: a pilot study”. In: Vajda Zoltán (szerk.) Bölcsészműhely 2007, 115–128. Szeged: JatePress. 2008.
  - “Noticing grammar and vocabulary as a goal of instruction.” novELTy Journal 9(2): 4-22. 2001.
  - Linguistic minorities in Central and Eastern Europe. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. Co-edited with Christina Bratt Paulston. 1998

• Supervised papers:
  PhD dissertations
  - Doró Katalin “The written assessment of vocabulary knowledge and use of English majors in Hungary” (2008)
  - Kalocsai Karolina “Lingua franca interaction and socialization among the exchange students: a case study” (in preparation)
  
  MA theses
  - Beke Gabriella “A report on English major students’ vocabulary learning strategies” (2008)
  - Tóth Katalin “Incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading” (2008)
  - Kuchta Adrienn “Approaches towards language learning” (2007)
  - Csépe Adrienn “Functional English knowledge of Hungarian learners” (2007)
  - Palaonta Gina “The relationship between vocabulary level and learning strategies” (2006)
  - Pintér Anita “A discussion of the critical period and pronunciation in second language acquisition:” (2005)
  - Agócs Mariann “An example of language transfer from a native and a
  second language into a tertiary language” (2005)
  
  Major Papers
  - Bolvári Lilla “The effect of bilingualism on cognitive development: metalinguistic awareness” (2008)
  - Solti Réka “Individual differences in second language acquisition: The relationship between university students’ orientation towards science and Arts and their vocabulary learning strategies” (2008)
  - Molnár Timea “Second language versus third language acquisition: The English lexical competence of monolingual versus bilingual Hungarian students” (2008)

• Courses:
  Second language acquisition
  Research methods in applied linguistics
  Second language vocabulary acquisition
  Introduction to applied linguistics
  Writing skills
  Academic reading

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