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Merit-All Language Acquisition Lab

Past Projects

Strategy choices and tendencies in self-regulated vocabulary

This project is a combination of a course on vocabulary learning strategy a research on vocabulary learning tendencies. We propose a framework to explain the process of self-regulated vocabulary.

A description of the phonological system of the Xishuangbanna dialect

This project explores the phonological system of the dialect used by rural students. It helps predict and correct pronunciation errors in foreign language learning.

Ongoing Projects

A vocabulary instruction curriculum tailored to learner’s individual differences

In partnership with Merit-All OL, this project proposes a vocabulary instruction framework that fosters the development of students with different motivational, cognitive, and socio-affective learning tendencies.

Language Acquisition

Language learning is so special in Qianli’s initiatives that we research it separately. English instructors from Wind Ride HP found routine courses insufficient to address student’s vocabulary learning needs. South Vision CW reported minority students’ Mandarin composition heavily affected by their heritage language.

Merit-All Language Acquisition Lab is an initiative that addresses language interference and vocabulary learning in rural education.

Impact & Plan

To date, LA has supported 2 projects, and currently cooperates with OL to design a new vocabulary learning curriculum. Our research helped improve Qianli’s second language education.

In the future, we intend to publish our research findings more broadly, perhaps through educational journals or conferences, to share our insights with a wider academic audience.