Core Faculty
Aline Godfroid
Aline Godfroid (Ph.D. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 2010) is an Assistant Professor of Second Language Studies at Michigan State University. She obtained a PhD from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in Belgium, for her eye-tracking research on the role of attention and awareness (‘noticing’) in incidental L2 vocabulary learning. Dr. Godfroid specialises in cognitive processes in second language acquisition. She teaches courses on L2 psycholinguistics, vocabulary acquisition and advanced research, as well as a general introduction to the field of Second Language Acquisition.
Research Interests
Dr. Godfroid's research focuses on cognitive processes in Second Language Acquisition, notably the role of attention and awareness in second language learning and the extent to which these two mechanisms always go hand in hand during 'noticing' (Schmidt, 1990). The following areas are central to her research:
• Attention, awareness and the 'Noticing Hypothesis'
• Implicit and explicit learning and memory
• Incidental vocabulary acquisition while reading
• Eye tracking and (concurrent or retrospective) verbal reports as tools to measure L2 processing
Ongoing research includes further explorations of the role of attention and awareness in learning (with Jens Schmidtke and Le Anne Spino) and a study about the automatisation of L2 sentence processing (with Hyojung Lim). Dr. Godfroid's longer-term goals are to refine the noticing construct, both at a theoretical level and in terms of how it can be measured empirically.
Publications
Godfroid, A., & Winke, P. M. (under review). Investigating implicit and explicit processing using L2 learners' eye-movement data.
Godfroid, A., & Schmidtke, J. (in press). What do eye movements tell us about awareness? A triangulation of eye-movement data, verbal reports and vocabulary learning scores. In J. M. Bergsleithner, S. Frota & J. K. Yoshioka (Eds.), Noticing: L2 studies and essays in honor of Dick Schmidt. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i at Manoa, National Foreign Language Resource Center.
Godfroid, A., Boers, F., & Housen, A. (in press, 2013). An eye for words: Gauging the role of attention in incidental L2 vocabulary acquisition by means of eye tracking. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 35(3).
Godfroid, A., & Uggen, M. S. (in press, 2013). Attention to irregular verbs by beginning learners of German – An eye movement study. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 35(2).
Godfroid, A., Winke, P. M., & Gass, S. (Eds.) (in press, 2013). Thematic issue on eye tracking in second language acquisition research, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 35(2).
Winke, P. M., Godfroid, A., & Gass, S. (in press, 2013). Introduction to the special issue. Eye-movement recordings in second language acquisition research. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 35(2).
Godfroid, A. (2012). Eye tracking. In P. Robinson (Ed.), Routledge encyclopedia of second language acquisition (pp. 234-236). New York/London: Routledge.
Godfroid, A. (2010). Cognitive processes in Second Language Acquisition: The role of noticing, attention and awareness in processing words in written L2 input. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Godfroid, A., Housen, A., & Boers, F. (2010). A procedure for testing the Noticing Hypothesis in the context of vocabulary acquisition. In M. Pütz & L. Sicola (Eds.), Inside the learner’s mind: Cognitive processing and second language acquisition (pp. 169-197). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Godfroid, A., & Housen, A. (2008). The role of noticing in incidental L2 vocabulary acquisition: evidence from an eye-tracking study. In Preprint of the 33rd international LAUD symposium on cognitive approaches to second/foreign language processing: theory and pedagogy (pp. 191-210). Duisberg: LAUD.
Boers, F., Eyckmans, J., & Godfroid, A. (2007). Catering for limited processing capacity to foster incidental vocabulary uptake. In K. Pelsmaekers & C. Rollo (Eds.), Economically speaking (pp. 169-185). Antwerpen/Apeldoorn: Garant.
Colpaert, J., Decoo, W., Van Bueren, S., & Godfroid, A. (Eds.) (2006). CALL 2006 – How are we doing? CALL & monitoring the learner. Proceedings of the twelfth international CALL conference, University of Antwerp, 20-22 August 2006. Antwerp: University of Antwerp.
Presentations
Invited talks
Godfroid, A. (2013). Do adult second language learners teach themselves? Evidence from eye movements and verbal reports. Paper to the Linguistics Colloquium at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, January 2013.
Godfroid, A. (2012). The roles of attention and awareness in second language acquisition: New methodological perspectives. Paper to the Symposium of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, December 2012.
Housen, A., Godfroid, A., & Boers, F. (2012). Re(de)fining the construct of noticing. The role and nature of attention and awareness in SLA. Paper to the Department of Linguistics Speaker Series, Georgetown, Washington, DC, March 2012.
Godfroid, A. (2010). Attention and awareness in SLA: The role of ‘noticing’ in L2 vocabulary learning. Paper to the Second Language Studies Programme at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, February 2010.
Godfroid, A. (2008). Eye-catching words? The initial processing of novel lexis in an L2. Paper to the Nijmegen Bilingualism Group, Nijmegen, December 2008.
Conference papers
Godfroid, A., & Spino, L. (2013). Effects of eye-tracking and think-alouds on text comprehension and vocabulary recognition. Paper to the audience of the Eye-tracking Mini Conference, East Lansing, MI, April 2013.
Godfroid, A., Loewen, S., Jung, S., Park, J., Gass, S., & Ellis, R. (2013). Investigating the link between implicit and explicit knowledge and processing. East Lansing, MI, April 2013.
Godfroid, A., & Spino, L. (2013). Timing is of the essence: Disentangling the roles of attention and awareness in L2 vocabulary learning. Paper to the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Dallas, TX, March 2013.
Godfroid, A. (2012). Attention and awareness may not be the same in SLA. Paper to the Second Language Research Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2012.
Godfroid, A. (2012). Do all roads lead to Rome? Attention, awareness and the "noticing" construct. Paper to the European Second Language Association, Poznan, September 2012.
Uggen, M. S., & Godfroid, A. (2012). Attention to irregular verbs by beginning learners of German: An eye movement study. Paper to the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Boston, MA, March 2012.
Godfroid, A., & Spino, L. (2011). Reading in the experimental laboratory: A comparison of different data collection methods. Paper to the Second Language Research Forum, Ames, IA, October 2011.
Godfroid, A., & Schierloh, M. (2010). The study of eye movements in SLA research: A review. Paper to the Second Language Research Forum, Maryland, MD, October 2010.
Godfroid, A., Boers, F., & Housen, A. (2010). Re(de)fining the construct of ‘noticing’: The role of attention and awareness in SLA. Paper to the European Second Language Association, Reggio Emilia, September 2010.
Godfroid, A., Housen, A., & Boers, F. (2010). Attention and awareness in SLA: An attempt to re(de)fine the construct of ‘noticing’. Paper to the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Atlanta, GA, March 2010.
Godfroid, A., Boers, F., & Housen, A. (2009). Learners’ processing of novel words while reading: Eye movements and learning gains. In N. A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (3202). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Godfroid, A., Boers, F., & Housen, A. (2009). Learners’ initial steps in acquiring new lexis: A study of eye movements. Paper to the 8th edition of Psycholinguistics in Flanders, Antwerp, May 2009.
Godfroid, A., Boers, F., & Housen, A. (2009). Defining and operationalising noticing in SLA. Paper to Georgetown University Round Table, Washington, DC, March 2009.
Godfroid, A., Boers, F., & Housen, A. (2008). The intake of new words in L2 reading: An eye-tracking study. Paper to the Second Language Research Forum, Honolulu, HI, October 2008.
Godfroid, A., Boers, F., & Housen, A. (2008). An eye for words: Eye tracking L2 learners’ noticing of new words in written texts. Paper to the European Second Language Association, Aix-en-Provence, September 2008.
Godfroid, A., Boers, F., & Housen, A. (2008). Noticing new words while reading in a foreign language: Evidence from an eye-tracking study. Paper to the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC, March 2008.
Godfroid, A., Boers, F., & Housen, A. (2007). Individual differences in noticing capacity. Paper to the Belgian Association for Applied Linguistics, Louvain, March 2007.
Workshops
Godfroid, A. (2012). Increasing learner autonomy: Insights from learners' introspection on their own incidental vocabulary learning. One-hour workshop for faculty in the English Language Center at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, November 2012.