Susan Gass

Susan Gass (born 1943) is an American Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize-winner[2] linguist. She is currently a professor at the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages at the Michigan State University.[3] Her research focuses on applied linguistics with a special focus on second language learning, corrective feedback, and task-based language learning.

Susan Gass
Born (1943-05-21) May 21, 1943
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Known for
  • Second language acquisition
  • Input and interaction
  • Language universals
  • Language transfer
Awards2016: Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize[1]
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisAn investigation of syntactic transfer in adult second language acquisition (1979)
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-discipline
  • Second language acquisition
  • Input and interaction
  • Language universals
  • Language transfer
InstitutionsMichigan State University
WebsiteGass on the website of Michigan State University

Career

Gass is the Director of the English Language Center, Co-Director of the Center for Language Education And Research, co-Director of the Center for Language Teaching Advancement and Director of the Second Language Studies Ph.D. Program at the Michigan State University.

Between 2002 and 2008 she served as President of the International Association of Applied Linguistics.

She is currently the Editor of Studies in Second Language Acquisition.[4]

Research

According to Google Scholar, Gass's most cited publications include: Second language acquisition: An introductory course, Second language research: Methodology and design, and Input, interaction, and the second language learner.[5]

One of her major publications is a journal article, published in Applied Linguistics in 1985, entitled Non-native/Non-native Conversations: A Model for Negotiation of Meaning. The article, co-written with Evangeline Varonis, builds on the research focusing on conversational interactions between native speakers and non-native speakers. The paper focuses on interactions among non-native speakers of English. Varonis and Gass noted that negotiation of meaning was the most common among non-native speaker/non-native speaker pairs.[6]

Publications

Gass has had work published in several major journals such as Applied Linguistics, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning, The Modern Language Journal, and AILA Review.

She has co-written books with Larry Selinker, Alison Mackey, Charlene Polio, and Bill VanPatten.

Awards

Gass has received numerous outstanding awards throughout her career.[7]

  • 1995: MSU Outstanding Research Award, Golden Key Honor Society, 1995
  • 1996: Paul Pimsleur Award for Outstanding Research, ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages).
  • 1998: Ralph Smuckler Award for advancing international studies and programs, Michigan State University Michigan Association of Governing Boards Award
  • 2002: Distinguished Scholarship and Service (American Association for Applied Linguistics)
  • 2012: Language Learning Outstanding article (with Luke Plonsky)
  • 2016: Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize (with Alison Mackey)[8]

Bibliography

Books
  • Gass, S. M., Madden, C. G., Conference on Applied Linguistics, & University of Michigan. (1985). Input in second language acquisition. Cambridge, Mass: Newbury House.
  • Gass, S. M., & Selinker, L. (1994). Language transfer in language learning. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  • Gass, S. M., & Mackey, A. (2000). Stimulated recall methodology in second language research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Mackey, A., & Gass, S. M. (2005). Second language research: methodology and design. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Gass, S. M., & Mackey, A. (2007). Data elicitation for second and foreign language research. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Gass, S. M., Mackey, A., & Polio, C. (2011). Multiple perspectives on interaction: Second language research in honor of Susan M. Gass. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Gass, S. M., & Mackey, A. (Eds.) (2012). The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition. London: Routledge.
  • Mackey, A., & Gass, S. M. (Eds.) (2012). Research methods in second language acquisition: a practical guide. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
  • Gass, S. M. (2013). Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis.
  • Gass, S. M., Selinker, L., & Sorace, A. (2013). Second language learning data analysis: Teacher's manual.

Articles
  • Varonis, E. M., & Gass, S. (1985). Non-native/Non-native Conversations: A Model for Negotiation of Meaning, Applied Linguistics, 6(1), 71–90, doi:
gollark: If you're trying to actually do techniques at a reasonable pace, you probably need to practice them rather than just memorise the steps anyway.
gollark: I feel like you would run quite hard into diminishing returns of some sort.
gollark: 7 hours is literally approximately half your available time per day.
gollark: That sounds incredibly time-inefficient.
gollark: It's simultaneously extremely smart and really stupid.

References
  1. "Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize Winners". Modern Language Association. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. "Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize Winners". Modern Language Association. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. "Susan Gass | Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages". Michigan State University. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  4. "Studies in Second Language Acquisition - Editorial Board". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  5. "Susan Gass - Google Scholar". Google Scholar. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. Varonis, Evangeline; Gass, Susan (1985). "Non-native/Non-native Conversations: A Model for Negotiation of Meaning". Applied Linguistics. 6 (1): 71–90. doi:10.1093/applin/6.1.71.
  7. "Susan Gass - Honors". Michigan State University. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  8. "Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize Winners". Modern Language Association. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
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