Dr. Alison Mackey By Sameer AlJabri and Ghassan Osailan

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Dr. Alison MackeyBy Sameer Al-Jabri and Ghassan
Osailan

• Contact Information
• mackeya_at_georgetown.edu
• Phone
• 202-687-2228
• Fax
• 202-687-6174

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Introduction

• Alison Mackey is an Associate Professor of
  Linguistics at Georgetown University.
• Before coming to the U.S., she lived in Osaka
  (Japan), Sydney (Australia), Cambridge (U.K.),
  and Lancaster (U.K.). She was born in England and
  grew up in Wales.

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Education

• Ph.D. (Linguistics) University of Sydney
• Dissertation
• Mackey, A. (1995). Stepping up the pace Input,
  interaction and interlanguage development. An
  empirical study of questions in ESL. Unpublished
  doctoral dissertation, Linguistics Department,
  University of Sydney.
• Mackeys dissertation supervisor was Jane
  Simpson the examiners were Mike Long, Patsy
  Lightbown and Merrill Swain.
• MPhil (Linguistics) University of Cambridge
  (1989)
• B.A. Hons. (English/Linguistics Law) Lancaster
  University (1988)

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Previous Positions

• Michigan State University
• 1-Assistant professor at Michigan State
  University (1995-1998)
• 2- Director of the M.A. TESOL Program (1997-8).
• 3- Coordinator of the L2 assessment projects for
  the federally funded Center for Language
  Education and Research.

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Previous Positions

• University of Pennsylvania
• During 1993-4 She wrote up her dissertation
  research on interaction and second language
  development s a Visiting Scholar in the Language
  and Education Division of the Graduate School of
  Education, University of Pennsylvania. She had
  collected her data in Sydney.

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Previous Positions

• University of Sydney
• 1- She taught Applied Linguistics for three years
  on the MA in Applied Linguistics program at the
  Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney.
• 2- She was a faculty member at the federally
  funded National Language and Literacy Institute
  of Australia's Language Acquisition Research
  Centre (LARC).
• 3- She worked on a number of projects in the area
  of second language acquisition (SLA) and the
  development of interactive second language
  assessment procedures.

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Previous Positions

• ESL Teaching
• She has taught ESL at schools and universities
  in Wales, England, Japan, Australia and the U.S.

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Research Interests

• Alison Mackey's research interests focus on
  second language acquisition, specifically the
  effects of input interaction and feedback, and
  the role of attention and task-based learning in
  second language development. She is also
  interested in second language research
  methodologies.

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Current Research Summary

• As of Summer, 2003, her active research projects
  included
• a) An ongoing series of experimental
  investigations into the relationship between L2
  learners' noticing of interactional feedback and
  their L2 developmental processes.
• b) Writing up the findings of an empirical study
  of the relationship between working memory
  capacity, linguistic output and
  interaction-driven development (The research was
  presented at the AAAL 2002 conference) and the
  paper will be co-authored with 3 Georgetown
  graduate students.
• c)  Completing a textbook on research methodology
  in second language acquisition (with Susan M.
  Gass) to be published by Lawrence Erlbaum
  Associates.
• d) Writing up the results of a study of feedback
  in the L2 classroom context.
• e)  A longitudinal series of case studies of the
  dialects of 12 British women living on the East
  coast of North America.

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Publications

• Books
• 1- Mackey, A. Gass, S.M. (2002). Second
  Language Research Methodology and Design. 
  Lawrence Erlbaum Association.
• 2- Gass, S.M. Mackey, A. (2000) Stimulated
  Recall Methodology in Second Language Research.
  Lawrence Erlbaum Association.

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Publications

• Refereed Journal Articles
• 1- Oliver, R., Mackey, A. (in press).
  Interactional context and feedback in child ESL
  classrooms. Modern Language Journal, 87(4).
• 2- Mackey, A. (in press). Beyond production
  Learners perceptions about interactional
  processes. International Journal of Educational
  Research (2003).
• 3- Mackey, A., Oliver, R., Leeman, J. (2003).
  Interactional input and the incorporation of
  feedback An exploration of NS-NNS and NNS-NNS
  adult and child dyads. Language Learning. 53(1)
  35-66.
• 4- Mackey, A. Oliver, R. (2002). Interactional
  Feedback and Childrens L2 Development. System 30
  (4) 30(4), 460-477.
• 5- Mackey, A., McDonough, K., Fujii, A.
  Tatsumi, T. (2001). Investigating learners
  reports about the L2 classroom. International
  Review of Applied Linguistics.39 (4) 258-308.

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• 6- Gass, S. Mackey, A. (2002). Frequency
  effects and second language acquisition A
  complex picture?   Studies in Second Language
  Acquisition. 24 (2) 249-260.
• 7- Mackey, A., Gass, S., McDonough, K. (2000).
  Do learners recognize implicit negative feedback
  as feedback? Studies in Second Language
  Acquisition. 22(4), 471-497.
• 8- McDonough, K. Mackey, A. (2000). Form and
  meaning Designing communicative tasks to target
  grammar in Thai classrooms. Foreign Language
  Annals, 33(1), 82-92.
• 9- Gass, S., Mackey, A., Fernandez, M.
  Alvarez-Torres, M. (1999). The effects of task
  repetition on linguistic output. Language
  Learning, 49(4), 549-580.

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• 10- Mackey, A. (1999). Input, interaction and
  second language development An empirical study
  of question formation in ESL. Studies in Second
  Language Acquisition. 21(4) 557-587.
• 11- Susan M. Gass, Alison Mackey and Teresa Pica
  (1998). The role of Input and Interaction in
  Second Language Acquisition Introduction to the
  special issue. Modern Language Journal , 82(3)
  299-307.
• 12- Mackey, A. Philp, J. (1998). Conversational
  Interaction and Second Language Development
  Recasts, Responses and Red Herrings? Modern
  Language Journal. 82(3) 338-356.
• 13- Mackey, A., Pienemann, M. Thornton, I.
  (1991). Rapid Profile A second language
  screening procedure Language and Language
  Education 1(1) 61-82.

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Publications

• Reviewed Book Chapters
• 1- Mackey, A. Philp, J. Fujii, A., Egi , T.
  Tatsumi, T. (2002). Individual differences in
  working memory, noticing of interactional
  feedback and L2 development. In Robinson, P.
  Skehan, P.  (eds). Individual Differences in L2
  Learning. John Benjamins, 181-208.
• 2- Mackey, A. (in review). Interaction and second
  language development Perspectives from SLA
  research. In R. DeKyser (Ed.), Practice in second
  language learning Perspectives from linguistics
  and psychology. Cambridge Cambridge University
  Press.
• 3- Mackey, A. Abbuhl, R. (in press).
  Interaction and tasks. In C. Sanz (Ed.),
  Processing approaches to instructed SLA Theory
  and practice. Washington, DC Georgetown
  University Press.
• 4- Adams, R., Fujii, A., Mackey, A. (in press).
  Research methodology Qualitative approaches. In
  C. Sanz (Ed.), Processing approaches to
  instructed SLA Theory and practice. Washington,
  DC Georgetown University Press.

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Publications

• Reviews
• 1- Mackey, A. (in press). Review of Peter
  Robinson (2001). Cognition and second language
  instruction. Cambridge Cambridge University
  Press. Studies in Second Language Acquistion.
• 2- Mackey, A. (2001). Review of Boulima, J.
  (1999). Negotiated Interaction in Target Language
  Discourse, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John
  Benjamins. Studies in Second Language
  Acquisition. 23, 126-128.
• 3- Mackey, A. (1998). Review of Yule, G. (1997).
  Referential Communiation Tasks, New Jersey,
  Lawrence Erlbaum. Studies in Second Language
  Acquistion. 20(3), 424-426.
• 4- Mackey, A. and Choi, H.S. (1998). Review of
  TriplePlay Plus, Syracuse Language Systems.
  Language Learning and Technology. 2(1), 19-21.

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Publications

• Non-refereed Journal Articles
• 1- Mackey, A. (1994a). Targeting Morpho-syntax in
  Children's ESL- an empirical study of the use of
  interactive goal-based tasks WPEL.10(1) 67-91.
• 2- Mackey, A. (1994b). Using Communicative tasks
  to target grammatical structures Handbook task
  set Sydney LARC/NLLIA Press.
• 3- Mackey, A. Philp, J. (1993). L2 Chitchat-
  More than just an Icebreaker? Language
  Acquisition Research CenterOccasional Working
  Papers 3(1).
• 4- Pienemann, M. Mackey, A. (1993). An
  Empirical Study of Children's ESL Development in
  McKay, P. (ed) ESL Development Language and
  Literacy in Schools. Commonwealth of Australia
  and NLLIA Vol. 2115-259.  

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Publications

• Article Manuscripts in Progress
• 1- Mackey, A. Feedback, noticing and second
  language development An empirical study of L2
  classroom interaction.
• 2- Mackey, A. Adams, R., Stafford, C. Winke, P.
  Exploring the relationship between modified
  output and working memory capacity.

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Publications

• Non-refereed Pedagogical Publications
• 1- Handbook "How to survive and thrive in second
  cultures."
• 2- Tasks for the Less Commonly Taught Languages
  Japanese (with Rebekha Abhul and Takako Egi)
• 3- "Task Materials for Japanese Thai (with Kim
  McDonough)."
• 4- "Language Test Development Video and workbook
  (with CLEAR team)."

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Selected awards/grants/fellowships

• 1- 2003 Spencer Foundation Interactional tasks
  and English L2 learning by immigrant children
  (co-principal investigator and subcontractor Dr.
  RitaSilver of the National Institute for
  Education, Singapore) 35,000
• 2- 2002 National Science Foundation DIG,
  (co-principal investigator graduate student Ms.
  Takako Egi) 12,000
• 3- 2002 - Department of Education/National
  Capital Language Resource Center. Project
  selected by committee from Georgetown University,
  George Washington University, and the Center for
  Applied Linguistics for inclusion in the National
  Capital Language Resource Center proposal that
  was refunded for 4 years in Spring 2002
• 4- 2002 - Georgetown University Summer Academic
  Grant (Faculty of Languages and Linguistics).

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• Selected awards/grants/fellowships (continued)
• 5- 2000 and 2001 - Georgetown University Summer
  Academic
• Grants (Graduate School).
• 6- 2000 - Visiting Fellowship at the Research
  Centre for English and Applied Linguistics,
  University of Cambridge, England (Summer)
• 7- 2000 - Junior Faculty Research leave (Fall)
• 8- 1999 - Nexus Teaching-Research Award,
  Georgetown University 9,000
• 9- 1996 - Director for L2 Assessment, Center for
  Language Education and Research, U.S. Department
  of Education 1996-1998.

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Classes Taught

• Georgetown University
• Input and Interaction in Second
  Language Acquisition
• Preparation and Evaluation of EFL/ESL
  Materials
• Research Design and Methods
• Task-based Language Learning and
  Teaching
• Seminar SLA Research Qualitative
  Methods
• Research Proseminar in Cognitive
  Science (one module)
• Practicum in Supervised Language
  Teaching
• Topics in Applied Linguistics
  Advanced Language
• Teaching
• Second Language Classroom Practices

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Classes Taught

• Michigan State University
• Second Language Acquisition
• Second Language Research Methods
• Input and Interaction In SLA
• Advanced Topics In TESOL
• Introductory TESOL Methods

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Conference Presentations

• 1- Mackey, A. Philp, J. Egi, T., Fujii, A.
  Tatsumi, T. (December, 2002). Working memory
  capacity, noticing of interactional feedback and
  L2 development. To be presented at the colloquium
  "New directions in second language learning
  aptitude research" organized by Peter Robinson.
  AILA 2002. Singapore.
• 2- Mackey, A. (October, 2002). Beyond production
  Insights from learners' perspectives on
  interactional opportunities. Second Language
  Research Forum 2002. Toronto, Canada
• 3- Stafford, C., Adams, R., Mackey, A., Winke, P.
  (Summer, 2002). Interactional feedback, modified
  output and working memory An empirical study of
  the acquisition of Spanish. American Association
  of teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference
  2002. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Paper presented by
  C. Stafford).

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• 4- Mackey, A., Adams, R., Stafford, C. Winke,
  P. (April,
• 2002). Exploring the relationship between
  modified output and
• working memory capacity. American Association
  for Applied
• Linguistics 2002 Conference, Salt Lake City,
  Utah
• 5- Leeman, J. Mackey, A.   Oliver, R, (February,
  2002).
• Interactional input and modified output An
  exploration of NS-
• NNS and NNS-NNS adult and child dyads.
  Form-Meaning
• Connections in Second Language Acquisition
  Conference,
• Chicago, Illinois. (Paper presented by J.
  Leeman).
• 6- Mackey, A. (October, 2000). Feedback, noticing
  and second
• language development An empirical study of L2
  classroom
• interaction. British Association for Applied
  Linguistics
• Conference 2000, Cambridge, U.K.
• 7- Mackey, A. (March, 2000) Interactional
  feedback on L2
• morpho-syntax Learners' perceptions and
  developmental
• outcomes. American Association for Applied
  Linguistics
• Conference, 2000, Vancouver, B.C.

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• 8- Mackey, A. 1999. "Second language learning
  through interaction
• Tasks, research and practice." Presentation
  at the Forum for SLA
• Research the Theory-Practice Interface.
  British Association for
• Applied Linguistics Conference. Edinburgh,
  U.K.
• 9- Mackey, A., McDonough, K. Kim, Yuja. 1999.
  NNS/NNS
• interaction Feedback and input
  incorporation. American
• Association for Applied Linguistics Conference
  '99, Stamford, CT.
• 10- Mackey, A., McDonough, K. Polio, C. 1999.
  Novice teachers'
• linguistic behavior before and after
  training. TESOL '99, New
• York, NY.
• 11- Polio, C., McDonough, K. Mackey, A. 1999.
  Novice
• Teachers' Provision of Opportunities for
  Attention to Linguistic
• Form A Study of the Effects of
  Intervention. Research and
• Practice in Language Teacher Education
  Voices from the Field
• International Conference on Language Teacher
  Education,
• Minneapolis, MN. (Paper presented by C.
  Polio).

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• 12- Mackey, A., Polio, C., McDonough, K.
  Oliver, R. 1998. The
• provision of implicit negative feedback in
  the second language
• classroom An empirical study of the effects
  of teacher
• experience. AAAL 98, Seattle, WA.
• 13- Gass, S. Mackey, A. 1998. Colloqium
  Organizers Interaction
• and Feedback in Classroom SLA PacSLRF 98,
  Tokyo, Japan.
• 14- Gass, S. Mackey, A. 1998. Learners'
  Perceptions of implicit
• negative feedback. PacSLRF 98, Tokyo, Japan.
  
• 15- Mackey, A., Oliver, R. Philp, J. 1997. The
  Provision and Use
• of Implicit Negative Feedback in NNS-NNS
  Conversation SLRF
• 97, East Lansing, MI.
• 16- Mackey, A. Philp, J. 1997. Are responses to
  recasts red
• herrings? AAAL 97. Orlando, FL.
• 17- Mackey, A. Gum, A. 1997. Working into the
  Workplace
• strategies for coping with transition. TESOL
  97, Orlando, FL.

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• 18- Mackey, A. 1996. Stepping up the Pace input,
  interaction and
• second language acquisition. AAAL 96,
  Chicago, IL.
• 19- Mackey, A. Philp, J. 1996. Pieces In The
  Puzzle Do Recasts
• Add To The Picture? PacSLRF 96, New
  Zealand. (Paper
• presented by J. Philp).
• 20- Mackey, A. Philp, J. 1995. Recasts
  responses and red
• herrings. Australian Association for
  Applied Linguistics,
• Australian National University, Canberra.
• 21- Mackey, A. 1994. Stepping up the pace input,
  interaction and
• interlanguage development -an empirical
  study of questions and
• negatives in ESL-, SLRF 95, Montreal, QB.
• 22- Mackey, A. 1993. Second language Assessment
  procedures
• ATESOL Conference, University of
  Technology, Sydney.
• 23- Mackey, A. 1992. The value of Interactional
  tasks in targeting
• morphosyntactic structures, PacSLRF 92,
  Sydney, Australia.

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• 24- Mackey, A. October, 1991. Eliciting targeted
  morpho-syntactic
• structures using communicative tasks" ALAA
  conference,
• Queensland, Australia.
• 25- Pienemann, M., Mackey, A. Thornton, I. June
  1991. Rapid
• Profile- a second language assessment
  device Conference on
• Second Language Acquisition, Chinese
  University of Hong
• Kong.
• 26- Pienemann, M., Mackey, A. Thornton, I.
  April, 1991.
• Computational Tools in second language
  assessment and
• learning RELC conference on Second Language
  Acquisition,
• Singapore.
• 27- Mackey, A. June, 1991. Rapid Profile,
  demonstration,
• elicitation procedures and discussion
  ATESOL conference,
• Sydney University.
• 28- Mackey, A. March, 1990. Conversation in the
  classroom
• Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis.
  Conference on the
• social effects of classroom language
  Kawachinagano English
• College, Japan.