Research Participation System
The Research Participation System (RPS) at the Department of Linguistics at SFU provides students with the opportunity to experience what research in linguistics is like by participating as subjects in projects conducted or supervised by various faculty. At the same time, students can earn credit towards participating linguistics courses. Please note:
- Students are allowed to participate in more than one project.
- Each set of points can be applied to ONE course only (no duplication of points)
- All points will be used during the current semester (no banking of points)
- If the project runs in the period between semesters, the points can be used in courses of the next semester.
- Different instructors may have different ways of including RPS points in their overall grade assessment. Please see their course syllabus for the grading policy
Participating Courses in Fall 2018
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Participating Research Projects in Fall 2018
| Research Area | Title | Ethics Number | Language Requirements | Contact | Place | More Information |
| Psycholinguistics | The influence of structural probability on prosodic structure building | 2017s0487 | - At least 19 years old - Normal hearning - Native mono-lingual speaker of Canadian English
|
Claire Moore-Cantwell |
RCB 7204 (Phonological Processing Lab)
|
2 credits (1 hour) |
| Phonology | Producing and perceiving English as a childhood second language | 2017s0331 | - At least 19 years old - Normal hearing |
Danica Reid or Claire Moore-Cantwell |
RCB 7204 (Phonological processing lab) |
1 credit (30 minutes) |
| Perception, processing, multi-modal speech | FaceScan: Visual Processing of Speech Cues | 2017s0350 | - 19-50 years old - Native speakers of either English or Mandarin - Normal hearing; normal/corrected-to-normal vision; no significant learning or language-related impairments |
Elise McClay 778-782-3955 |
RCB 7410 (LangDev Lab) |
2 credits (1 hour) |
| First-language bias, phonology/phonetics | EngManITL: Language experience and rhythmic perception of non-speech sounds | 2017s0190 | - 19-30 years old; - Native English speakers with no/little experience in tone languages (like Mandarin, Cantonese, & Punjabi) - Non-impaired hearing |
Elise McClay 778-782-3955 |
RCB 7410 (LangDev Lab) |
1 credit (30 minutes) |
| Phonology/phonetics | MusicLang: Foreign language learning & the perception of musical rhythm & melody | 2016s0373 | - 19-30 years old - Native English speakers with no/little experience in tone languages (like Mandarin, Cantonese, & Punjabi) - Non-impaired hearing; |
Elise McClay 778-782-3955 (Click here for Direct Booking)
|
RCB 7410 (LangDev Lab) |
2 credits (1 hour) |
| Phonetics | Wavslang Study - Audiovisual speech perception of simultaneiy | 2018s0182 | - Native English speakers, native Estonian speakers
|
Joanna Xie 778-782-6924
|
RCB 6203 (Language and Brain Lab) |
2 credits (1 hour) |
Phonology |
Acoustic Cues used by Learners of English |
2017s0023 |
- Between the ages of 19 to 45; normal hearing; normal or corrected-to-normal vision - Native French speakers who have learned English as an additional language |
Danica Reid danicar@sfu.ca; 778-782-9909 |
RCB 7204 (Phonological Processing Lab) |
2 credits (1 hour) |
Phonology |
Spoken word recognition in L2 learners of English |
2018s0238 |
- Native Mandarin speakers who have learned English as an additional language - Between the ages of 19 to 45 and have normal or corrected-to-normal vision, and normal hearing. |
Danica Reid phono@sfu.ca; 778-782-9909 |
RCB 7204 (Phonological Processing Lab) |
1 credit (30 minutes) |
| Phonetics, Second language acquisition | Effects of perception and production on perceptual learning of Marathi stops | 2017s0330 | - Native English or Mandarin speaker (not both) | Luca Cavasso lcavasso@sfu.ca |
RCB 7410 |
4 credits (2 hours) |
Instructions to Students
If you would like to participate in a study, please send an email to the contact person of the study to make an appointment.
Instructions to Researchers
If you or your students would like to recruit research participants through the Research Participation System (RPS), please see detailed instructions at the faculty portal page.
Instructions to Instructors
If you would like to offer course credit for research participation, please visit the faculty portal page for detailed information.