Anne Rimrott - Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University

Anne Rimrott

M.A., Diplom-Anglistin

PhD Student, Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada

Welcome to my web site! I am a PhD student in the Department of Linguistics at Simon Fraser University. My main research interest lies in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). My PhD research is on adaptive computer-assisted vocabulary instruction, that is, the use of student modeling to improve foreign language vocabulary acquisition . I am also interested in Second Language Acquisition, Language Teaching, German as a Foreign Language, and Computational Linguistics.

I received an M.A. degree in Linguistics from the Department of Linguistics at Simon Fraser University in 2005. I received a "Diplom" degree in Applied Modern Languages from the English Department at Justus Liebig University (Giessen, Germany) in 2002. My major was English and my minors were Spanish and business administration.

Publications and Manuscripts

Rimrott, Anne & Trude Heift (2008). Evaluating automatic detection of misspellings in German. Language Learning & Technology 12(3).

Heift, Trude & Anne Rimrott (2008). Learner responses to corrective feedback for spelling mistakes in CALL. System 36(2).

Rimrott, Anne (to appear). On double object and double complement structures in German. Proceedings of the Canadian Linguistics Association (CLA) Annual Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 26 - 29, 2007.

Nicole Carter, Loreley Hadic Zabala, Anne Rimrott & Dennis Storoshenko (Eds.) (2007). Proceedings of the 22nd NorthWest Linguistics Conference (NWLC) at Simon Fraser University. Burnaby, Canada: Linguistics Graduate Student Association [online publication at http://www.sfu.ca/gradlings/NWLC_Proceedings.htm].

Rimrott, Anne (2007). The discourse structure of research article abstracts - A Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) analysis. In Nicole Carter, Loreley Hadic Zabala, Anne Rimrott & Dennis Storoshenko (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd NorthWest Linguistics Conference (NWLC) at Simon Fraser University (pp. 207 - 220). Burnaby, Canada: Linguistics Graduate Student Association [online publication at http://www.sfu.ca/gradlings/NWLC_Proceedings.htm].

Rimrott, Anne (2005). Spell checking in Computer-Assisted Language Learning: A study of misspellings by nonnative writers of German. M.A. Thesis in Linguistics at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, Canada).

Rimrott, Anne & Trude Heift (2005). Language learners and generic spell checkers in CALL. CALICO Journal 23 (1): 17-48.

Rimrott, Anne (2004). A taxonomy for non-native spelling errors: The example of misspellings by learners of German as a Foreign Language. University of Washington Working Papers in Linguistics 23 - Proceedings of the 20th NorthWest Linguistics Conference (NWLC): 190-204.

Rimrott, Anne (2002). Cultural differences in discourse structures: Movie narratives by native speakers of American English and Japanese EFL Speakers. Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Neuere Fremdsprachen an der Justus Liebig Universität (Fachbereich 05 - Sprache, Literatur, Kultur; Institut für Anglistik - Abteilung Linguistik). Diploma Thesis in Applied Modern Languages at Justus Liebig University (Giessen, Germany).

Presentations

(2008) Adjusting vocabulary instruction to different learners. CALL/SLA workshop, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, April 7, 2008.

(2008) Rimrott, Anne & Trude Heift. Classification systems for misspellings by non-native writers. CALICO 2008 ICALL SIG (Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group) pre-conference workshop, San Francisco, California, USA, March 18-19, 2008.

(2007). What's interesting about German? Invited presentation in the course "Linguistics 241 - Languages of the World", Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, October 19, 2007.

(2007). On double object and double complement structures in German. Canadian Linguistics Association (CLA) Annual Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 26 - 29, 2007.

Rimrott, Anne & Trude Heift (2007). Language influence in foreign language spelling. CALICO Conference, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA, May 22 - 26, 2007.

Rimrott, Anne & Trude Heift (2006). Challenges for spell checking in CALL. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Nashville, Tennessee, USA, November 16 - 19, 2006.

Heift, Trude & Anne Rimrott (2006). Feedback in spelling: Can learners tell the difference? Joint Conference of AAAL and ACLA/CAAL, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 17 - 20, 2006.

Heift, Trude & Anne Rimrott (2006). Different learners – different strategies and outcomes: Effects of proficiency level in CALL. CALICO Conference, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, May 16 - 20, 2006.

(2006). The discourse structure of research article abstracts - A Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) analysis. 22nd NorthWest Linguistics Conference (NWLC), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, February 18-19, 2006..

(2005). Spell checking in CALL - What factors matter? CALICO Conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, May 19-21, 2005.

(2005). Spell checking in Computer-Assisted Language Learning: A study of misspellings by nonnative writers of German. M.A. Thesis Defence, Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, April 8, 2005.

(2005). Spell checking in Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Invited presentation in the course "Linguistics 480 - Computer-Assisted Language Learning", Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, spring semester.

Rimrott, Anne & Trude Heift (2004). Language learners and generic spell checkers in CALL. EUROCALL Conference, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, September 1-4, 2004.

(2004). Spelling errors by learners of German. 20th NorthWest Linguistics Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, May 1-2, 2004.

More Language and Linguistics...

German on the Web (visit my collection of websites for learners of German)

Term Paper Computational Linguistics (2003). SANTY: A spell checking algorithm for treating predictable verb inflection mistakes made by non-native writers of German. Term Paper for LING 807 – Computational Linguistics at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, Canada).

Term Paper Phonology (2003). An Optimality Theoretic analysis of ejective stops in Klamath, Dakota, Quechua, Chaha, and Mingrelian. Term paper for LING 800 - Phonology at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, Canada).

Term Paper Hypertextlinguistics (2001). A comparison of linear text and hypertext based on readers’ comprehension and preferences. Term Paper for Hypertextlinguistics at Justus Liebig University (Giessen, Germany).

Typology Reports Phonology (2003): Typology Report I and Typology Report II on ejective stops.

Article Summary Research Methods (2003): "L2 Users and English Spelling" by V.J. Cook (1997).

Article Summary Phonology (2003): "Phonetically driven phonology: The role of Optimality Theory and inductive grounding" by Bruce Hayes (1996).

Website of the Linguistics Graduate Students at SFU

A list of conferences in the following areas: linguistics in general, speech sciences, psycholinguistics, neuroscience, computational linguistics, CALL, and second language acquisition.

Teaching

German 102 (instructor): Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Summer 2007 (sessional)

Linguistics 480- Computer-Assisted Language Learning (language lab assistant): Spring 2005

Linguistics 220 - Introduction to Linguistics (T.A.): Fall 2003

participated in Instructional Skills Workshop at SFU (24-hour workshop): August 29 - 31, 2005

Personal

Take a look at some pictures of my cats (2002 + 2003)

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Comments, suggestions, questions? Email me: arimrott "at" sfu.ca.

last update: March 3, 2008 by AR