Research projects
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What the hands can tell us
People often produce hand gestures when they talk. But does this also make you a persuasive speaker? This project will search for scientific support to further investigate this.
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AI Authenticity Project
This project adopts a mixed-methods approach to investigate the human perceptions of authenticity in L2 writing.
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The role of school culture in implementing culturally reflexive learning in Dutch foreign language education
The aim of this research project is to gain more knowledge about the role of the school context in connection with the development of cultural reflexivity in the German foreign language classroom.
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'Drillingsberichte'
The 'Drillingsberichte' are a collection of letters that provide insight into how the Jewish Oestreicher family fared before and during World War II.
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Predictive Validity of a Diagnostic Academic Language Skills Test for First Year University Students
Radboud University has developed a test, given to all undergraduate students, that aims to determine which students may need extra support to develop the academic language skills. This project aims to evaluate the predictive validity of the test.
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More than just "Uh, was?"
During lower secondary education pupils learn German for at least two years. This research investigates to what extent the teaching of plurilingual strategies during German classes can better prepare pupils for effective communication with speakers.
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Germanistische Institutspartnerschaft (GIP)
The GIP project builds on the trilateral cooperation in research and teaching in the field of German as a foreign language that has been cultivated for many years.
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Hands-on second language acquisition
Previous work has shown that spoken language and hand gestures are closely related. This project uses the close relationship between speech and gesture by studying the use of gesture in second language acquisition.