Gessica De Angelis

Assistant Professor

Gessica

Research Interests

My main research interests are in Second/Third Language Acquisition, Cross-linguistic Influence and Multilingualism. I have been focussing on various strands of inquiry within these fields, in particular the role of prior non-native language knowledge in the language acquisition process and the cognitive impact on bi/multilingualism on learning processes.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

Otwinowska, A & De Angelis, G. (Eds) (in press) Teaching and learning in multilingual contexts: conceptual, sociolinguistic and educational perspectives. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
De Angelis, G. (2007) Third or Additional Language Acquisition. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. Pp. i-vii, 1-152.
De Angelis, G. & Dewaele, JM (2011) (Eds.) New Trends in Crosslinguistic Influence and Multilingualism Research. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. Pp i-xv, 1-128.

SPECIAL ISSUES (Guest Editor)

Otwinowska, A & De Angelis, G. (2012) Social and affective factors in multilingualism research. International Journal of Multilingualism, 9 (4).

ARTICLES

De Angelis, G. (2012) The effect of population distribution on L1 and L2 acquisition: evidence from the multilingual region of South Tyrol. International Journal of Multilingualism, 407-422.
De Angelis, G. & Jessner, U. (2012) Writing across languages in a bilingual context: A dynamic systems theory approach. In R. M. Manchòn (Ed) L2 Writing Development: multiple perspectives. Trends in Applied Linguistics Series. Mouton de Gruyter. 47-68.
De Angelis, G. (2011) Teachers’ beliefs about the role of prior language knowledge in language learning. International Journal of Multilingualism, 216-234.
De Angelis, G., Dewaele, J-M. (2009) The development of psycholinguistic research on crosslinguistic influence. In L. Aronin and B. Hufeisen (Eds.) The Exploration of Multilingualism: Development of Research on L3, Multilingualism and Multiple Language Acquisition. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 63-77.
De Angelis, G. (2005). Interlanguage Transfer of Function Words, Language Learning 55:3, 379-414.
De Angelis, G. (2005) Multilingualism and Non-Native Lexical Transfer: an Identification Problem. International Journal of Multilingualism, Vol 2, No. 1, 1-25.

Teaching/Supervision

I teach courses within the MPhil in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching, and the undergraduate program at Trinity College Dublin. I also supervise MPhil and PhD research on Language Acquisition and Bi/Multilingualism. I have more than 15 years of language teaching experience in Italian as a second language in academic and government environments. Over the years, I also taught seminars and gave lectures in Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Education in universities in England, Spain, Canada and Italy.