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Rebekah Rast

Professor

  • Department: Comparative Literature and English
  • Complementary Department(s): French Studies and Modern Languages
  • Office: 
    G-109
  • Office Hours: 
    By appointment

Professor Rast received her听Habilitation 脿 diriger des recherches听from the Universit茅 Grenoble Alpes and her doctorate from the Universit茅 Paris 8 in linguistics with a specialization in adult second/third language acquisition. Her research focuses on the role that a learner's linguistic environment (foreign language input) plays in the acquisition process. She works with an interdisciplinary research team,听听comprised of university faculty and CNRS researchers. Current projects include听听补苍诲听. She also collaborates on a European project听(VILLA).

Rast has taught English and linguistics at the American University of Paris since 1992. Courses include teacher training (Pedagogical Grammar and TESOL Methodologies), English (all levels of writing), and linguistics (Introduction to Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Language and Migration; Language Acquisition and Social Policy; Languages of the World; Language Acquisition and Multilingualism).


Her current research interests include:

  • second language acquisition/learning
  • third and additional language acquisition/learning
  • psycholinguistics
  • the interface between language acquisition research and foreign language teaching
  • language in education
  • language learning during study abroad
  • English as a second/foreign language


Education/Degrees

  • HDR, Linguistics, Universit茅 Grenoble Alpes
  • PhD, Linguistics, Universit茅 Paris 8
  • DEA, Linguistics (Option: Second Language Acquisition), Universit茅 Paris 8
  • MA, Applied Linguistics/TESOL, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • BA, French and Music, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville NY

News

Professor Rast鈥檚 co-edited volume with Marzena Watorek and Arnaud Arslangul has been published by Inalco Press:听Premi猫res 茅tapes dans l鈥檃cquisition des langues 茅trang猫res: dialogue entre acquisition et didactique des langues. The online book can be found here:听

Publications

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

  • Watorek, M., Tr茅visiol, P. and Rast, R. (2021) (2),73.
  • Watorek, M., Rast, R., Durand, M., Dimroth, C. and Starren, M. (2017) 鈥淟鈥檌nfluence du type d鈥檈nseignement sur l鈥檃ppropriation de la morphologie au d茅but de l鈥檃pprentissage d鈥檜ne langue 茅trang猫re鈥�. Le fran莽ais dans le monde, 61, 47-61.
  • Dimroth, C., Rast, R., Starren, M. and Watorek, M. (2013) 鈥淢ethods for studying a new language under controlled input conditions: The VILLA project鈥�. EUROSLA Yearbook 13: 109-138.
  • Hinz, J., Krause, C., Rast, R., Shoemaker, E. and Watorek, M. (2013) 鈥淚nitial processing of morphological marking in nonnative language acquisition: Evidence from French and German learners of Polish鈥�. EUROSLA Yearbook 13: 39-175.
  • Shoemaker, E. and Rast, R. (2013) "Extracting words from the speech stream at first exposure". Second Language Research 29/2: 165-183.
  • Rast, R. (2010) "The role of linguistic input in the first hours of adult language learning". Language Learning (Wiley-Blackwell).
  • Rast, R. (2010) "The use of prior linguistic knowledge in the early stages of L3 acquisition". International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (Mouton de Gruyter).
  • Rast, R. and Ta茂eb, E. (2008) "Pr茅sentation". Acquisition et Interaction en Langue 脡trang猫re : Savoirs et savoir-faire dans l鈥檃pprentissage et l鈥檈nseignement d鈥檜ne langue 茅trang猫re 27, 3-14.
  • Rast, R. (2006) "Le premier contact avec une nouvelle langue 茅trang猫re : comment s鈥檃cquitter d鈥檜ne t芒che de compr茅hension ?" Acquisition et Interaction en Langue 脡trang猫re 24, 119-148.
  • Tr茅visiol, P. and Rast, R. (2006) "Pr茅sentation". Acquisition et Interaction en Langue 脡trang猫re 24, 3-11.
  • Rast, R. and Dommergues, J-Y. (2003) "Towards a characterisation of saliency on first exposure to a second language". EUROSLA Yearbook 3, 131-156.
  • Rast, R. (1999) "The first hours of second language acquisition", Acquisition et Interaction en Langue Etrang猫re, Special Issue, Vol. 2 From Word to Structure, 73-88.
  • Perdue, C. and Rast, R. (1999) "Introduction". Acquisition et Interaction en Langue 脡trang猫re Special Issue, Vol. 1 The Bilingual Person, 1-6.

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

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  • Watorek, M., Yu, X.C., Guan, Q., Tr茅visiol, P., H. Majdoub, H. and听Rast, R.听(2020) 鈥淎 replication study: Measuring the influence of typologically diverse target language properties on input processing at the initial stages of acquisition鈥�. In A. Edmonds, P. Leclercq and A. Gudmestad (Eds.),听Interpreting Language-Learning Data. Berlin, Language Science Press, 71-110.
  • Arslangul, A., Watorek, M. and Rast, R. (2021) 鈥淒ialogue entre acquisition et didactique des langues: introduction ge虂ne虂rale鈥�. In M. Watorek, A. Arslangul and R. Rast (Eds.),听Premi猫res 茅tapes dans l鈥檃cquisition des langues 茅trang猫res : dialogue entre acquisition et didactique des langues, Paris, Presses d鈥橧nalco.
  • Watorek, M., Durand, M. and R. Rast (2021) 鈥淟es premie虁res e虂tapes dans l鈥檃cquisition d鈥檜ne langue e虂trange虁re: dialogue entre Acquisition et Didactique des langues鈥�. In M. Watorek, A. Arslangul and R. Rast (Eds.),听Premi猫res 茅tapes dans l鈥檃cquisition des langues 茅trang猫res : dialogue entre acquisition et didactique des langues, Paris, Presses d鈥橧nalco.
  • Watorek, M., Yu, X.C., Guan, Q., Tr茅visiol, P., H. Majdoub, H. and听Rast, R.听(2020) 鈥淎 replication study: Measuring the influence of typologically diverse target language properties on input processing at the initial stages of acquisition鈥�. In A. Edmonds, P. Leclercq and A. Gudmestad (Eds.),听Interpreting Language-Learning Data. Berlin, Language Science Press, 71-110.
  • Rast, R.听(2019) 鈥淲hat first exposure studies of input can contribute to Study Abroad research鈥�. In M. Howard (Ed.),听Study Abroad, Second Language Acquisition and Interculturality. Bristol, Multilingual Matters, 179-206.
  • Rast, R. (in press 2018) "The significance of composition symbols for the development of writing in a foreign language". In A. Lopes & R. Ruiz Cecilia (Eds.),听New Trends in Foreign Language Teaching. Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars, 198-211.
  • Latos, A., Watorek M., Rast, R. et Durand, M. (2016) "Badanie procesu akwizycji j臋zyka drugiego od podstaw: projekt VILLA i jego praktyczne implikacje w nauczaniu j臋zyka obcego w systemie klasowo-lekcyjnym". In J. Klimek-Gr膮dzka & A. Majewska-W贸jcik (Eds.), Nauczanie j臋zyka polskiego. Tradycje i innowacje,Vol. 2, 67-94. Lublin, Wydawnictwo KUL.
  • Rast, R. (2015) "Primi passi in un nuovo sistema linguistico". In M.E. Favilla & E. Nuzzo (Eds.), Grammatica Applicata: Apprendimento, Patologie, Insegnamento, 111-124. Milan, Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata.
  • Han, Z-H. and Rast, R. (Eds.) (2014) First Exposure to a Second Language: Learners鈥� Initial Input Processing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Rast, R., Watorek, M., Hilton, H. and Shoemaker, E. (2014) "Initial processing and use of inflectional markers: Evidence from French adult learners of Polish". In Z-H. Han and R. Rast (Eds.), First Exposure to a Second Language: Learners鈥� Initial Input Processing, 64-106. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Rast, R. (2012) "L2 input and the L2 initial state: The writings of Clive Perdue". In M. Watorek, S. Benazzo & M. Hickmann (Eds.), Comparative Perspectives to Language Acquisition: A Tribute to Clive Perdue, 37-53. Bristol, Multilingual Matters.
  • Rast, R., Dimroth, C. and Watorek, M. (2011) "Language teaching and acquisition: What can we learn from ab initio learners?". In P. Tr茅visiol-Okamura & G. Komur-Thilloy (Eds.), Discours, acquisition et didactique des langues: Les termes d'un dialogue, 71-86. Paris, Orizons.
  • Rast, R. (2011) "Input processing principles: A contribution from first exposure data". In C. Sanz & R. Leow (Eds.), Implicit and Explicit Conditions, Processes and Knowledge in SLA and Bilingualism, 129-141. Washington, DC, Georgetown University Press.
  • Rast, R. (2010) "First exposure: Converting target language input to intake". In M. P眉tz & L. Sicola (Eds.), Cognitive Processing in Second Language Acquisition, 99-115. Amsterdam, John Benjamins.
  • Rast, R. (2008) Foreign Language Input: Initial Processing. Clevedon, Multilingual Matters.

TOEFL PUBLICATIONS

  • Martz, L. and Rast, R. (2006) 8 jours pour r茅ussir le TOEFL. Paris, Ellipses.
  • Martz, L., Rast, R. and Fichaux, F. (2005) TOEFL: Epreuves d鈥檈ntra卯nement, Paris, Ellipses.
  • Fichaux, F., Guillard, D., Martz, L. and Rast, R. (2004) R茅ussir le TOEFL. Paris, Ellipses.

EDITED VOLUMES

  • In Watorek, M., Arslangul, A. and Rast, R. (Eds.) (2021)听Premi猫res 茅tapes dans l鈥檃cquisition des langues 茅trang猫res : dialogue entre acquisition et didactique des langues.听Paris: Presses d鈥橧nalco.
  • Han, Z-H. and Rast, R. (Eds.) (2014) First Exposure to a Second Language: Learners鈥� Initial Input Processing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Rast, R. and Ta茂eb, E. (2008) Acquisition et Interaction en Langue 脡trang猫re Savoirs et savoir-faire dans l鈥檃pprentissage et l鈥檈nseignement d鈥檜ne langue 茅trang猫re (N掳 27), Association Aile-Encrages, Universit茅 Paris 8, Saint-Denis.
  • Rast, R. and Tr茅visiol, P. (2006) Acquisition et Interaction en Langue 脡trang猫re : L鈥橝cquisition d鈥檜ne Langue 3 (N掳 24), Association Aile-Encrages, Universit茅 Paris 8.
  • Perdue, C. and Rast, R. (1999) Acquisition et Interaction en Langue 脡trang猫re, Vol 1 : The Bilingual Person et Vol 2 : From Word to Structure, Association Aile-Encrages, Universit茅 Paris 8.

Conferences & Lectures

  • "From processing to production in Japanese Ln at the initial stages of acquisition", with P. Tr茅visiol and M. Watorek,听The 20th International Conference of the Japan Second Language Association, Shizuoka University, Japan (online), 27 March 2021.
  • "Measuring the language input, uptake and intake of learners abroad", with M. Starren and M. Watorek,听Study Abroad Research in European Perspective: Input in Study Abroad and Views from Acquisition. Focus on Constructs, Operationalisation and Measurement Issues,听COST Action Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 24 January 2019.
  • "Saliency revisited: What helps absolute beginners learn L2/L3 inflectional morphology?" with M. Watorek, K. Starosciak and M. Durand,听European Second Language Association Conference 26, M眉nster, Germany, 7 September 2018.
  • "Etude comparative de l鈥檌mpact des caract茅ristiques des langues cibles sur le traitement听de l鈥檌nput en d茅but d鈥檃cquisition. R茅plique du projet VILLA, with M. Watorek, X. C. Yu, Q. Guan, P. Tr茅visiol and H. Majdoub.听Colloque International 鈥淩esearch methodology in the field of second language acquisition and learning鈥�, Montpellier, France, 31 May 2018.
  • "Replicating input-based studies, contextual factors, and ecological validity", with C. Dimroth, M. Starren and M. Watorek. Invited panel "Consolidating and Sustaining a Principled Replication Effort in SLA Research", European Second Language Association Conference 26, Reading, UK, 31 August 2017.
  • 鈥淟鈥檃cquisition de la morphologie nominale en polonais langue 茅trang猫re par des apprenants fran莽ais d茅butants: difficult茅s sp茅cifiques des locuteurs francophones鈥�, with M. Watorek. Colloque international de linguistique, Analyse des erreurs commises par des francophones apprenant une langue 茅loign茅e, Centre d鈥櫭﹖udes japonaises de l鈥橧NALCO, Paris, 5 February 2016.
  • "Les premi猫res 茅tapes dans l鈥檃cquisition d鈥檜ne langue 茅trang猫re : dialogue entre Acquisition et Didactique des langues", with M. Watorek and M. Durand. Journ茅e d鈥櫭﹖ude Acquisition-Didactique 2, INALCO, Paris, 19 March, 2016.
  • "The significance of composition symbols for the development of writing in a foreign language". Trends in Foreign Language Teaching, PETALL, Universit茅 de Grenade, Espagne, 28 April, 2016.
  • "Construction du discours en polonais langue cible par des apprenants d茅butants : l鈥檌nteraction des propri茅t茅s des langues sources et de l鈥檌nput en classe de langue", with M. Watorek, P. Tr茅visiol and A.-C. Demagny. International conference, Connaissances et usages en langue seconde/Knowledge and Usage in Second Language, Nantes, France, 30 June, 2016.
  • "Measuring foreign language exposure and its effects on language development: Applications for study abroad鈥�. Invited speaker. Study Abroad Research in European Perspective: Methods and measures of input and language development, COST Action Conference,Vilnius, Lithuania, 14 October, 2016.
  • 鈥淲hat can adult learners do at first exposure to a novel language?鈥� Second Language Studies Seminar, Michigan State University, 12 November 2015.
  • 鈥淗ow do absolute beginners learn inflectional morphology?鈥�, with M. Watorek and A. Latos. Classroom Oriented Research: Toward Effective Learning and Teaching, Konin, Poland, 14 October 2015.
  • 鈥淚ndividual differences in a beginning language classroom: young adult learners in five European countries鈥�, with H. Hilton and M. Starren. European Second Language Association Conference 25, Aix-en-Provence, France, 29 August 2015.
  • 鈥淭o what extent does structured and practiced input neutralize L1 and L2 effects on an L3 at the initial stages of acquisition?鈥�, with M. Watorek, P. Tr茅visiol and A.-C. Demagny. European Second Language Association Conference 25, Aix-en-Provence, France, 28 August 2015.
  • 鈥淟鈥檃pprentissage d鈥檜ne nouvelle langue: comment d茅marrer ?鈥� Invited speaker, LGIDF conference Journ茅e P茅dagogique: Acquisition et enseignment du fran莽ais en context multilingue, Paris, 17 June 2015.
  • 鈥淚nstructed third language acquisition: The first moments of input processing鈥�. Invited speaker, Applied Linguistics 3rd Postgraduate Conference, University of Greenwich, UK, 27 May 2015.
  • 鈥淟anguage learner performance at first exposure and implications for teaching鈥�. Applied Linguistics and TESOL Program Seminar, Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC, 16 December 2014.
  • 鈥淭he development of phonemic categories at first exposure鈥�, with E. Shoemaker. ERP: Experimental Psycholinguistics Conference, Madrid, Spain, 3 October 2014.
  • 鈥淩ecognizing lexical forms in the speech stream at first exposure鈥�, with G. van Bergen and E. Shoemaker. European Second Language Association Conference 24, York, UK, 4 September 2014.
  • 鈥淐racking the code of a new linguistic system: First exposure studies鈥�. Second Language Studies Colloquium, Indiana University, 11 April 2014.
  • 鈥淭he development of phonemic categories at first exposure鈥�, with E. Shoemaker. ERP: Experimental Psycholinguistics Conference, Madrid, Spain, 3 October 2014.
  • 鈥淩ecognizing lexical forms in the speech stream at first exposure鈥�, with G. van Bergen and E. Shoemaker. European Second Language Association Conference 24, York, UK, 4 September 2014.
  • 鈥淏reaking into a novel linguistic system鈥�. Invited plenary speaker, Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata (AltLA), Verona, Italy, 6 February 2014.
  • 鈥淐omment observer la 鈥榮aisie鈥� de l鈥檃pprenant d茅butant ?鈥� Invited speaker, De l'importance du corpus en didactique et en acquisition des langues, student organized conference, Universit茅 Paris VIII, St. Denis, France, 14 January 2014.
  • 鈥淐ze艣膰! The development of perceptual sensitivity to Polish sibilants at first exposure鈥�, with E. Shoemaker. European Second Language Association Conference 23, Amsterdam, NL, 31 August 2013.
  • 鈥淧rocessing morpho-syntax at first exposure: The role of source language, input and learner variability鈥�, with M. Starren, M. Watorek, H. Hilton and A. Latos. European Second Language Association Conference 23, Amsterdam, NL, 29 August 2013.
  • "Word recognition strategies at first exposure", with E. Shoemaker. European Second Language Association Conference 22, Pozna艅, Poland, 7 September 2012.
  • "Perception and production of nominal morphology: The early stages of the acquisition of Polish by child and adult native speakers of German", with J. Hinz, C. Dimroth and M. Watorek. European Second Language Association Conference 22, Pozna艅, Poland, 7 September 2012.
  • "Instructional treatment types and their effects on the processing of nominal morphology by beginning learners of Polish", with M. Watorek and H. Hilton, Annual European Second Language Acquisition Conference 21, Stockholm University, Sweden, 8 September 2011.
  • Extracting words from the L2 speech stream: a first exposure study, with E. Shoemaker, for the panel 鈥淔irst exposure studies: Implications for an applied research agenda鈥�. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, University of New Brunswick & St. Thomas University, Fredericton, Canada, 1 June 2011.
  • "Linguistic input and foreign language teaching: What do learners 鈥榯ake in鈥� during beginning language instruction?" The Department of Education, University of York, 24 March 2011.
  • Extracting words from the L2 speech stream: preliminary data from a first exposure study of L2 Polish, The Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birkbeck College, University of London, 25 March 2011.
  • Initial processing of morphological marking in second language acquisition, with M. Watorek and H. Hilton. Annual European Second Language Association Conference 20, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2 September 2010.
  • "The first hours of second language acquisition: How do French native speakers perceive, comprehend and parse the Polish speech stream?" Research Centre for Applied Linguistics and English, University of Cambridge, UK, 9 February 2010.
  • "Modeling responses to the first few hours of exposure to new languages". Poster presented with Claudia Roda and Georgi Stojanov at the conference Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands (CLIN), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 5 February 2010.
  • "The role of linguistic input in the early stages of adult language learning". Third A. Guiora Roundtable Conference in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, sponsored by the journal Language Learning and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 8-9 October 2009.
  • "Initial representations at first exposure to a target language, for the panel 鈥淔irst exposure studies: new methods, new results鈥�. The International Symposium on Bilingualism 7, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, 9 July 2009.
  • "Initial processing of target language input", for the panel 鈥淟earner spontaneous processing of input鈥�, Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, D.C., 13 March 2009.
  • "The use of prior linguistic knowledge in the early stages of L2+ acquisition. The Role of the Background Languages in Third Language Acquisition: Romance languages as L1, L2 or L3", Stockholm University, Sweden, 5 February 2009.
  • "L鈥檌nput et l鈥櫭﹖at initial L2 : les 茅crits de Clive Perdue". Acquisition des langues : perspectives comparatives : Hommage 脿 Clive Perdue, Universit茅 Paris 8, 5 December 2008.
  • "The multilingual鈥檚 ability to discriminate accent in a non-native language", International Conference on Multilingualism: Cross-cultural communication and language acquisition, Universitat Jaume 1, Castell贸, Espagne, 18 December 2008.
  • "The effects of linguistic experience on the perception of English accent variation by non-native speakers", Annual European Second Language Acquisition Conference 18: Second Language Acquisition Research in Context, Universit茅 de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 12 September 2008.
  • "Characterizing the Multilingual鈥檚 Linguistic Profile". Poster presented at the 17th Sociolinguistics Symposium, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 5 April 2008.
  • "Learners 鈥榯aking in鈥� target language input". 33rd LAUD Linguistic Agency Symposium: Cognitive Approaches to Second/Foreign Language Processing, Theory and Pedagogy, Landau, Germany, 11 March 2008.
  • "What do adult learners do with the target language input they get?" Language Acquisition Seminar, The University of London Institute in Paris, 7 February 2007.
  • "Theoretical implications of first exposure studies in SLA (Second Language Acquisition)". Poster presented at the Annual European Second Language Association Conference 16, Bo臒azi莽i University, Antalya, Turkey, 15 September 2006.
  • "Different from the beginning: Two case studies of early adult L2 acquisition", international conference Recherche sur l鈥檃cquisition et l鈥檈nseignement d鈥檜ne langue seconde ou 茅trang猫re, La Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, 7 September 2006.
  • "Activating previously acquired language(s) upon first contact with a foreign language". Annual European Second Language Association Conference 15, University of Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 14-17 September 2005.
  • "Cross-linguistic influence upon first contact with L3 input". Fourth International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, Universities of Fribourg/Freiburg and Biel/Bienne, 9 September 2005.
  • "Information processing upon first exposure to a second language". Seminar on Bi- and Multilingualism and Cognition, Mitteleuropa Foundation, Bolzano, Italy, 20 May 2005.

Affiliations

  • Member of the editorial board, Acquisition et Interaction en Langue 脡trang猫re: Langage, Interaction et Acquisition, Amsterdam, John Benjamins.
  • Member of the editorial board, EUROSLA Yearbook, the journal of the European Second Language Association, John Benjamins, Amsterdam.
  • Country coordinator with M. Watorek (Paris VIII) for the project Varieties of Initial Learners in Language Acquisition (VILLA): Controlled classroom input and elementary forms of linguistic organisation, grant received from the Open Research Area in Europe for the Social Sciences across three countries: France, Germany, and The Netherlands.
  • Coordinator with M. Watorek of CNRS-GDRI grant (Paris VIII) Second Language Acquisition and Teaching: First stages and input processing.
  • Member of French research network, R茅seau Fran莽ais d'Acquisition des Langues Secondes (ReAL2).
  • Member of the French research team UMR 7023 Structures Formelles du Langage: Langage, Cognition et Acquisition, CNRS and Universit茅 Paris VIII.
  • Member of the French Research Group (GDR ADYLOC) Langues, langage oral, cognition : Acquisition et dysfonctionnements - nouvelles approches.

Research Areas

* Second language acquisition/learning听

* Third and additional language acquisition/learning听

* Psycholinguistics听

* Foreign language teaching听

* The interface between language acquisition research and language teaching听

* Language in education听

* Language learning during study abroad听

* English as a second/foreign language