🎊 A Round of Applause for Sadie!
Please join us in congratulating Sadie on successfully passing her dissertation defense!
Sadie’s dissertation investigates the cognitive processes underlying vocabulary learning through reading in first and second languages. Using eye tracking, she explored how readers allocate attention during reading and how the emotional content of text affects vocabulary learning and acquisition. Her work reveals that second-language readers face greater cognitive demands that require more frequent word exposure or instructional support, and that emotionally charged text can actually interfere with learning by pulling attention away from meaning — making neutral contexts the most effective for picking up new words.
We are incredibly proud of Sadie and excited to see the impact her research will have on the field! 🧠📖
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