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CURRENT RESEARCH

The application of multimedia in the Italian classroom: examining the interaction between the computer and intermediate students learning Italian with Web-based multimedia materials, and studying the impact of Web-based instructional materials on reading in Italian.


PUBLICATIONS

Christie, K. (2001). Web-based multimedia in Business Italian: A longitudinal evaluation of learner experiences and attitudes. Italica, 78 (4), 499-525.

Christie, K. (2000). A Web-based reading assistant for Intermediate Italian. In D. Brown (Ed.), Teaching with Technology: 50 Professors from 8 Universities Tell Their Stories (pp.151-153). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.

Christie, K. & Vuchic, R. (2000). FLYing with French on Saturdays: The magic of a ninety-minute class for young learners. French Review, 74 (2), 320-343.

Christie, K. & Christie, P. (1999). Gambling on UG: The application of Monte Carlo computer simulation to the analysis of L2 Reflexives. Syntax, 2 (2), 80-100.

Christie, K. & Lantolf, J.P. (1998). Bind me up bind me down: Reflexives in the L2.  In S. Flynn, W. O'Neil & G. Marthohadjono (Eds.), The generative study of SLA (pp. 239-260).  Hillsdale: Erlbaum Associates.

Christie, K. (1995). To UG or not to UG [Review of Knowledge of reflexives in a second language]. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 17 (1), 93-94.

Christie, K. & Lantolf, J.P. (1992). The ontological status of  learner grammaticality judgments in UG approaches to L2 acquisition.  Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 24 (3), 31-57.

Church Jacquet, R., Christie, K., & Strine, J. (1991). Describing competence by means of proficiency.  Delaware Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 3, 71-75.

Di Pietro, R., & Christie, K. (1990). Second language acquisition in the interactive Italian classroom.  Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Italian Studies, 9, 439-453.


ARTICLE IN PREPARATION

Christie, K. (in preparation). The effectiveness of glossing versus interspersed questions in Web-based Italian reading.


PRESENTATIONS

Christie, K. (2000, November). A Web-based reading assistant for Italian short stories: Increasing intermediate students’ reading comprehension and satisfaction? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL 2000), Boston, MA.

Christie, K.  (1999, June). The impact of Web-based multimedia in a second year Business Italian course. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association of Language Laboratories (IALL 99), University of Maryland, College Park.

Christie, K.  (1998, May). The acquisition of reflexives in L2: CD analysis and Monte Carlo computer simulation.  Presentation in a course on Second Language Acquisition at the Department of Linguistics, University of Delaware.

Christie, K. & Christie, P. (1997, May). Monte Carlo simulation of the acquisition of reflexives in the L2. Paper presented at the seventh annual meeting of EUROSLA in Barcelona, Spain.

Christie, K. (1997, March). Monte Carlo simulation of Universal Grammar data from second language learners. Paper presented at the annual research seminar of the Centre for Language in Education, University of Southampton, England.

Gillette, B., Christie, K. & McCone, T.  (1995, September).  A cross-linguistic study of the acquisition of verbal aspect.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Second Language Research Forum, Ithaca, NY.

Christie, K. & Gillette, B.  (1994, October).  Using scenarios in the foreign language classroom.  Invited speaker at a meeting of the Delaware Council for Teachers of Foreign Languages, Dover, DE.

Christie, K.  (1993, September).  Strategic interaction in the foreign language classroom.  Presentation at the FLL pre-semester workshop at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE.

Christie, K. & Lantolf, J.P.  (1993, March).  Cross-linguistic properties of reflexives in SLA: A study of methodologies.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Second Language Research Forum, Pittsburgh, PA.

Christie, K. & Lantolf, J.P.  (1993, January).  Bind me up, bind me down: Evidence for Universal Grammar in SLA.  Paper presented at the MIT Workshop on Recent Advances in SLA, Boston, MA.

Christie, K., Cloonan, J., & Church Jacquet, R.  (1991, October)  Partnerships and collectives: Evidence for methodology.  Paper presented at the conference on Bridging Theory and Practice in the Foreign Language Classroom, Baltimore, MD.

Christie, K. & Lantolf J.P.  (1991, March).  Comets or unidentified flying objects?  A study of pro-drop in Italian as a foreign language.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Second Language Research Forum, Los Angeles, CA.

Di Pietro, R. & Christie, K.  (1990, April).  Second language acquisition in the interactive Italian classroom.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Italian Studies, Charlottesville, VA.