Courses
Second Language Acquisition; Spanish I, III, and IV; Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics; Grammar and Vocabulary Acquisition

Research Interests
Input processing; resource theory; lexical acquisition; grammar acquisition; psycholinguistic approaches to second language acquisition

Selected Publications:

Barcroft, J. (2006). Can writing a new word detract from learning it? More negative effects of forced output during vocabulary learning. Second Language Research, 22, 4, 487-497.

Barcroft, J. (2005). La instrucción del vocabulario en español como segunda lengua. (‘Vocabulary acquisition in Spanish as a second language’). Hispania, 88, 3, 568-583.

Barcroft, J., & Sommers, M. S. (2005). Effects of acoustic variability on second language vocabulary learning. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 27, 3, 387-414.

Barcroft, J. (2004). Promoting second language vocabulary acquisition during reading: Some pivotal issues and eight instructional techniques. The Southern Journal of Linguistics, 26, 2, 94-114.

Barcroft, J. (2004). Effects of sentence writing in L2 lexical acquisition. Second Language Research, 20, 4, 303-334.