Newcastle University

Office

• Old Library Building, room 5.2b

Office Hours (semester 2)

• By appointment

Research Interests

·         Effects of bilingualism and multilingualism on linguistic and cognitive abilities

·         Language acquisition: first, second and third language acquisition

·         Psycholinguistics

·         Speech perception

Module Leader

• FRE4009 Second Language Acquisition of French
• SML8006 Introduction to Language Acquisition

Contributing Teaching Staff

• SML1019 Introduction to Linguistics
• FRE4061 Level D French Language: Writing
• SEL8500 Research Methods in Language and Linguistics

• Tremblay M-C, Sabourin L. The effect of age and context of L2 acquisition on perceptual abilities: Evidence from behavioural and neurophysiological discrimination of a foreign contrast. 0. In Preparation.
• Tremblay M-C, Sabourin L. Neurophysiological evidence for enhanced perceptual abilities in more experienced language learners. Applied Psycholinguistics 0. Submitted.
• Tremblay M-C, Sabourin L. Comparing the behavioural discrimination abilities of monolinguals, bilinguals and multilinguals. JASA 0. Submitted.
• Sabourin L, Brien C, Tremblay M-C. Electrophysiology of second language processing: The past, present and future. In: del Pilar García Mayo, M;Gutierrez-Mangado, MJ;Martínez Adrián, M, ed. Multiple perspectives on second language acquisition. 0. Submitted.
• Tremblay M-C. Voice onset time in the L3 Japanese of L1 English-L2 French bilinguals. International Journal of Multilingualism 0. Submitted.
• Tremblay M-C. Cross-linguistic influence in third language acquisition: The role of L2 proficiency and L2 exposure. Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa 2006, 34, 109-119.