Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Scientific Study of Language Acquisition and Use: Cornell University Cognitive Studies

这个项目资助了一个新的网络多媒体计算机和视听设备，供本科生使用，以便连接和改革两个独立的语言研究实验室的本科生部分。这种新设备包括在每个实验室配备CD-ROM和多媒体能力的高端卫星工作站，这些工作站将集中在一个新的跨学科认知研究本科研究实验室/电脑室中。该项目协助实验室开发创新的方法，让本科生参与动手科学（假设检验）的实验室经验，并将其与语言学的理论研究相结合。大量的本科生可以被整合到一个持续的研究经验中，通过大学最近建立的认知研究项目，为本科生在实验室之间的互动和资源共享提供了一个模型形式机制。此外，该项目引入并整合了第三个研究小组，成人第二语言习得。在实验室改进的基础上，正在计划开设几门新课程。正在开发有关语言知识和组织的示范材料，包括在线提供的多媒体学习模块，并将其纳入新的和现有的课程。

This project funds a new networked multimedia computer and audiovisual equipment for use by undergraduates in order to link and reform the undergraduate component in two independent language research labs. This new equipment involves high-end satellite work stations with CD-ROM and multimedia capacities in each lab, to be centralized in one new interdisciplinary Cognitive Studies undergraduate research laboratory/computer room. The project assists labs in developing innovative methods of involving undergraduates in hands-on scientific (hypothesis-testing) lab experiences that they can integrate with the theoretical study of linguistics. A larger number of undergraduates can be integrated in a sustained research experience, providing a model formal mechanism through the university's recently established Cognitive Studies program for undergraduate interaction and sharing of resources across labs. In addition, the project introduces and integrates a third research group, Adult Second Language Acquisition. Several new courses are being planned on the basis of the new lab improvement. Demonstration materials regarding language knowledge and organization, including multimedia learning modules, available on-line, are being developed and integrated in new and existing courses.