Biography
COMMONLY TAUGHT COURSES
Ling 640, Language Acquisition; Ling 660, Language Testing; Ling 670, Reading, Writing and Vocabulary Teaching; SLaT 602, Linguistics for Language Teachers; SLaT 603, Conducting Research in Second Language Teaching; Elang 223, Introduction to the English Language; Ling 335, Pragmatics; Ling 495, Senior Capstone in Linguistics; Japanese 201, Second-Year Japanese; Japanese 326, Contrastive Analysis (Japanese and English)
BIOGRAPHY
I am primarily interested in language learning that takes place outside of the classroom (i.e., informal learning). My research has focused on untutored learning by second language learners living and studying abroad. I try to determine factors that contribute to informal language use and acquisition with the goals of providing guidance for students and language programs and of supporting sound policy planning. I am also interested in motivation, emotion, and affect and second language acquisition and in physiological and psychological responses to being immersed in a second language abroad. Finally, I am interested in the role of social networking and social support in the transition abroad and in second language acquisition. I also conduct collaborative research at the BYU English Language Center (https://elc.byu.edu/home/) and with the BYU Center for Language Studies (http://cls.byu.edu/) on teaching and testing second languages.
Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GZbX20kAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dan_Dewey?ev=hdr_xprf
DEGREES
PhD, Second Language Acquisition, Carnegie Mellon University
M.A., Language Acquisition (Japanese), Brigham Young University
B.A., Japanese, Brigham Young University
INTERESTS
- Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
- Motivation in Language Acquisition and Teaching
- Social Networks and Language Acquisition
- Language Testing
- Study abroad and Experiential Learning
- Interplay between Cognitive, Linguistic, Psychological and Physiological Factors during SLA
Research Interests
My research has focused primarily on how people use and acquire a second language outside of the classroom (study abroad, foreign language housing, computer-assisted learning, etc.). I focuses on the social, psychological, cognitive and neurological variables that influence language acquisition. Much of my recent scholarship has focused on anxiety, motivation, self-regulation, and positive psychology. Although I have not published as much in neurolinguistics, I now regularly do neurolinguistic research using functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). My primary aim in that research is to understand how social interaction influences language processing and acquisition.https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1453-4153
Teaching Interests
First language Acquisition (LING 461)https://catalog.byu.edu/courses/N3emqjqHtVkxuPmBDKuy
Second Language Acquisition (LING 462)
https://catalog.byu.edu/courses/mFsybZPT00k9v5Z8f6EA
Language Acquisition (LING 640, Graduate)
https://gradstudies.byu.edu/ling-640-language-acquisition
History of the Book (ELING 524)
https://catalog.byu.edu/courses/10049-003
Pragmatics (LING 335)
https://catalog.byu.edu/courses/12434-000
Neurolinguistics (LING 561)
https://catalog.byu.edu/courses/Cr4yrdCdeaY7edFZCeer
Administrative Assignments
- Linguistics: Department Chair (2021 - Present)