Charlene Polio (born 1961) is an

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. She is currently a professor in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at

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. Her research focuses on

second language acquisition Second-language acquisition (SLA), sometimes called second-language learning — otherwise referred to as L2 (language 2) acquisition, is the process by which people learn a second language. Second-language acquisition is also the scientific dis ...

with a special focus on

second language writing Second language writing is the study of writing performed by non-native speakers/writers of a language as second language, a second or foreign language. In addition to disseminating research through the ''Journal of Second Language Writing'', schol ...

Career

Polio obtained her

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degree in

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in 1983 and her

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degree in TESOL in 1984 at the

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. In 1992 she obtained her PhD in

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at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

. Polio was the co-editor of T''he Modern Language Journal''''.'' She is co-editor of ''

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'' along with Peter De Costa. Since April 2018 she has been a member-at-large of the

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Research

Polio's research focuses on second language writing with a special focus on language complexity. She is noted for her research synthesis on accuracy measures, published in

Language Learning Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language (in other words, gain the ability to be aware of language and to understand it), as well as to produce and use words and sentences to ...

in 1997. She identified three different types of accuracy measures: (1) holistic scores, (2) error-free units, and (3) error counts.

Bibliography

Books

* Mackey, A., & Polio, C. (Eds.) (2009). ''Multiple perspectives on interaction: second language research in honor of Susan M. Gass'' . London: Routledge. *Polio, C. G., & Friedman, D. A. (2017). ''Understanding, Evaluating, and Conducting Second Language Writing Research''. Routledge. *Zyzik, E. & Polio, C. (2017). Authentic materials myths: Applying second language research to classroom teaching. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Articles

* Polio, C. G., & Duff P. A. (1994). Teachers' language use in university foreign language classrooms: A qualitative analysis of English and target language alternation. ''The Modern Language Journal'', ''78''(3), 313-32

* Duff P. A., & Polio C. G. (1990). How Much Foreign Language Is There in the Foreign Language Classroom? ''The Modern Language Journal'', ''74''(2), 154-16

* Polio, C. G. (1997). Measures of linguistic accuracy in second language writing research. ''Language Learning'', ''47''(1), 101-14

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Polio, Charlene 1961 births Living people Applied linguists Second language writing Linguists from the United States Women linguists Academic journal editors