Lourdes Ortega (born 1962) is a
Spanish-born
American
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linguist. She is currently a professor of
applied linguistics at
Georgetown University. 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 ...
and
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 ...
. She is noted for her work on second language acquisition and for recommending that
syntactic complexity needs to be measured multidimensionally.
Career
Ortega received her
Master of Arts in
English as a second language in 1995 and her
Doctor of Philosophy in Second language acquisition in 2000 from the
University of Hawaii at Manoa. She taught applied linguistics in graduate programs at
Georgia State University between 2000-2002,
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was founded in 1899 as the final public university established in the Arizona Territory, 13 years before Arizona was admitted as the 48th state.
...
between 2002-2004,
University of Hawaii at Manoa between 2004-2012, and
Georgetown University since 2012.
She is the Currents in Language Learning Series Editor & Associate General Editor of the
Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies, a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal.
Research
Ortega is noted in the field of second language acquisition for her paper entitled "Towards an Organic Approach to Investigating CAF in Instructed SLA: The Case of Complexity", published in
''Applied Linguistics'' in which she claimed along with John Norris that
syntactic complexity need to be measured multidimensionally.
Awards
*2000: TESOL Distinguished research
*2001: ''
The Modern Language Journal'' /ACTFL Paul Pimsleur
Bibliography
Books
*''Understanding Second Language Acquisition.'' (2009)
Articles
*"Effectiveness of L2 instruction: A research synthesis and quantitative meta‐analysis." (2000)
*"The role of implicit negative feedback in SLA: Models and recasts in Japanese and Spanish." (1998)
*"Planning and focus on form in L2 oral performance." (1999)
*"Syntactic complexity measures and their relationship to L2 proficiency: A research synthesis of college‐level L2 writing." (2003)
*"Towards an organic approach to investigating CAF in instructed SLA: The case of complexity." (2009)
References
External links
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1962 births
Living people
Applied linguists
Second language writing
Linguists from Spain
Ortega, Lourdes
Georgetown University faculty
Women linguists
Academic journal editors