Beijing Foreign Studies University

3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Behavior

An Experimental Paradigm for Measuring the Effects of Ageing on Sentence Processing

Xinmiao Liu¹, Haiyan Wang², Anni Xie³, Xinyun Mao⁴

¹School of English for Specific Purposes, Beijing Foreign Studies University, ²Institute of Language and Brain Science, School of Translation Studies, Qufu Normal University, ³School of European Languages and Cultures, Beijing Foreign Studies University, ⁴School of Asian and African Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Here, we present a protocol to examine the age-related decline in sentence processing using a maze task that allowed us to localize the processing difficulty at each word of the sentences during reading.

Behavior

Experimental Paradigm for Measuring the Effect of Induced Emotion on Grammar Learning

Xinmiao Liu¹, Wenbin Wang², Anni Xie³

¹School of English for Specific Purposes, Beijing Foreign Studies University, ²National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, ³School of European Languages and Cultures, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Here, we present a protocol to measure the effect of positive induced emotion on grammar learning in foreign language learners using a semi-artificial language that integrates the grammatical rules of a foreign language with the lexicon of the learners' native language.

Investigating the Effects of Emotion on Language Learning Using an Odor-Based Induction Method

Xinmiao Liu¹, Anni Xie², Luolin Liu¹

¹School of English for Specific Purposes, Beijing Foreign Studies University, ²School of European Languages and Cultures, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Here, we present a protocol to measure the effects of emotional conditions on language learning, using an odor-based induction method which places participants in positive or negative emotional states by exposing them to a pleasant or unpleasant odor, and then asks them to perform a language learning task.