Dr. Malovrh specializes in SLA, applied Hispanic linguistics, and foreign language pedagogy. Working within a cognitive framework, he investigates interlanguage development and the underlying psycholinguistic strategies constraining it. In his new book, Processing, Production, and Placement: The Second Language Acquisition of Object Pronouns in Spanish (forthcoming, 2012), he examines the stages of form-function mapping guiding development by comparing language comprehension with oral production. More recently, Professor Malovrh’s research explores metacognitive strategies in the development of foreign-language oral proficiency and investigates the effects of formal instruction. He has lived throughout Latin America and has directed USC’s study abroad program in Costa Rica.

Research Interests
Interlanguage development and form-function mapping; second-language acquisition, psycholinguistic processing strategies, word-recognition in L2 reading; task-induced variation in second-language production, development of comprehension / production interface.

Data Elicitation and Instructional Tools:
Please feel free to access La tortilla rag,a silent film I created for data elicitation and classroom / instructional practice, by clicking the following links:
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Part 1
Part 2