My research interests lie in the intersection of language acquisition, processing, and proficiency, with a specific focus on Vietnamese heritage speakers. I have conducted research on how classifiers facilitate predictive processing among heritage speakers of Vietnamese and have presented on this topic at various conferences. Additionally, I have researched how language proficiency affects listeners’ attention to a talker’s mouth, as well as developed and validated a web-based test to measure Vietnamese heritage learners’ listening proficiency.
Publications
Nguyen, H., & Grüter, T. (2024). Facilitative use of classifiers in heritage Vietnamese. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.24001.ngu (Open-Access)
Grüter, T., Kim, J., Nishizawa, H., Wang, J., Alzahrani, R., Chang, Y.-T., Nguyen, H., Nuesser, M., Ohba, A., Roos, S., & Yusa, M. (2023). Language proficiency modulates listeners’ selective attention to a talker’s mouth: A conceptual replication of Birulés et al. (2020). Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 45(4), 1074–1089. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263123000086
Nguyen, H., Phung, H., & Nguyen, H. (2023). An overview of Vietnamese for teachers of English language learners. In B. Yoon, & K. Pratt (Eds.), Primary Language Impact on Second Language and Literacy Learning. Lexington Books (link)
Nuesser, M., Nishizawa, H., Nguyen, H., & Grüter, T. (2023). Language proficiency affects how much listeners look at a talker’s mouth. OASIS Summary of Grüter et al. (2023) in Studies in Second Language Acquisition. https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/b8515p219?locale=en
Nguyen, H., Nuesser, M., Nishizawa, H., & Grüter, T. (2023). Trình độ ngôn ngữ của người nghe ảnh hưởng đến mức độ người đó nhìn vào miệng của người nói (H. Nguyen, Trans.). OASIS Tóm tắt Grüter et al. (2023) in Studies in Second Language Acquisition. https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/2z10wq95g?locale=en
Nguyen, H. (2023). Designing interactive language learning materials with H5P. GUAVA Newsletter, 3, 8-11. (link)
Presentations
Nguyen, H., (2023, June 5-8). How do classifiers facilitate Vietnamese heritage speakers’ predictive processing? [Poster presentation]. The Fourteenth Heritage Language Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles. [view my lightning talk]
Nguyen, H., & Grüter, T (2023, March 17-19). Predictive processing of classifiers among heritage speakers of Vietnamese [Paper presentation]. International Scholars of Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-3), Konan University, Japan. [view the recording]
Nguyen, H., & Grüter, T. (2023, March 9-11). Facilitative use of classifiers in heritage Vietnamese [Poster presentation]. Human Sentence Processing 2023, Pittsburgh, USA. [view the poster]
Nguyen, H. (2022, June 16-17). Developing and validating of a web-based test to measure Vietnamese heritage learners’ listening proficiency [Paper presentation]. The 4th International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages, National Heritage Language Resource Center, University of California, Los Angeles. [view the recording 47:20-1:03]
Grüter, T., Kim, J., Nishizawa, H., Wang, J., Alzahrani, R., Chang, Y., Nguyen, H., Nuesser, M., Ohba, A., Roos, S., Yusa, M. & Zhu, Y. (2022, August 4-5). Does proficiency modulate attention to a talker’s mouth? An extended replication of Birulés et al. (2020) [Paper presentation]. The 4th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC 2022), Tromsø, Norway. [read the published article]
Grüter, T., Kim, J., Nishizawa, H., Wang, J., Alzahrani, R., Chang, Y., Nguyen, H., Nuesser, M., Ohba, A., Roos, S., Yusa, M. & Zhu, Y. (2022, November 3-6). Does proficiency modulate attention to a talker’s mouth? An extended replication of Birulés et al. (2020) [Poster presentation]. The 47th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD), MA, USA. [view the poster]