Zenker, Fred, Dr.

Research Interests

• Second language acquisition
• Psycholinguistics
• Experimental morphosyntax
• Learner corpus research
• Language testing
• Second language pedagogy

Teaching

• Introduction to Linguistics I
• Morphology

• Kim, K., Hwang, H., Kim, J., Lee, H., Kim, Y., Baeg, J., & Zenker, F. (Submitted). Sentence-position effects on the timing of L2 learners’ perception of English third‑person‑singular -s: An eye-tracking study.
• Kyle, K., Sung, H., Eguchi, M., & Zenker, F. (2023). Evaluating evidence for the reliability and validity of lexical diversity indices in L2 oral task responses. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 46, 278–299. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263123000402 
• Zenker, F., & Schwartz, B. D. (2023). Helpful regardless of acceptability: Resumption eases comprehension of difficult‑to‑process relative clauses in the L2 English of L1‑Korean and L1‑Mandarin speakers. In P. Gappmayr & J. Kellogg (Eds.), Proceedings of the 47th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 797–810). Cascadilla Press. http://www.lingref.com/bucld/47/BUCLD47-63.pdf
• Zenker, F., & Schwartz, B. D. (2022). Resumption facilitates L1‑Koreans’ L2 production of English relative clauses. In Y. Gong & F. Kpogo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 46th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 946–959). Cascadilla Press. http://www.lingref.com/bucld/46/BUCLD46-71.pdf
• Smith, G., Jung, H., & Zenker, F. (2022). From task‑based needs analysis to curriculum evaluation: Putting methodological innovations to the test in an English for academic purposes program. English for Specific Purposes, 66, 80–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2022.01.001
• Zenker, F., & Kyle, K. (2021). Investigating minimum text lengths for lexical diversity indices. Assessing Writing, 47, Article 100505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2020.100505
• Zenker, F., & Schwartz, B. D. (2021). Resumptive pronouns facilitate processing of long‑distance relative clause dependencies in second language English. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America, 6, 325–339. https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v6i1.4972
• Deen, K., Bondoc, I., Camp, A., Estioca, S., Hwang, H., Shin, G.‑H., Takahashi, M., Zenker, F., & Zhong, J. C. (2018). Repetition brings success: Revealing knowledge of the passive voice. In A. B. Bertolini & M. J. Kaplan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 200–213). Cascadilla Press. http://www.lingref.com/bucld/42/BUCLD42-16.pdf
• Zenker, F., & Schwartz, B. D. (2017). Topicalization from adjuncts in English vs. Chinese vs. Chinese‑English Interlanguage. In M. LaMendola & J. Scott (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 806–819). Cascadilla Press. http://www.lingref.com/bucld/41/BUCLD41-65.pdf
• Zenker, F. (2016). Tips for addressing grammar errors in L2 writing classes. The Word, 25, 20. http://www.hawaiitesol.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/‌Word/2016%20Feb.pdf
• Zenker, F., An, H., & Jung, H. (2015). Working memory capacity and the acquisition of phrasal verbs. In P. Leal & G. West (Eds.), Selected papers from the 18th College‑Wide Conference for Students in Languages, Linguistics and Literature (pp. 138–147). National Foreign Language Resource Center. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/14571