Research Areas
- Bilingual First Language Acquisition
CV
Education
- PhD, Psycholinguistics, Behavioural Science Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- M.A. Sports Science, English Linguistics, and Economics; Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Positions
- Assistant Professor English Linguistics, Department of English Linguistics, University of Münster
- Assistant Professor English Linguistics, Department of English Linguistics, University of Tübingen
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Cognitive Development Lab, Department of Psychology, York University Toronto
- English Lecturer, Institute for English and American Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt
External Functions
- Association for Psychological Science (APS)
- European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP)
- Graduate School ‘Empirical and Applied Linguistics’ University of Münster (EAL)
- International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL)
- International Association of Multilingualism (IAM)
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Teaching
- Seminar: Child additional language acquisition [090702]
- Seminar: Multilingualism and Migration (nicht G) [090725]
- Kolloquium: Research Colloquium [098758]
- Seminar: Undergraduate Research Class I [098677]
- Seminar: Child additional language acquisition [098693]
- Kolloquium: Research Colloquium - Multilingualism [096755]
- Seminar: Child additional language acquisition [096687]
- Seminar: Migration and Multilingualism [096717]
- Kolloquium: Exam and Research Colloquium Language Acquisition and Multilingualism [094740]
- Seminar: L2/L3 English Acquisition: Research Perspectives (Zeitänderung!) [094705]
- Seminar: Child additional language acquisition [094677]
- Kolloquium: * Examens- und Forschungskolloquium Spracherwerb und Mehrsprachigkeit [092322]
(in cooperation with Sarah Schimke, Prof. Dr. Christine Dimroth) - Seminar: Quantitative Research Methods [092744]
(in cooperation with Sarah Schimke) - Seminar: Child additional language acquisition [092717]
- Seminar: Child additional language acquisition [090724]
- Vorlesung: Food Microbiology and Hygiene [090657]
- Workshop: Workshop "Sprachpraxis"
(in cooperation with Jun.-Prof. Dominik Rumlich, Joanna Becker, Rachael Rasing, Dr. Stephan Gabel) - Seminar: Child additional language acquisition [098744]
- Vorlesung: Introduction to Multilingualism [098717]
- Seminar: Multilingual Language Acquisition & Processing: Research Perspectives [096799]
- Seminar: Child additional language acquisition [096800]
- Seminar: Child additional language acquisition [094809]
- Seminar: Psycholinguistics of Multilingualism [094747]
- Kolloquium: Postgraduate Class: (Linguistics) [092854]
- Seminar: Multilingualism in the classroom [092807]
Project
- 28. Jahrestagung der European Second Language Association (EuroSLA), 05.09. - 08.09.2018, Münster ( – )
Scientific Event: DFG - International Scientific Events | Project Number: DI 808/6-1
- 28. Jahrestagung der European Second Language Association (EuroSLA), 05.09. - 08.09.2018, Münster ( – )
Publications
- . . ‘Syntactic or semantic gender agreement in Dutch, German and German learners of Dutch: a speeded grammaticality judgement task.’ In German and Dutch in Contrast: Synchronic, Diachronic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives, edited by , 271–298. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110668476-010.
- . . ‘A bilingual advantage? An appeal for a change in perspective and recommendations for future research.’ Behavioral Sciences 9: 95. doi: 10.3390/bs9090095.
- . . ‘The effects of bidialectalism on executive function.’ International Journal of Bilingualism 23, No. 2: 612–628. doi: 10.1177/1367006918763132.
- . . ‘Does performance on executive function tasks correlate? Evidence from child trilinguals, bilinguals, and second language learners.’ In Bilingualism, Executive Function, and Beyond: Questions and Insights [Studies in Bilingualism 57], edited by , 223–236. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. doi: 10.1075/sibil.57.14poa.
- . . ‘Teaching English as a third language in primary and secondary school: The potential of pluralistic approaches to language learning.’ In Sprachliche Vielfalt im Unterricht: Fachdidaktische Perspektiven auf Lehre und Forschung im DaZ-Modul, edited by , 219–230. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-23254-2_12.
- . . ‘Multilingual language control and executive function: A replication study.’ Frontiers in Psychology 3, No. 46: 1–11. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2018.00046.
- . . ‘How the use and control of multiple languages can affect attentional processes.’ In The Interactive Mind: Language, Vision and Attention., edited by , 53–60. Macmillan .
- . . ‘Het Nederlandse pronominale genus door de bril van Duitse NVT-leerders.’ Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 6, No. 2: 147–173. doi: 10.1075/dujal.17005.urb.
- . . ‘Why is lexical retrieval slower for bilinguals? Evidence from picture naming.’ Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 21, No. 3: 479–488. doi: 10.1017/S1366728917000694.
- . . ‘Bilingualism and the development of executive function in children – the interplay of languages and cognition.’ In Executive functions: Development across the life span., edited by , 172–187. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.
- . . Raising multilingual children. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
- . . ‘Assessing the implications of migrant multilingualism for language education.’ Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft 20, No. 2: 175–191. doi: 10.1007/s11618-017-0739-1.
- . . ‘What bimodal and unimodal bilinguals can tell us about bilingual language processing.’ Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 19, No. 2: 256–258. doi: 10.1017/S136672891500036X.
- . ‘Entrenchment of gender inhibits semantic gender in Dutch pronouns: evidence from speeded grammaticality judgments.’ contributed to the 3rd Conference on Experimental Approaches to Perception and Production of Language Variation, Wien, Österreich, .
- 10.1017/S1366728914000558. . ‘Accessing word meaning in beginning second language learners: Lexical or conceptual mediation?’ Bilingualism: Language & Cognition 18, No. 3: 357–371. doi:
- 10.1016/j.dr.2014.12.003. . ‘Bilingualism as a model for multitasking.’ Developmental Review 35: 113–124. doi:
- . . ‘Production inconsistencies delay adaptation to foreign accents.’ Contributed to the 16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.
- 10.1177/1367006912472262. . ‘Cross-language activation in same-script and different-script trilinguals.’ International Journal of Bilingualism 18, No. 6: 693–716. doi:
- 10.1007/s11618-014-0491-8. . ‘Language experience changes language and cognitive ability.’ Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft 17, No. 3: 433–446. doi:
- 10.1017/S0142716414000265. . ‘How much bilingual experience is needed to affect executive control?’ Applied Psycholinguistics 35, No. 5: 925–928. doi:
- 10.1037/a0037254. . ‘Effects of bilingualism and aging on executive function and working memory.’ Psychology and Aging 29, No. 3: 696–705. doi:
- . . ‘Fostering self-monitoring of university students by means of a standardized learning journal – a multi-method approach.’ European Journal of Psychology in Education 29, No. 2: 239–255. doi: 10.1007/s10212-013-0196-z.
- 10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0686. . ‘Models of lexical and conceptual representations in second language acquisition.’ In The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, edited by , 3730–3735. doi:
- . ‘Some thoughts on bilingualism.’ In Bilingual Education in Primary School , edited by , 7–15. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag.
- . ‘Executive functions and inhibitory control in multilingual children: Evidence from second language learners, bilinguals, and trilinguals.’ Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 113, No. 4: 535–551.
- 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.09.008. . ‘Cross-language activation in children’s speech production: Evidence from second language learners, bilinguals, and trilinguals.’ Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 111, No. 3: 419–438. doi:
- . . „Förderung von Selbstregulationskompetenz mit standardisierten Lerntagebüchern.“ In Psychologiedidaktik und Evaluation VI, herausgegeben von , 95–104. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Talks
- Poarch, GJ (): ‘Cross-language activation in German-English bilingual children.’ Conference on Multilingualism – COM 2018, University of Ghent, .
- Poarch GJ, Voss K (): ‘The effects of language balance and proficiency in Turkish-German bilingual children on their cognitive development’. 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ, Schröder M (): ‘Mapping novel words into the mental lexicon: Evidence from L2 and L3 learners of English’. 11th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, .
- De Vogelaer, Gunther; Poarch, Greg; Schimke, Sarah; Urbanek, Lukas; Fanta, Johanna (): ‘Learning a gender system in a closely related language: German learners' production and perception of Dutch gender’. EuroSLA 28, WWU Münster, Münster, Deutschland, .
- De Vogelaer G, Poarch GJ, Schimke S, Urbanek L, Fanta J (): ‘Learning a gender system in a closely related language: German learners' production and perception of Dutch gender’. EuroSLA 28, WWU Münster, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ, Voss K (): ‘Relative language competences and cognitive development: Bilingual preschoolers' performances on spatial problem-solving tasks’. EuroSLA 28, WWU Münster, Germany, .
- Schimke S, Poarch GJ (): ‘Learning to process and processing to learn: How linguistic and cognitive processing shapes grammar acquisition’. Cognitive and Developmental Aspects of Multilingualism Group, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, .
- Poarch GJ (): „Potentiale der Mehrsprachigkeit / Wertschätzung der Mehrsprachigkeit auf gesamtstädtischer Ebene: Entwicklung von Handlungsoptionen“. Stadt Dortmund Koordinationsgruppe Lebendige Mehrsprachigkeit, Stadt Dortmund, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘Multilingual Development: What do we know about Cognition? Invited keynote, Summer School - Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS)’. Summer School - Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS), Faculty of Education, University of Hamburg, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘Vocational school students and their language backgrounds: Determinants for L3 English proficiency, academic success, and perseverance’. Dept. of English Linguistics, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘Multilingual language control and executive function: Do previous studies replicate?’ Dept. of English Linguistics, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, .
- De Vogelaer G, Poarch GJ, Schimke S (): ‘Language change in the use of pronominal gender: Evidence from Southern and Northern varieties of Dutch’. International Symposium on Bilingualism 11, Limerick, Ireland, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘L2 learners vs. L3 learners of English: Controlling multiple languages and its effect on executive function’. Workshop on Multilingual Language Acquisition, Processing, and Use, Poznan, Poland, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘Vocational school students and their language backgrounds: Determinants for academic success and perseverance’. English Linguistics Research Colloquium, WWU Münster, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ (): „Mehrsprachigkeit in der Schule aus psycholinguistischer Perspektive“. MIKS 2– Mehrsprachigkeit als Handlungsfeld interkultureller Schulentwicklung, Department of Intercultural Education Science, University of Hamburg & WWU Münster, Germany, .
- Fanta, Johanna; Urbanek, Lukas; De Vogelaer, Gunther, Poarch, Greg; Schimke, Sarah (): ‘Regional similarities and differences in production and perception of the Dutch pronominal gender’. A Germanic Sandwich 2017, WWU Münster, Münster, Deutschland, .
- Fanta J, Urbanek L, De Vogelaer G, Poarch GJ, Schimke S (): ‘Regional similarities and differences in production and perception of the Dutch pronominal gender’. A Germanic Sandwich., Münster, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘Elicitation of cognitive processes’. Elizitationsverfahren in der Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung, GAL Research School, WWU Münster, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘The impact of multilingualism on executive function across the lifespan’. FRIAS – Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies, Research group ‘Language Dynamics Across the Lifespan’, University of Freiburg, Germany, .
- De Vogelaer G, Poarch GJ, Schimke S (): ‘Entrenchment of gender inhibits semantic gender in Dutch pronouns: Evidence from speeded grammaticality judgements’. 3rd Conference on Experimental Approaches to Perception and Production of Language Variation, Vienna, Austria, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘Multilingual language control and executive function: A replication study’. COM – Conference on Multilingualism, Ghent, Belgium, .
- Poarch GJ, Jespers A (): ‘Factors of modulation in indirect or direct access to foreign language word meanings: Evidence from L2 and L3 learners of English’. 10th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism, Vienna, Austria, .
- Poarch GJ (): „Erkenntnisse der Psycholinguistik und ihre Bedeutung für Unterricht in mehrsprachigen Lerngruppen“. MIKS – Mehrsprachigkeit als Handlungsfeld interkultureller Schulentwicklung, Department of Intercultural Education Science, WWU Münster, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ, Grohe A-K (): ‘Is L2 learners’ indirect or direct access to L2 word meanings only modulated by L2 proficiency?’ International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Granada, Spain, .
- Poarch GJ, Jespers A (): ‘Factors of modulation in indirect or direct access to foreign language word meanings’. ISBPAC – International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children, Kaiserslautern, Germany, .
- Jurecka A, Elsner D, Poarch GJ (): „Comics as an assessment tool of academic language competencies in German and English for children in immersion settings“. 4th GEBF Conference, Berlin, Germany, .
- Jespers A, Poarch GJ (): ‘Influence of stimulus modality on word recognition performance in monolingual and multilingual children: Evidence from translation recognition’. Donostia Young Researchers International Symposium on Multilingualism (DISM), Donostia, Spain, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘Mapping novel L2 words into the mental lexicon: Evidence from second language learners. Invited lecture’. Department of English – TEFL, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘Multilingual language control and executive functions across the lifespan: a re-assessment’. LANSPAN Colloquia, Center for Language and Cognition, University of Groningen, NL, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘Linking the sustained control of multiple languages and executive functions: Evidence from children’. Graduate School Empirical & Applied Linguistics, WWU Münster, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ (): ‘Controlling two or more languages and executive functions – what’s the link?’ ‘Lifespan Development & Individual Differences’, Department of Psychology , University of Zurich, Switzerland, .
- Jurecka A, Elsner D, Poarch GJ (): „Using comics to measure academic language competencies in German and English written production of children in immersion settings“. 26th DGFF Congress, Ludwigsburg, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ, Grohe A-K (): ‘Factors of modulation in second language learners’ indirect or direct access to second language word meanings’. 19th ESCOP Conference, Paphos, Cyprus, .
- Grohe A-K, Poarch GJ, Hanulíková A, Weber A (): ‘Production inconsistencies delay adaptation to foreign accents’. Interspeech 2015, Dresden, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ, Van Hell JG (): ‘Executive functions in monolingual and multilingual children with comparable socio-economic backgrounds’. EPSY – Conference of German Developmental Psychologists, Section ‘Language in Learning and Instruction’, Frankfurt, Germany, .
- Poarch GJ, Van Hell JG (): ‘L2 language proficiency, cross-language interaction, and executive functions in child L2 learners, bilinguals, and trilinguals: Parallel development trajectories?’ Workshop ‘Bilingualism and Executive Function: An Interdisciplinary Approach’, CUNY, NYC, USA, .