Implicit and Explicit Language Learning: Conditions, Processes, and Knowledge in SLA and Bilingualism

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments The articles selected for Implicit and Explicit Language Learning: Conditions, Processes, and Knowledge in SLA and Bilingualism were first presented at the 2009 Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics on March 13–15, hosted by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Linguistics Department at Georgetown University. The present volume is the result of the collaboration and support of many administrative units and individuals. For financial support to host the conference, we would like to thank our sponsors: the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Linguistics Department, and the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics. Thanks also go out to our faculty, staff, and students in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Linguistics Department for their excellent support in hosting the 2009 conference. Very special thanks go to Yunkyoung Kang, the research assistant of whom we all dream. Yun’s intelligence, diligence, and time-consuming dedication to the many minute details of preparation culminated in the smooth running of a three-day conference that hosted 5 keynote speakers, over 100 presenters and a total attendance of more than 250 national and international researchers, graduate students, and language practitioners. Very special thanks also go to Germán Zárate-Sández and Sarah Grey, from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, who made sure everyone was fed and happy; they also did a fine job of making sure the conference was successful not only intellectually but also financially. Tech-savvy Jae Goo, from the Linguistics Department, put together a program that was in constant change to the very last minute; this was a major achievement. We would also like to thank the following Georgetown graduate students in applied linguistics—both in the Linguistics and the Spanish and Portuguese departments—who volunteered their services: Yen-Tzu, Sun Hee Hwang, Rebecca Sachs, Natalia Jacobsen, Missy Baralt, Mika Hama, Miguel Angel Novella, Maymona K. Al-Khalil, Marta Tartar, Marissa Fond, Lyn Fogle, Laura Weiss, Laura Kramp, Kerstin Sondermann, Katie Jeong-eun Kim, Kathryn N. Jergovivh’, Kateryna Christian, Kaitlyn Tagarelli, Julio Torres, Julie McArthur, Julie Lake, Julie B. Murray, Joo Chung, Jinsok Lee, Jessie Cox, Jessie Grieser, Inge Stockburger, Ibrahim Saleh, Hui-Ju Lin, Hillah Culman, Helen Carpenter, Gregory A. Bennett, Erica L. Lima de Paulo, Elsa Ubeda, Elisabeth Kissling, Elizabeth Karuza, Corinne A. Seals, Claudia Guidi, Carlos Eduardo Balhana, Bo-Ram Suh, Aysun Balkan, Antonio Rico Sulayes, and Anne Micheau Calderon. To ensure the quality of the articles included in the volume, we would also like to thank our colleagues for their detailed comments and suggestions during the refereeing process of submitted manuscripts: Alfonso Morales-Front, Aurora Bel, Beatriz Lado, Catherine A. Stafford, David Birdsong, Germán ZárateSandez , Harriet W. Bowden, Hui-Ju Lin, IñigoYanguas, Jae Goo, James F. Lee, Kara Morgan-Short, Kimberly L. Teague, Laura Weiss, Lisa Zsiga, Melissa Baralt, Nuria Sagarra, Patrick Rebuschat, Sarah Grey, Sheri Anderson, and Silvina Montrul. Special thanks also go out to Sergio Adrada for his careful formatting of this volume. Finally, we would like to thank Gail Grella of Georgetown University Press for her continuous support. Working with Gail is always a pleasure. xii Acknowledgments ...