Experiments for Non-Native English Speakers (ESL)

Sign up for “Bilingual Reading: Spanish-English” 

Your child will be asked to read paragraphs in English and Spanish on a computer monitor . After the reading portion, they will also perform other linguistic and cognitive tasks. The experiment will take about 120 minutes to complete.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

  • Open to middle school and high school students.
  • Bilingual kids and teenagers (Spanish and English) from 11 to 18 years that go or went to a school with a dual language program for at least 3 years, and who have normal or corrected-to-normal vision (glasses, soft contacts; no hard contacts)
  • OR
  • Bilingual kids and teenagers (Spanish and English) from 11 to 18 years that go to a school without a dual language program, and who have normal or corrected-to-normal vision (glasses, soft contacts; no hard contacts)

COMPENSATION
• If your child is an accompanied middle or high schooler, they will receive $40 for their participation (120 minutes).
• If your child is an unaccompanied middle or high schooler, they will receive $30 for their participation (120 minutes).

Parking will be provided upon request.

Sign up for “Chinese Code-Switching“

You will be asked to read sentences in Mandarin and English on a computer monitor. You will also answer some questions based on the sentences that you just read.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:
    • Must have grown up speaking Mandarin Chinese.
    • Must be at least 18 years old.
      Open to participants with normal or corrected-to-normal vision.
  • COMPENSATION
    • You will receive $8 in cash for your participation (< 1 hour).