Sign up for “Code-Switching Cues”
You will be asked to read sentences in English and Spanish on a computer monitor . After the reading portion, you will also complete a cloze task and a language background survey. The experiment will take less than 60 minutes to complete.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
- Open to international students at UIUC who comes from Spanish-speaking countries and is proficient in English.
- Open to participants with normal or corrected-to-normal vision (glasses/contacts are OK).
LOCATION
- Beckman Institute, Room 1424
COMPENSATION
- You will receive $7 in cash for your participation.
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.