Marilyn Abbott

Marilyn Abbott

Assistant Professor

Educational Psychology
mabbott@ualberta.ca
http://www.ualberta.ca/~mabbott/

Research and Interests

Marilyn Abbott is interested in the impact of second language learning and teaching strategies on learning outcomes. Her primary area of research concerns how second language reading strategies interact with first language and cultural background to affect test performance. She is also interested in pedagogical practices in content area instruction that enhance learning, and issues of equity in access to academic content and testing for English as a second language learners.

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Publications

Abbott, M. L., & Rossiter, M. J. (2011). The professional development of rural ESL instructors: Program administrator and instructor views. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 57(2), 203-218.

Nicholas, B., Rossiter, M. J., & Abbott, M. L. (2011). The power of story in the ESL classroom. Canadian Modern Language Review, 67(2), 247-268.

Abbott, M. L. (2010). An introspective study of Arabic and Mandarin speaker reading comprehension strategies. TESL Canada Journal, 28.

Louw, K. J., Derwing, T. M., & Abbott, M. L. (2010). Teaching pragmatics to L2 learners for the workplace: The job interview. Canadian Modern Language Review. 66, 737-755.

Abbott, M. L. (2009). A review of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 19, 207-209.

Abbott, M. (2008). A review of Teaching Second Language Reading. Canadian Modern Language Review. 64, 693-695.

Abbott, M. (2007). A confirmatory approach to differential item functioning on an ESL reading assessment. Language Testing, 24(1), 1-30.

Abbott, M. (2006). ESL reading strategies: Differences in Arabic and Mandarin speaker test performance. Language Learning, 56, 633-670.

Abbott, M. (2006). Standard setting for complex performance assessments: A critical examination of the Analytic Judgment Method. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 52, 25-35.

Abbott, M. (2002). Using music to promote second language learning among adult learners. TESOL Journal, 11, 10-17.

Abbott, M. (2002). A review of Test Construction and Validation: Case description of constructing and validating a test of English for teaching purposes. Canadian Journal of Education, 27, 475-477.

Courses Taught

  • Educational Psychology 413 Principles and Practice in Teaching ESL Learners http://www.ualberta.ca/~abbotted/
  • Educational Psychology 413 Principles and Practice in Teaching ESL Learners - Online
  • Educational Psychology 416 Introduction to the Teaching of ESL
  • Educational Psychology 501 Introduction to Research Methods
  • Educational Psychology 591 Teaching Reading and Literacy to ESL Learners
  • Educational Psychology 593 ESL Assessment and Evaluation
  • Educational Psychology 597/697 Content and Language Integrated Learning for ESL Adults
  • Educational Psychology 900 TESL Capping Project