Providing language expertise

Teaching: Pedagogical Sciences & Pedagogical Sciences of Primary Education, Radboud UniversityResearch Institute: Behavioural Science Institute (BSI), Radboud UniversityDescription: Master's thesis coordinator Pedagogical Sciences. Teaching courses on language development and EFL teaching in primary education. Research concerns individual differences in language development, the relation between language and the development of other cognitive skills (e.g., literacy) and the role of language in complex syndromes (e.g., CMT).

Teaching courses on phonetics and academic English.

Teaching courses on language development, EFL teaching in primary school, and Dutch and English academic skills. Research concerns first and second language acquisition and speech perception.

Investigating the comprehension of conversational speech by means of behavioural, psycholinguistic experiments.

Language editing of scientific manuscripts.

Investigating the effects of a digital learning environment on the development of English word processing and word-to-text integration skills in Dutch secondary students,Please read:Van de Ven, M., Hofman, A.D., de Bree, E., Segers, E., Verhoeven, L.T.W. & van der Maas, H.L.J.(2019). Doubling up: The influence of native and foreign language cues in foreign language doubleconsonant spelling. Journal of Writing ResearchKrepel, A., de Bree, E. H., Mulder, E., van de Ven, M., Segers, E., Verhoeven, L., & de Jong, P.F. (2021). Predicting EFL Vocabulary, Reading, and Spelling in English as a Foreign Languageusing Paired-Associate Learning. Learning and Individual Differences, 89, 102021.doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2021.102021Mulder, E., Van de Ven, M., Segers, E., Krepel, A., De Bree, E., De Jong, P. & Verhoeven, L.T.W.(2021). Serious game-based Word-to-Text Integration Intervention Effects in English as a SecondLanguage. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 65, 101972. doi:10.1016/j.cedpsych.2021.101972Krepel, A., De Bree, E., Mulder, E., Van de Ven, M., Segers, E., Verhoeven, L., & De Jong,P. (2021). The Unique Contribution of Vocabulary in the Reading Development of English as aForeign Language. Journal of Research in Reading, 44, 453{474. doi:10.1111/1467-9817.12350Mulder, E., Van de Ven, M., Segers, E., Krepel, A., De Bree, E., De Jong, P. & Verhoeven, L.T.W.(2020). Word-to-text Integration in English as a Second Language Reading Comprehension.Reading & Writing. doi:10.1007/s11145-020-10097-3Van de Ven, M., Segers, E., & Verhoeven, L. (2018). Enhanced Second Language Vocabulary Learning Through Phonological Specificity Training in Adolescents. Language Learning, 69(1), 222–250. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12330Mulder, E., van de Ven, M., Segers, E., & Verhoeven, L. (2018). Context, word, and student predictors in second language vocabulary learning. Applied Psycholinguistics, 40(1), 137–166. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0142716418000504

- Investigating the factors underlying literacy development in Dutch secondary students.- Testing the effects of intervention and compensating (text-to speech) software on the development of literacy in poor readers in secondary education.

- Investigating the factors underlying literacy development in Dutch secondary students.- Testing the effects of intervention and compensating (text-to speech) software on the development of literacy in poor readers in secondary education.- Co-developer of Letterprins, a mobile app that allows children to practise their reading skills in a playful manner (Letterprins received the National Prize for Literacy/ Nationale Alfabetiseringsprijs 2013, see e.g., http://www.ru.nl/actueel/nieuws-0/vm/letterprins-wint/).

Teaching courses on linguistics and English language proficiency (e.g. phonetics, language acquisition, language typology, oral proficiency, academic writing).

Investigating the comprehension of conversational speech by means of behavioural, psycholinguistic experiments.

Treasurer at a local table tennis club.

Teaching various courses on linguistics and language proficiency (e.g. oral proficiency, academic writing, and syntax).

Teaching phonetics and phonology.

Investigating the role of semantic/syntactic and acoustic cues in the comprehension of reduced pronunciation variants.Please read:Van de Ven, M., & Ernestus, M. (2017). The role of segmental and durational cues in the processing of reduced words. Language and Speech, 61(3), 358–383. https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830917727774Van de Ven, M., Ernestus, M., & Schreuder, R. (2012). Predicting acoustically reduced words in spontaneous speech: The role of semantic/syntactic and acoustic cues in context. Laboratory Phonology, 3, 455-481. https://doi.org/10.1515/lp-2012-0020.Van de Ven, M., Tucker, B. V., & Ernestus, M. (2011). Semantic context effects in the comprehension of reduced pronunciation variants. Memory & Cognition, 39, 1301-1316. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-011-0103-2.Van de Ven, M., Tucker, B. V., & Ernestus, M. (2010). Semantic facilitation in bilingual everyday speech comprehension. In Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2010), Makuhari, Japan (Interspeech 2010), Makuhari, Japan (pp. 1245-1248).Van de Ven, M., Tucker, B. V., & Ernestus, M. (2009). Semantic context effects in the recognition of acoustically unreduced and reduced words. In Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (pp. 1867-1870). Causal Productions Pty Ltd.

Teaching a course on research methods.