by Erika Exton | Jul 16, 2016 | 2016, Rabdoud University 2016, Radboud University
My final week at Radboud was the week of June 27. It was a week full of wrapping up, goodbyes, and planning for my next adventure. After so many 9-hour days of testing participants, it was bittersweet to be going through the motions on my last day. On Wednesday I got...
by Erika Exton | Jul 1, 2016 | 2016, Rabdoud University 2016, Radboud University
**This blog is from last week, I forgot to post it** Over the past few weekends, I’ve been traveling to various Dutch cities: Utrecht, Rotterdam, Maastricht, and of course Amsterdam. Between those longer trips and my time on the bus between Huygensgebouw and Centraal...
by Erika Exton | Jul 1, 2016 | 2016, Rabdoud University 2016, Radboud University
On Monday of this past week, the Center for Language Studies at Radboud University hosted a non-nativeness day where various language scientists gave short presentations about the work they are currently doing related to non-nativeness. Even though we are technically...
by Erika Exton | Jun 14, 2016 | 2016, Rabdoud University 2016, Radboud University
As it stands now, I have had 12 participants. Given that I didn’t start testing until May 27, can usually only get the lab Wednesdays and Fridays, give myself 3 hours for every participant, and only need 20-25 participants, that really isn’t bad! But I do find it...
by Erika Exton | Jun 6, 2016 | 2016, Rabdoud University 2016, Radboud University
My family has a Memorial Day tradition: every year we go to York, PA to visit my dad’s good friends from high school. There are five of them who have remained close, so we celebrate our annual “Meeting of the Five Families.” Setting out for this weekend is never...
