Ineke Vedder

Position

• Onderwijsdirecteur Taal- en letterkunde/Director of the School of Language and Literature
• Senior researcher Tweede-Taalverwerving (Italiaans)/Second Language Acquisition (Italian);
• Member Research group CASLA Cognitive Approaches to Second Language Acquisition)

Research

• Communicative adequancy and linguistic complexity in L2 writing
• Task-based language learning and teaching: cognitive task complexity and interlanguage development.
• Instructed second language learning: the acquisition of Italian as a second language by adult learners of Italian.
• The development of pragmatic competence in L2.
• L2 writing proficiency: the influence of interaction and collaborative writing in L2 learning. 

Ongoing projects

1. CALC: Communicative adequacy and linguistic complexity in L2 writing (Folkert Kuiken, University of Amsterdam; Roger Gilabert, Universitat de Barcelona; Ineke Vedder, University of Amsterdam)  
2. Cognitive task complexity and linguistic complexity in L2 writing and speaking (Folkert Kuiken, Marije Michel, Ineke Vedder, University of Amsterdam)

Department of Second Language Acquisition

Communicative adquacy and linguistic complexity (CALC)

Research networks

• Research group CASLA (Cognitive Approaches to Second Language Acquisition)
• AILA reserach network TACOSELL (Task Complexity and Second Language Learning)
• SLATE (Second Language Acquisition and Testing)

Teaching

• Master Italiaanse taal en cultuur: Hoe leer je Italiaans? (Apprendimento dell'italiano lingua seconda/The acquisition of Italian as a second language)

Selected publications in English

• Vedder, I. & Kuiken, F. (2008) Cognitive task complexity and written output in Italian and French as a foreign language. Journal Second Language Writing 17/1, 48-60.
• Vedder, I. & Kuiken, F. (2007) Task complexity and linguistic complexity in L2 writing. IRAL 45/3, Special Issue 'Task complexity, cognition and second language learning and productiion (eds. P. Robinson & R. Gilabert Guerrero), 193-211.
• Vedder, I., Kuiken, F. & M. Michel (2007) The influence ofcomplexity in monologic versus dialogic tasks in Dutch L2. IRAL  45/3, Special Issue 'Task complexity, cognition and second language learning and productiion (eds. P. Robinson & R. Gilabert Guerrero), 213-236.
• Vedder, I. & Kuiken, F. (2007), Cognitive task complexity and linguistic performance in french L2 writing. In M.P. García Mayo, Investigating tasks in formal language learning. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 117-135.
• Vedder, I., Sercu, L., De Wachter, L., Peters, E. & F.Kuiken (2006) The effect of task complexity and task conditions on foreign language development and performance. Three empirical studies. ITL International Journal of Applied linguistics. 
• Vedder, I., Kuiken, F. & M. Mos (2005) Cognitive task complexity and second language writing performance. In S. Foster-Cohen & P. Garcia-Mayo (eds) Eurosla Yearbook. Vol. 5. 195-222. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
• Vedder, I. & F. Kuiken (2005) Noticing and the role of interaction in promoting language learning. In A. Housen & M. Pierrard (eds) Investigations in instructed second language learning. 353-382. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
• Vedder, I. & F. Kuiken (2002) Collaborative writing inL2: the effect of group interaction on text quality. In G. Rijlaarsdam, M.L. Barbier & S. Ransdell (eds) New directions for research in L2 writing. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 168-187.
• Vedder, I. & F. Kuiken (2002) The effect of interaction in acquiring the grammar of a second language. International Journal of Educational Research 37. 343-358.

Selected publicationsin Italian

• Vedder, I. (in press), Scrittura collettiva e noticing: gli effetti dell’interazione sull’acquisizione della grammatica in L2. Perugia: Guerra.
• Vedder, I. (2008), Competenza pragmatica e complessità sintattica in italiano L2: l'uso dei modificatori nelle richieste. Linguistica e filologia 25, 99-124. 
• Vedder, I. & Berns, R. (2007) 'In carcere per Lara'. L'uso delle strategie di ricostruzionetestuale e le scelte linguistiche in italiano L2. Studi italiani di linguistica teorica e applicata 2007/2, 297-310.
• Vedder, I. & Scorretti, M. (2007) Dialoghi innaturali: giochi di lingua tra Totò e Bertolucci. L'innaturalezza pragmatica e linguistica del dialogo filmico. Incontri. Rivista europea di studi italiani, 22/1, 45-53.
• Vedder, I. & Kuiken, F. (2006) Scrivere in italiano L2; Gli effetti della complessità cognitiva del compito sulla complessità sintatitca e lessicale del testo. In: B. Van den Bossche, M. Bastiaensen, C. Salvadori Lonergan & S. Widlak (eds) Italia e europa; Dalla cultura nazionale all'interculturalismo. Firenze, Franco Cesati Editore,, 267-276. 
• Vedder, I. & A. Blok-Boas (2004) Insegnare la lettura con il computer. In S. Gola & M. Bastiaensen (a cura di). Sguardo sulla lingua e la letteratura italiana all'inizio del terzo milennio. Atti del Convegno Internazionale 15-16 marzo 2002. Firenze: Franco Cesati Editore, 139-146,
• Vedder, I. & A. Blok-Boas (2004) Abilità di lettura e competenza lessicale nell'insegnamento dell'italiano come lingua seconda: un approccio integrativo. In B. van den Bossche, M. Bastiaensen, C. Salvadori Lonergan Lingue e letterature in contatto (a cura di). Atti del XV congresso dell'AIPI, Brunico, 24-27 agosto 2002. Firenze: Franco Cesati Editore. 161-172.
• Vedder, I. (2001) Strategie metacognitive e processi di grammaticalizzazione nell'acquisizione dell'italiano lingua seconda. In A. Blok-Boas, C. Maeder & M. Scorrretti (a cura di) Frase e testo. Studi in onore di Vincenzo Lo Cascio. Firenze: Franco Cesati. 89-110.
• Vedder, I. (2001) La ricostruzione del testo in L2: valutazione del prodotto e del processo. In L.Collès, J. Uffays, G. Fabry & C. Maeder (sous la direction de), Didactique des langues romanes. Le développement de compétences chez l'apprenant. Actes du Colloque de Louvain-la-Neuve, janvier 2000. Bruxelles: DeBoeck Duculot, 591-599.

Selected publications in Dutch

• Vedder, I. & F.Kuiken (in press). Communicatieve adequaatheid en linguïstische complexiteit bij het schrijven in een tweede taal. Anela conferentie 2008; Delft: Eburon. 
• Vedder, I. & F. Kuiken (2004) De relatie tussen cognitieve taakcomplexiteit en linguïstische performance bij het schrijven in T1 en T2. Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen, 72, 23-32.
• Vedder, I. & F. Kuiken (2000) Het effect van Focus on Form op de verwerving van grammaticale structuren: enkele theoretische en didactische vragen. Gramma/TTT 8, 1, 321-340.
• Vedder, I. (1999) Argumenterend schrijven in een tweede taal. Linguïstische en pragmatisch-retorische markering inargumentatieve teksten van Nederlandse studenten Italiaans. Gramma/TTT 7, 1, 24-46.
• Vedder, I. (1998) Argumenterend schrijven in T2 en T1. Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 58, 111-118.

Management and organization

• Director ofthe School of Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam
• Quality manager of the second language instruction curriculum at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam (2004-2008)

Committees

• Member at large of AIPI (Associazione Internazionale Professori di Italiano).
• President of ANéLa (Association Néerlandaise de LinguistiqueAppliquée); 2006-2008; member of the Executive Board (2002-2008) 
• Member of the Editorial Board of TTWiA (Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen); 2002-2008. 

PhD projects

• Marije Michel (University of Amsterdam), 'Design features and sequencing of L2 tasks' (supervisor)
• Stefania Ferrari (University of Verona), 'Valutare le competenze orali in italiano lingua seconda: variazione situazionale e longitudinale in apprendenti a livello avanzato'