Leonarda Prela

About me

I am a doctoral researcher at the Chair of Language and Cognition of the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. My doctoral research is part of a wider project which revolves around the exploration of individual differences in first and second/foreign language acquisition and attainment.

Research interests

The primary focus of my current research lies on the investigation of the relationship between the first (L1) and second language (L2) in adult bilingual speakers of Greek and English. More precisely, I am interested in:

• exploring the extent to which linguistic performance is predicted by cognitive abilities (implicit and explicit knowledge)
• Identifying some of the underlying factors (e.g. cognition, educational background, quality/quantity of input) that account for the individual differences observed in language attainment in both languages.

I am currently running a study for which I am looking for bilingual speakers of Greek and English residing in Australia, the UK and the USA. Click on the countries to get more information about participation requirements!