ProfessorsProfessors of University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMelissa A. Bowles

Melissa A. Bowles

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

H-index: 24

North America-United States

About Melissa A. Bowles

Melissa A. Bowles, With an exceptional h-index of 24 and a recent h-index of 17 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, specializes in the field of instructed second and heritage language acquisition, research methods, language testing and assessment.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Introduction: Why and How to Examine Outcomes of Heritage Language Instruction

What Type of Knowledge Do Implicit and Explicit Heritage Language Instruction Result In?

NS and NNS processing of idioms and nonidiom formulaic sequences: What can reaction times and think-alouds tell us?

Heritage, second and third language learner processing of written corrective feedback: Evidence from think-alouds

Instructed heritage language acquisition

Outcomes of university Spanish heritage language instruction in the United States

Using instructor judgment, learner corpora, and DIF to develop a placement test for Spanish L2 and heritage learners

The Interplay between Heritage Learners’ Prior Knowledge and Instruction on a Linguistically Complex Structure

Melissa A. Bowles Information

University	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Position	Associate Professor of Spanish
Citations(all)	3055
Citations(since 2020)	1290
Cited By	2238
hIndex(all)	24
hIndex(since 2020)	17
i10Index(all)	30
i10Index(since 2020)	27
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University Profile Page	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Melissa A. Bowles Skills & Research Interests

instructed second and heritage language acquisition

research methods

language testing and assessment

Top articles of Melissa A. Bowles

Title	Journal	Author(s)	Publication Date
Introduction: Why and How to Examine Outcomes of Heritage Language Instruction		Melissa A Bowles	2022/4
What Type of Knowledge Do Implicit and Explicit Heritage Language Instruction Result In?	Outcomes of University Spanish Heritage Language Instruction in the United States	Sara Fernández Cuenca Melissa A Bowles	2022/4
NS and NNS processing of idioms and nonidiom formulaic sequences: What can reaction times and think-alouds tell us?	Applied Psycholinguistics	Hang Zheng Melissa A Bowles Jerome L Packard	2022/3
Heritage, second and third language learner processing of written corrective feedback: Evidence from think-alouds	Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching	Melissa A Bowles Kacie Gastañaga	2022/12/27
Instructed heritage language acquisition		Melissa A Bowles Julio Torres	2022/2
Outcomes of university Spanish heritage language instruction in the United States		Melissa A Bowles	2022
Using instructor judgment, learner corpora, and DIF to develop a placement test for Spanish L2 and heritage learners	Language Testing	Melissa A Bowles	2022/5/1
The Interplay between Heritage Learners’ Prior Knowledge and Instruction on a Linguistically Complex Structure	Heritage Language Journal	Melissa A Bowles	2021/12/2