Published in Manuscript under review (Language Learning), 2025
Examines how L2 learners acquire probabilistic, multifactorial linguistic patterns.
Recommended citation: Aigro, M., Pilvik, M., He, S., Taremaa, P., Chuprina, A., Vihman, M., & Divjak, D. (under review). When more is more: Acquiring probabilistic multifactorial patterns in L2. Language Learning.
Published in Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2025
A data-driven approach to identifying L2 proficiency groups using eye-tracking measures and multivariate methods.
Recommended citation: He, S., Divjak, D., & Milin, P. (2025). Optimising participant grouping methods in bilingualism studies: Insights from eye-tracking data. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism.
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Published in International Journal of TESOL Studies (in press), 2025
An eye-tracking study examining how L2 proficiency modulates fixation behaviour during natural reading.
Recommended citation: He, S., Divjak, D., & Milin, P. (in press). Unveiling the dynamics of eye movement patterns in second language reading: The role of L2 proficiency. International Journal of TESOL Studies.
Published in Working paper (under review), 2025
Working paper investigating how cognitive and non-cognitive factors jointly contribute to grammatical expertise in proficient immigrant L2 learners.
Recommended citation: Divjak, D., He, S., & Milin, P. (under review). Building expertise in L2 grammar: a multi-factorial analysis of cognitive and non-cognitive factors in proficient immigrant learners. Working paper, University of Birmingham.
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Published in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 2024
Eye-tracking evidence on how modern readers interact with medieval manuscripts.
Recommended citation: Ward, A., & He, S. (2024). Medieval reading in the twenty-first century? Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 39(4), 1134–1155. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqae056
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Published in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cyberpsychology (invited chapter, under review), 2025
Invited encyclopedia chapter reviewing methods, challenges, and best practices for eye-tracking in online research.
Recommended citation: He, S., & Milin, P. (under review). Eye-tracking in online research. In C. Fullwood et al. (Eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cyberpsychology.
Published in Book chapter (preprint), 2024
A study of how linguistic expertise shapes categorisation behaviour, with evidence from constructional analysis.
Recommended citation: Divjak, D., He, S., & Borowski, M. (2024). Expertise affects categorisation, in language too: (the) case (of) constructions.
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Published in University of Birmingham (PhD thesis), 2024
An in-depth eye-tracking investigation of cross-linguistic transfer in L1 and L2 reading.
Recommended citation: He, S. (2024). Learning to optimise reading: An exploratory study of eye movement transfer across languages (Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham).
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