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I study language processing, listening effort, and bilingualism using behavioral methods and pupillometry. This site highlights my research, publications, and a personal map of places that shaped my work.
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- Speech perception in noise
- Pupillometry & listening effort
- Bilingual language processing
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I am an Assessment Specialist at the Goethe-Institute (Munich) and a Research Collaborator at Leipzig University. My work focuses on speech perception in noise, bilingual listening effort, and pupillometry-based measures of language processing.
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Winter 2024/25
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Bachelor’s Program, German as a Second Language — University of Leipzig.
Spring 2023
Introduction to German Culture after 1945
Master’s Program in German and European Studies — University of Haifa.
Spring 2015
Second and Foreign Language Learning (LLT 361)
Second Language Studies Program — Michigan State University.
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2025
How lexical frequency, language dominance and noise affect listening effort – insights from pupillometry
Schmidtke, J., Bsharat‑Maalouf, D., Degani, T., & Karawani, H. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience (online first), 1–14.
2024
Through the pupils’ lens: Multilingual effort in first and second language listening
Bsharat‑Maalouf, D., Schmidtke, J., Degani, T., & Karawani, H. Ear and Hearing.
2024
Pupillometry in language research
Schmidtke, J., & Tobin, S. In: Papesh, M. & Goldinger, S. (eds.), Modern Pupillometry. Springer.
2018
Pupillometry in linguistic research: an introduction and review for second language researchers
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 40(3), 529–549.
2017
Home and Community Language Proficiency in Spanish–English Early Bilingual University Students
Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 60(10), 2879–2890.
2016
The Bilingual Disadvantage in Speech Understanding in Noise Is Likely a Frequency Effect Related to Reduced Language Exposure
Frontiers in Psychology, 7(678).
2014
Second language experience modulates word retrieval effort in bilinguals: Evidence from pupillometry
Frontiers in Psychology, 5(137).
2013
What do eye movements tell us about awareness? A triangulation of eye‑movement data, verbal reports and vocabulary learning scores
Godfroid, A. & Schmidtke, J. In: Bergsleithner, J. M., Frota, S., & Yoshioka, J. K. (eds.), Noticing: L2 studies and essays in honor of Richard Schmidt.
2013
Statistical Literacy among Applied Linguists and Second Language Acquisition Researchers
Loewen, S., Lavolette, B., Spino, L., Papi, M., Schmidtke, J., Sterling, S., & Wolf, D. TESOL Quarterly, 48, 360–388.
2010
The Cambridge handbook of child language (book review)
Anastas, J., Gindin, L., Kelty, E., Rimzhim, A., Zhao, J., Andrade, B., … Schmidtke, J., Tobin, S., Naigles, L. Journal of Child Language, 37(5), 1133–1140.
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Goethe-Institute, Munich • Leipzig University
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