Join us for the 2nd ROLE Symposium to be held online on May 19, 2025!

Resources For Researchers

Collections

Publications

▶ Google Scholar Page

Scholarly works produced by ROLE members that align with the ROLE Collective's mission.

▶ Zotero Library

Papers and presentations that are broadly relevant to the ROLE Collective, as identified by ROLE members.

▶ OSF Project

Preprints, papers, and resources from related OSF projects, contributed by ROLE members.

Infographics

For Linguists

5 Steps to Reframing our Language Experience

This resource is a 5-step guide for scholars to evaluate the use of language labels in their work. The text contains relevant research citations and the content is summarized in an infographic.

For Scientists

Why “Native Speaker” is a Barrier to Better Science

This infographic explains to scholars why the concept of “native speakers” hinders science and what can be done instead.

Videos

Conference Presentations from the 1st ROLE Symposium

Playlist: Keynote Presentations | 1st ROLE Symposium
Playlist: Keynote Q&A | 1st ROLE Symposium
Playlist: Short Presentations | 1st ROLE Symposium

Texts

Selected Readings

Blogpost: What does “Native speaker” mean, anyway? | Language Log | Grammon & Babel (2021)
Policy & Practice Review Article: The Problematic Concept of Native Speaker in Psycholinguistics: Replacing Vague and Harmful Terminology With Inclusive and Accurate Measures | Frontiers in Psychology | Cheng et al. (2021)

For more references, check out the ROLE Collective collections above.

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