Anne-Marie Masgoret

Qualifications

MA Ont
PhD Ont
Associate, Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research
Principal Analyst, Migration Research, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Contact

Category Research Associate (NZ)

Background

Anne-Marie Masgoret completed her PhD at The University of Western Ontario (Canada). Dr Masgoret was previously a Fellow of the Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research and a Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, and is currently Principal Analyst Migration Research at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Her PhD dissertation was recognized for its excellence and awarded honors by ACTFL, the Canadian Psychological Association and the International Academy for Intercultural Research. Dr Masgoret has expertise is in the areas of acculturation, intercultural relations, and second language learning, and her research skills include survey design, analysis and causal modelling. She has published widely in these areas and was awarded an Early Career Researcher award at Victoria University of Wellington in 2005.

Interests

I am interested in studying the acculturation processes of immigrants, sojourners, and refugees, particularly the factors affecting the adaptation of these individuals when making cross-cultural transitions. My research interests also involve the role of attitudes and motivation in second (foreign) language acquisition.

Recently, I have fused these two areas of research by focusing on the role of second (foreign) language acquisition within the acculturation process. What role do socio-cultural and affective variables associated with language acquisition (i.e., attitudes toward the host language/community, language learning motivation etc.) play in the language proficiency and cross-cultural adaptation of migrants?

I am further interested in the areas of psychological measurement and test construction, and have taught senior level courses in statistics-computer applications in psychological research.