MECO-L2

Data Releases | Publications

Wave 2 data available and Wave 2 papers out in Scientific Data (MECO-L1) and Studies in Second Language Acquisition (MECO-L2)
Bynadialana July 14, 2025July 17, 2025

Wave 2 reading data in first language (L1) and English as a second language (L2) in Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, English (United Kingdom), German, Hindi, Icelandic, Russian, Serbian, Spanish (Chile) and Turkish is now available! Data from 654 participants was collected by collaborators from 16 labs in 15 countries, bringing the…

Read More Wave 2 data available and Wave 2 papers out in Scientific Data (MECO-L1) and Studies in Second Language Acquisition (MECO-L2)
Awards

2024 Recipient of Outstanding Article of the Year in Language Learning: ENRO paper
Bynadialana April 16, 2025July 17, 2025

We’re excited to share that our paper “Rethinking First Language-Second Language Similarities and Differences in English Proficiency: Insights From the ENglish Reading Online (ENRO) Project” received the 2024 Recipient of Outstanding Article of the Year in Language Learning! “A large-scale, multi-author, and multi-site study, the article by Siegelman et al. exemplifies cutting-edge developments in language…

Read More 2024 Recipient of Outstanding Article of the Year in Language Learning: ENRO paper
Awards

Wave 1 paper receives 2023 Albert Valdman Award for Outstanding Publication
Bynadialana March 26, 2024July 17, 2025

Our Wave 1 paper on MECO L2 data, “Text reading in English as a second language: Evidence from the Multilingual Eye-Movements Corpus” received the 2023 Albert Valdman Award for Outstanding Publication in Studies of Second Language Acquisition. “We would like to express our gratitude to the review board of SSLA for selecting our article (“Text reading in…

Read More Wave 1 paper receives 2023 Albert Valdman Award for Outstanding Publication
Data Releases

MECO L2’s data repository is now online via OSF
Bynoam.siegelman April 26, 2022July 15, 2025

With the paper officially out in Studies in Second Language Acquisition, the Open Science Foundation (OSF) page of MECO L2’s first wave is live and publicly available. Follow this link to OSF to get your hands on data from 543 participants who speak 12 first languages (L1s): Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian,…

Read More MECO L2’s data repository is now online via OSF
Publications

MECO English as a second language (MECO L2) paper out in Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Bynoam.siegelman April 26, 2022July 15, 2025

We are excited to share that the second paper from the Multilingual Eye-Movements Corpus (MECO) project is out in Studies in the Second Language Acquisition! This paper presents the English as a Second Language component of the first wave of MECO (MECO-L2). It includes English eye-movement reading data plus a test battery of component skills…

Read More MECO English as a second language (MECO L2) paper out in Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Publications

Updates, October 2021: MECO first wave papers revised; second MECO wave restarts; a spin-off project in motion
Bynoam.siegelman October 7, 2021July 17, 2025

We know – it’s been a while since you last heard from us. But it wasn’t because we weren’t busy. So, for all of you out there who are curious to hear about the state of the Multilingual Eye-movement Corpus (MECO) – this post is for you. We were fortunate to complete the vast majority…

Read More Updates, October 2021: MECO first wave papers revised; second MECO wave restarts; a spin-off project in motion