Seminar series at the School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences for Autumn 2013:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/pcls/research/pcls-seminars.aspx
Seminar series for the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism, Autumn 2013 and Spring 2014:
Autumn 2013
| Date | Time | Location | Title |
| September 18th | 1:00-2:30 | Whiteknights
Room: Harry Pitt Building, G79 |
Prof. Roumyana Slabakova, University of Iowa & University of Southampton
The Effect of Construction Frequency and Native Transfer on the L2 knowledge of the Syntax-Discourse Interface |
| October 7th | 3:00-4:30 | London Road
Room: L22, 108 |
Prof. Li Wei, Birkbeck College, University of London
Multilingualism, Social Cognition, and Creativity |
| October 23rd | 1:00-2:30 | Whiteknights
Room: Harry Pitt Building, G79 |
Prof. Suzanne Romaine, University of Oxford
TBA |
| November 6th | 3:00-4:30 | London Road
Room: G01 |
Dr. John Williams, University of Cambridge
Linguistic Naturalness and Implicit Learnability |
| November 20th | 1:00-2:30 | Whiteknights
Room: Harry Pitt, 157 |
Prof. David Green, University College London
Language Control in Bilingual and Multilingual Speakers |
| December 2nd | 3:00-4:30 | London Road
Room: G01 |
Prof. Jean Marc Dewaele, Birkbeck College, University of London
Intra- and Inter-individual Variation in Code-Switching Patterns of Adult Multilinguals |
| December 9th | 1:00-2:30 | Whiteknights
Room: Harry Pitt, 157 |
Dr. Victoria Murphy, University of Oxford
Language and Literacy Development in Children with English as an Additional Language |
Spring 2014
| Jan. 29th | 1:00-2:30 | Whiteknights
Room: TBA |
Prof. Guillaume Thierry, Bangor University
Do bilinguals really have two languages? |
| Feb 3rd | 3:00-4:30 | London Road
Room: TBA |
Prof. Martha Young Scholten, Newcastle University
Beginners: research, assessment and materials. |
| Feb 19th | 1:00-2:30 | Whiteknights
Room: TBA |
Dr. Laura Shapiro, Aston University
Reading comprehension in children from diverse language backgrounds |
| March 3rd | 3:00-4:30 | London Road
Room: TBA |
Dr. Selma Babayigit, UWE, Bristol
Oral language and literacy development in children with English as a second language |
| March 19th | 1:00-2:30 | Whiteknights
Room: TBA |
Dr. Carol Jaensch
University of Essex TBA |
| March 31st | 3:00-4:30 | London Road
Room: TBA |
TBA |
| April 16th | 1:00-2:30 | Whiteknights
Room: TBA |
Dr. Manne Bylund, University of Stockholm
Differences in L2 ultimate attainment: age of acquisition effects or effects of bilingualism? |