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Monday, February 1, 2021
Hesam Farahani successfully defended his MA thesis on Jan. 15, 2021. His thesis - titled “Is Phonological Short-Term Memory Related to Orthographic Learning?” - examined individual difference factors in university student’s orthographic... More
We are looking for families (who live in Canada) to participate in our study about how children learn language. This study involves telling stories to go with a set of pictures. One thing we are interested in is the way siblings talk to each other, so families need to have at least two children... More
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Yes, they can! An examination of EQAO data suggests that children with special education needs who are enrolled in French immersion have higher English academic performance compared to children with special education needs who are enrolled in the English Language of Instruction program. To find out more about these findings and to read more... More
Monday, May 4, 2020
Dr. Tamara Sorenson Duncan in collaboration with Dr. Johanne Paradis (University of Alberta) recently published an article in the Journal of Child Language about the relation between children's emerging L2 (English) abilities and the L2 input they receive at home. Using hierarchical linear regression modelling with controls for age, non-verbal... More
Congratulations to fourth-year Linguistics student Emma Bornheimer on being awarded a FASS Undergraduate Summer Research Internship in the 2020 competition. Emma will be working on her project, Netspeak, Autism, and the Internet: Contextual Analysis of Netspeak, under the supervision of Dr. Tamara Sorenson Duncan. We look forward to hearing about... More
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a common neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in social communication and restricted and repetitive behaviors. These behavioral differences are often accompanied by difficulties in language acquisition, leading many to conclude that bilingualism is too challenging for children with ASD.... More
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