Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM)
Seminar Series
University of Reading, Autumn 2013
Date
September 18th
Time
Location
Title
1:00-2:30
Whiteknights
Room:
Psychology
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
November 6th
1:00-2:30
3:00-4:30
Whiteknights
Room:
Psychology,
G79
Prof. Suzanne Romaine
University of Oxford
London Road
Room: G01
Dr. John Williams
University of Cambridge
TBA
Linguistic Naturalness and Implicit Learnability
November 20th
1:00-2:30
Whiteknights
Room:
Psychology, 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 CodeSwitching Patterns of Adult Multilinguals
December 9th
1:00-2:30
Whiteknights
Room:
Psychology, 157
Dr. Victoria Murphy
University of Oxford
Language and Literacy Development in
Children with English as an Additional
Language
Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM)
Seminar Series
University of Reading, Spring 2014
Date
January 29th
Time
Location
Title
1:00-2:30
Whiteknights
Room: TBA
Prof. Guillaume Thierry
Bangor University
Do bilinguals really have two languages?
February 3rd
3:00-4:30
London Road
Room: TBA
Prof. Martha Young Scholten
Newcastle University
Beginners: research, assessment and materials.
February 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?