Upcoming talks around the University

Posted on September 11, 2013 by centre-for-cognition-research

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 18^th	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 7^th	3:00-4:30	London Road Room: L22, 108	Prof. Li Wei, Birkbeck College, University of London Multilingualism, Social Cognition, and Creativity
October 23^rd	1:00-2:30	Whiteknights Room: Harry Pitt Building, G79	Prof. Suzanne Romaine, University of Oxford TBA
November 6^th	3:00-4:30	London Road Room: G01	Dr. John Williams, University of Cambridge Linguistic Naturalness and Implicit Learnability
November 20^th	1:00-2:30	Whiteknights Room: Harry Pitt, 157	Prof. David Green, University College London Language Control in Bilingual and Multilingual Speakers
December 2^nd	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 9^th	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. 29^th	1:00-2:30	Whiteknights Room: TBA	Prof. Guillaume Thierry, Bangor University Do bilinguals really have two languages?
Feb 3^rd	3:00-4:30	London Road Room: TBA	Prof. Martha Young Scholten, Newcastle University Beginners: research, assessment and materials.
Feb 19^th	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 19^th	1:00-2:30	Whiteknights Room: TBA	Dr. Carol Jaensch University of Essex TBA
March 31^st	3:00-4:30	London Road Room: TBA	TBA
April 16^th	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?

CogDev starts today!

Posted on September 4, 2013 by centre-for-cognition-research

The Joint Annual Conference of the BPS Developmental and Cognitive Sections starts at Reading today. Full programme available at: http://www.reading.ac.uk/pcls/cogdev2013.aspx

Inaugural CCR conference

Posted on August 20, 2013 by centre-for-cognition-research

CCR will hold an inaugural conference on “Semantics and Science: What Can Experimental Work Tell Us about Meaning?”, 21st-22nd March 2014. Speakers will be as follows:

Prof. Richard Breheny (UCL, Linguistics)

Prof. John Collins (UEA, Philosophy)

Prof. Bart Geurts (Nijmegen, Philosophy)

Dr. Nat Hansen (Reading, Philosophy)

Prof. Kristen Syrett (Rutgers, Linguistics)

Further information on the programme to follow.

Launch of CeLM

Posted on August 14, 2013 by centre-for-cognition-research

The Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) at Reading will be launched on 3rd September 2013. Full details of the programme and further information about CeLM can be found on the following webpages:
http://Reading.ac.uk/CeLM/
Events are open to all, but please email CELM@reading.ac.uk in advance if you plan on attending, to help with planning for the event.

Cognitive and Developmental Sections of the British Psychological Society @Reading

Posted on May 17, 2013 by centre-for-cognition-research

CogDev 2013 is a joint conference of the British Psychological Society’s Developmental and Cognitive Sections, to be held in Reading 4-6^th Sept and organised by Dr Graham Schafer of the CCR and the Department of Psychology. There has been a lot of interest from within the University, across the country, and internationally. We received almost 500 submissions, which is more than twice the usual total for an individual Section, and over 50% up on the combined total for the two Sections last year. Abstracts have been sent from countries as diverse as Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia , Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA .

A great line-up of speakers includes Sue Gathercole, Mark Seidenberg, Mike Tomasello, and Faraneh Vargha-Khadem, as well as a good number of Reading’s own stars. Students are welcome to volunteer in return for access to sessions. The local committee is currently reviewing the submissions- more details to come- but symposia have already been accepted on topics as diverse as: The development of creativity, innovation & exploration, The development of the Mirror Neuron System in human and macaque infants, Literacy, Memory, Mental toughness, Neurocognitive approaches to developmental disorders, Picture-mediated learning, Theory of Mind, and Young people’s reasoning about biology & physics (to name but a few)

The conference website is at http://www.reading.ac.uk/pcls/cogdev2013.aspx or follow us on Twitter ‏@CogDev2013.