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Linking Formal Instruction with Second Language Processing
John Nike Lecture Agriculture Building, Whiteknights Campus, United KingdomLinking Formal Instruction with Second Language Processing: A Meta-analysis of Processing Instruction Research (1993-2016) By Michael J. Leeser, Florida State University (USA) Almost 25 years ago, VanPatten and Cadierno (1993) argued that most language instruction was product oriented and did not take into account the underlying processes involved in second language acquisition. Since the publication […]
Workshop: Bi-/Multilingualism and the Declining Brain
L022 G01 L022 G01, London Road Campus, ReadingThis free event will look into contemporary suggestions about the neuroprotective effects of bi-/multilingualism against brain decline in healthy and patient populations. It will bring together early career and established researchers […]
Workshop: Language impairment in bilingual children
L022 G01 L022 G01, London Road Campus, ReadingThis free event organised by the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) will bring together researchers and practitioners from France, the UK, and the USA who work with bilingual children […]
CeLM Seminar – ‘ Speaking foreign languages from the heart ‘
Edith Morley 127 Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdomby Jon Andoni Duñabeitia (BCBL) http://www.bcbl.eu/people/staff/jon-andoni-dunabeitia/ Date Tues 14th November 2017 Time 16h15 – 17h15 Venue Edith Morley 127 Native languages are typically acquired in emotionally neutral academic environments. […]
“People who learn German like shouting because that’s what Germans do”
Palmer G04 University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomCeLM Seminar “People who learn German like shouting because that’s what Germans do” by Heike Krüsemann (University of Reading) Date Tues 9th January 2018 […]
Cross-talk between language and executive control in neurodegenerative diseases
Edith Morley 124 University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomCeLM Seminar Cross-talk between language and executive control in neurodegenerative diseases by Marco Calabria (Center for Brain and Cognition, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain, Barcelona) Date Tues […]
“Nominal ellipsis in L2 Spanish: syntactic and pragmatic constraints”
Chancellors Building G.04 Whiteknights Campus, United KingdomThe Interface Hypothesis (Sorace 2011) states that interfaces between internal modules of the grammar and external modules are problematic for L2 learners. We report on an experiment that examines noun ellipsis in Spanish, an area of interface between morphosyntax and information structure. Our questions are the following: (a) do advanced L2 speakers perform in a […]