The schedule for the lightning talks can be viewed below and can be downloaded here.
When and where:
Friday, November 25, 2016, 6:00-8:00 pm, @AH100, University of Lethbridge
Schedule:
Talk #1: How babies begin to learn words
Presenters: Dr. Suzanne Curtin & Dr. Susan Graham (Department of Psychology, University of Calgary)
Talk #2: What can we do to better children’s learning experience in a French immersion program?
Presenters: Dr. Fangfang Li (Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge) & Dr. Nicole Rosen (Department of Linguistics, University of Manitoba)
Talk #3: Teaching hearing toddlers to sign
Presenter: Dr. Elena Nicoladis (Department of Psychology, University of Alberta)
Talk #4: Culture and language integrated learning (CuLIL): How not to run into seven ditches at once
Presenters: Dr. Rick de Graaff (Utrecht Institute of Linguistics, University of Utrecht) & Dr. Inge Genee (Department of Modern Languages, University of Lethbridge)
Talk #5: Is younger always better for second language acquisition?
Presenters: Tamara Duncan & Dr. Johanne Paradis (Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta)
Talk #6: Russian language proficiency among children from immigrant families in Saskatchewan
Presenter: Dr. Veronika Makarova (Department of Linguistics and Religious Studies, University of Saskatchewan)
Talk #7: Refillable syllables in child English
Presenter: Dr. Darin Flynn (Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures, University of Calgary)
Coffee Break (10 minutes)
Talk #8: Functional trilingualism in primary education in a multilingual context
Presenter: Dr. Alain Takam (Department of Modern Languages, University of Lethbridge)
Talk #9: The relationship between language and sensorimotor control
Presenters: Dr. Claudia Gonzalez (Department of Kinesiology, University of Lethbridge) & Dr. Robbin Gibb (Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge)
Talk #10: A new on-line resource for Blackfoot teachers, learners and speakers
Presenter: Dr. Inge Genee (Department of Modern Languages, University of Lethbridge)
Talk #11: Curriculum-based tools for collaborative practice in elementary schools: Supporting children with developmental language impairment
Presenter: Dr. Melissa Skoczylas (Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Alberta)
Talk #12: Production of multisyllabic words in school-aged children with and without protracted phonological development
Presenter: Dr. Glenda Mason, SLP (School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, University of British Columbia)
Talk #13: What do we need to know to support early language and literacy development?
Presenter: Dr. Noella Piquette (Faculty of Education, University of Lethbridge)
Talk #14: Infants track statistical regularities in speech
Presenter: Dr. Stephanie Archer (Department of Psychology, University of Calgary)