The schedule for the poster session can be viewed below and can be downloaded here.
When and where:
Friday, November 25th, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm & Saturday, November 26th, 11:45 am – 12.45 pm
@Markin Hall Atrium, University of Lethbridge
Poster awards
We will evaluate all student posters, and the three best graduate student posters will recieve awards up to $200. The best undergraduate student poster will receive an award of $100. Poster awards will be announced at the Closing Ceremony on November 26th, 2016.
Poster presentations
1. Socio-Emotional Predictors of Early Productive Vocabulary: A Longitudinal Study
Presenters: Poliana G. Barbosa & Elena Nicoladis (University of Alberta)
2. Longitudinal Changes in Cortical Responses in Non-Native English Listeners
Presenters:Shweta Soni & Matthew Tata (University of Lethbridge)
3. Factors Influencing Second Language Acquisition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study
Presenters: Chantal Labonte & Veronica Smith (University of Alberta)
4. Concurrent and Predictive Validity of Parent-Report Measures of Children’s Language Development
Presenters: Thomas Klee (University of Hong Kong)
5. Bilingualism and the Use of Syntactic Information in Word Learning
Presenters: Kurt Hablado, Ariba Khan, Cass Foursha-Stevenson, & Elena Nicoladis (Mount Royal University)
6. Assessing the Factors Affecting Learning English Languages for Ethiopian Students
Presenters: Firdos Kedir (Addis Ababa University)
7. Cultural Shame: The Non-acquisition of Cree
Presenter: Janine Jackson (University of Lethbridge)
8. VOT Development in Franco-Manitoban Children
Presenters: Nicole Rosen & Daniel Berube (University of Manitoba)
9. Phonological Neighbourhood Density Affects Word Production Computational and Neurophysiological Evidence
Presenters: Stephanie F. Stokes (University of Hong Kong)
10. What is Different About Complex Syntax in Bilingual Children with SLI?
Presenters: Stephanie Thomlinson & Johanne Paradis (University of Alberta)
11. Speaking a Heritage Language: Implications for Health among Aboriginal Children in Canada
Presenter: Helen Connolly (University of Lethbridge)
12. Narrative Structure and Child Language Assessments
Presenters: Karissa Eichelt, Tammie Zielinski, Jessie Bee Kim Koh, Elena Nicoladis, & Karen Pollock (University of Alberta)
13. Mandarin Chinese Language Maintenance Among 2nd Generation Children from Chinese Immigrant Families in Saskatchewan
Presenters:Qin Xiang & Veronika Makarova (University of Saskatchewan)
14. Why the First Animal That Comes to Mind is an Ostrich: Items Generated on a Verbal Fluency Task are Related to Frequency
Presenter: Enns, R. & Nicoladis, E. (University of Alberta)
15. What Did You Say? The Dilemma of Speech and Hand Movement
Presenters: Nicole van Rootselaar, Fangfang Li, & Claudia L.R. Gonzalez (University of Lethbridge)
16. Accentedness in Bilingual School Children: A Pilot Study
Presenters: Charlene Chan, Emily Goodridge, Joelle Lam, & Karen Pollock (University of Alberta)
17. Vowels and Consonants: The Relative Effect of Speech Sounds Errors on Intelligibility
Presenters: Kaitlin M. Mackie & Karen E. Pollock (University of Alberta)
18. Vocabulary Development in Immigrant and Refugee Children: Different Input, Same Outcome
Presenters: Tamara Sorenson Duncan & Johanne Paradis (University of Alberta)
19. A Study on the Problems that Affect Student’s English Speaking Skill: Boditti Secondary School
Presenter: Ermias Ayza (Wolaita Sodo University)
20. Building Brains and Futures: One Connection at a Time
Presenters: Celeste Halliwell, Lara Coelho, Mark Mendoza, LaVonne Rideout, Isabelle Plomp, Michelle Mackinnon, Claudia Gonzalez, & Robbin Gibb (University of Lethbridge)
21. Articulations Speaks to Executive Function
Presenters: Nicole Netelenbos, Robbin L. Gibb, Fangfang Li, & Claudia L. R. Gonzalez (University of Lethbridge)
22. Parental Experiences Change Offspring Ultrasonic Vocalizations: Assessing Neurodevelopment Using Complex Acoustic Features
Presenters: Rachel Stark, Sarah Raza, Allonna Harker, Fangfang Li, & Robbin Gibb (University of Lethbridge)