Language Learning Environments of Bilingual Children
Bilingual children's language learning environments play a crucial role in thier language development. Language learning environments involve dynamic communicative interactions between communicative partners (e.g., parent-child communication) within structured and unstructured activities at home and in school settings. In a series of studies, we examine the naturalistic language environments of bilingual preschool children and how various external听factors affect their language development.听
Language Development in Typically-developing听Bilingual Children
This project is in collaboration with . This project aims at听documenting听the language development in Cantonese-English bilingual preschool children. 听We are interested in understanding the language growth trajectories of typically-developing bilingual children.听
Vocabulary听Learning in Bilingual Children with Language Impairments
In this project, we investigate听the word听learning system of听bilingual children with language impairments. We examine their cumulative vocabulary in L1 and L2 and听how they learn individual words in each language.听 Our goal is to examine the feasibility of using vocabulary growth curves and/or word learning growth curves to separate bilingual children with language impairment from their typically-developing peers.听The project was funded by .
Individualized Vocabulary Intervention for Bilingual Children in Classroom Settings
This project is in听collaboration with 听(MPI) from the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the 精品SM在线影片. This project examines the feasibility of using machine learning methods to generate individually tailored interventions in preschool classrooms for children who learn Cantonese (L1) and English (L2).听 This project is funded by .听
The听Silent Period听in Childhood Second Language Acquisition
This project explores the methodology for听quantitatively examining听the silent period of bilingual preschool children who speak a minority language (L1) at home and start to learn English (L2) in preschool settings.听
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