The Language Development Laboratory

02/10/2023

Call for participation in the meetings of 2023-24

The Language Development and Disorders reading group provides the opportunity to postgraduate students (as well as any interested undergraduate students, faculty) to present research or lead/participate in discussions on experimental linguistics and psycholinguistics based on formal accounts of linguistic analysis. Group members can present work in progress or research proposals, and/or give practice talks for conferences, or lead discussion based on a relevant paper. Our reading group meetings for the academic year 2023-24 commence in early November 2023 and will be held online (via Zoom).
Τhose interested in joining us, please contact Maria Dimitrakopoulou via email at dimitm@enl.auth.gr.

28/11/2022

"Child L2 acquisition of English in India: a comparison between finiteness and vocabulary development," talk by Professor Ianthi Maria Tsimpli

The Language Development Lab of the School of English invites you to the talk Child L2 acquisition of English in India: a comparison between finiteness and vocabulary development which will be given by Professor Ianthi Maria Tsimpli , Chair of English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, Professor Emeritus of AUTh, on Wednesday 21 December 2022. Venue: Room 417 (4th floor of the New Building of the Faculty of Philosophy) Time: 14.15-15.45 For inquiries please contact Dr. Maria Dimitrakopoulou at dimitm@enl.auth.gr.

14/7/2022

Webinar Series on Multilingualism and Diversity: Impact for Education, Health and Society. Talk by Prof. I.-M. Tsimpli on October 17, 2022, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm

Prof. Ianthi M. Tsimpli, Chair of English and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, UK, Professor Emeritus, AUTH, will give a talk on “Socioeconomic disadvantages, multilingualism and resilience in school children” on 17 October 2022. Attendance is free but you need to register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multilingualism-and-diversity-impact-for-education-health-and-society-tickets-302814003837. For more information on the event visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2022/oct/socioeconomic-disadvantages-multilingualism-and-resilience-school-children.

16/5/2022

Seminar on Multimodal Transcription for Critical Thinking

The Language Development Lab and the Foreign Language Teaching Laboratory of the School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, will be hosting a seminar by Dr Nickolas Komninos (Lecturer in linguistics and communication, University of Udine) on Multimodal Transcription for Critical Thinking on Friday, May 20th, 5:00-6.30 pm, in room 01 (New Wing).

For participation complete the form here. Attendance is free.

Abstract
This seminar will look at the methods and results of two research projects dealing with Multimodal literacy. It will consider how greater multiliteracy training through multimodal transcription can aid critical thinking. It looks at pedagogic strategies employing SFL based multimodal transcription tools (Multimodal Analysis Image Software developed by Prof. Kay O’Halloran) and monitoring tools for student progression (Komninos 2019).

For more information on the event contact Maria Dimitrakopoulou (dimitm@enl.auth.gr).