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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Center for Language Learning, University of Southern Denmark, is organizing the 15th Nordic Symposium on Child Language . The symposium will take place at the University of Southern Denmark from May 23-24, 2018 .
The symposium is an interdisciplinary meeting place for researchers and practitioners within the fields of speech and language therapy, linguistics, psychology, and other professionals with an interest in child language. The symposium will cover a variety
of themes related to child language acquisition and general learning in school, for example:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">the relationship between language development in the preschool years and later acquisition of written language/reading skills</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">the influence of persistent language difficulties on the acquisition of written language/reading skills</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">bilingual children’s acquisition of written language/reading skills</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">deaf and hearing impaired children’s acquisition of written language/reading skills</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Invited plenary speakers:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Birgitta Sahlén , University of Lund, Sweden: “Communicative and linguistic development</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">in hearing impaired children – in a Nordic perspective”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Vibeke Grøver , University of Oslo, Norway: “Bilingual children in school – in a Nordic</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">perspective”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Carsten Elbro , University of Copenhagen, Denmark: “Known and less known linguistic</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">prerequisite for reading – in a Nordic perspective”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Find more information of the symposium website:
<a href="http://nordisksymposium.weebly.com">http://nordisksymposium.weebly.com</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are looking forward to seeing you in Odense.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Center for Language Learning</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Teresa Cadierno, center leader & Laila Kjærbæk, vice-center leader</span></p>
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