New Graduate Program at McGill

[Fred Genesee]

McGill University announces a new Graduate Program in Language Acquisition:

The Language Acquisition Program is a cross-disciplinary option for Ph.D.
students that focuses on the scientific exploration of issues related to
language acquisition.  The perspective is cross-disciplinary, covering diverse
acquisition contexts and different kinds of learners.  Students in the
Language
Acquisition Program are introduced to theoretical and methodological issues on
language acquisition from the perspectives of cognitive neuroscience,
theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, education, communication sciences
and disorders, and neuropsychology.

Participating faculty members in the program hold appointments in the
departments of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Linguistics, Psychology,
and Second Language Education.  These departments, in turn, are housed in the
faculties of Medicine, Arts, Science, and Education, making this program
unique
in its cross-disciplinary approach. The research interests of participating
faculty members encompass language acquisition in pre-school, school-age, and
adult learners; oral and sign language acquisition; monolingual, bilingual,
and
multilingual acquisition; normal and impaired language development; and
instructed and naturalistic language learning.  Their work encompasses
basic as
well as applied and clinical issues related to language development.

For further information, contact Fred Genesee, Director, at
genesee at ego.psych.mcgill.ca or visit the website at
www.psych.mcgill.ca/lap.html


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