From edy.veneziano at paris5.sorbonne.fr Wed Feb 2 01:22:09 2011 From: edy.veneziano at paris5.sorbonne.fr (edy veneziano) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 02:22:09 +0100 Subject: AutismComSym2011 : Detailed Program of Talks Message-ID: Please find hereafter the detailed PROGRAM of the TALKS of the of International Conference AutismComSym 2011 Communicative and symbolic behaviors in children with autism: Functional specificities and conditions of appearance Paris, France, 4-5 February 2011 Les Cordeliers, UPMC, 21 rue de l’Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris métro Odéon The FULL PROGRAM of the Conference - Talks and Poster presentations - including all abstracts - can be downloaded in the conference website http://lewebpedagogique.com/comsym2011/ FRIDAY February,2011 8h15- 9h00 Welcome of Participants 9h00- 9h30 Conference opening addresses Axel Kahn, President of Paris Descartes University Jean-Luc Minel, Director of Laboratory MoDyCo. CNRS 9h30- 11h00 Chairman Catherine Barthélemy Bases of communication: Perceptive and sensorimotor s pecificities 9h30 - 10h15 Dorota Chadzynski The singular developmental path of the child with autism: the contribution of sensorimotor assessment 10h15 - 11h00 Bruno Gepner Disordered perception of rhythms and human rapid movements: implications for communication 11h00-11h30 Pause/Break 11h30 - 13h00 Chairman Jean-Louis Adrien Bases of communication Interpersonal correspondences 11h30 - 12h15 Jacqueline Nadel Imitation and intentional communication in autism 12h15 - 13h00 Peter Hobson & Jessica Hobson Playful pretend, social engagement, and autism 13h00 -14h30 Lunch 14h30- 16h00 Chairman Tony Charman Implicit indicators of ToM 14h30 – 15h15 Peter Clive Mundy Joint Attention, Neural Networks and Social Learning in Autism 15h15 - 16h00 Patricia Prelock Facilitating joint attention in children with ASD and their typical peers during play 16h00 -17h00 Coffee break and Posters (session 1 17h00-18h30 Chairman Jacqueline Nadel Implicit indicators of ToM - cont'ed 17h00 - 17h45 Laurent Danon Boileau How can we “simplify” our natural interaction with ASD children ? What family videos suggests for everyday therapy 17h45 - 18h30 Vasu Reddy Engaging with others and with self in a mirror: in typical development and in autism SATURDAY February, 2011 9h00- 9h30 Welcone of Participants 9h30- 11h00 Chairman Claire Hughes Symbolic aptitudes, language and communication 9h30 - 10h15 Chris Jarrold Pretend play in autism: mentalistic, executive, and sociocultural explanations 10h15 - 11h00 Melissa Allen Symbolic understanding in Autism Spectrum Disorder 11h00-11h30 Coffee Break 11h30 - 13h00 Chairman Carole Tardif Symbolic aptitudes, language and communication - cont'ed 11h30 - 12h15 Mary Annick Morel Conversing with people with high-functioning autism: Intonational and enonciative properties. 12h15 - 13h00 Tom Muskett Re-examining language and communication in autism in context 13h00 -14h30 Lunch 14h30- 16h00 Chairman Bernadette Rogé Language, Communication and implicit Theory of Mind 14h30 – 15h15 Marie-Hélène Plumet et Edy Veneziano Typical and atypical communicative functioning in everyday interactional settings 15h15 - 16h00 Tony Charman Developmental approaches to early intervention in Autism 16h00 -17h00 Coffee break and Posters (session 2 17h00 - 17h45 Chairman Patricia Prelock Language, Communication and implicit Theory of Mind - cont'ed Helen Tager-Flusberg The origins and early development of language and communication in autism spectrum disorder 17h45 - 18h30 Round Table With Bernard Touati and all the speakers * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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From nick.riches at gmail.com Thu Feb 3 15:00:37 2011 From: nick.riches at gmail.com (Nick Riches) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 07:00:37 -0800 Subject: Postgraduate funding at the University of Newcastle Message-ID: POSTGRADUATE FUNDING, CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE SCIENCES (CRiLLS), NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY CRiLLS is currently advertising the following studentships in linguistics for 2011 entry • AHRC MA studentship (MA Linguistics and Language Acquisition; MA English Language and Linguistics; MA Linguistics of European Languages; MLitt Linguistics) – deadline 2 March • ESRC studentships (Applied Linguistics; Clinical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Language Acquisition/Bilingualism) – deadline 25 March • Additionally, a range of bursaries covering most areas of linguistics are available in the Schools of: Modern Languages; English Literature, Language and Linguistics; Education, Communication and Language Sciences For further information about the awards and the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences, see our webpages: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/ http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/postgrad/funding.htm or contact Prof. Florence Myles, Director of CRiLLS (Florence.Myles at newcastle.ac.uk) For further information regarding the ESRC studentships, see: http://www.dur.ac.uk/socialsciences.health/postgraduate/funding/esrc/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From g.morgan at city.ac.uk Thu Feb 3 16:36:07 2011 From: g.morgan at city.ac.uk (Gary Morgan) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:36:07 -0800 Subject: Research post: early child language development London UK Message-ID: We have a new post looking at sign, gesture and spoken language development. Language development in the multi-modal child Based in the Department of Language and Communication Science, City University London, and the ESRC Research Centre DCAL at UCL, you will carry out research into children’s language development. This research continues from our group’s work on language acquisition in deaf children (e.g. Morgan & Woll, 2002). The research assistant will work within our team and focus on two specific topics: 1. Integration of Different Communication Channels in language development. In face-to-face communication different channels are used (for speakers: speech with face and hand gestures; for signers: signs with face, mouth and hand gestures). In the project we ask how deaf and hearing children at the start of language development and both their deaf or hearing parents use information available in gesture and face-to-face interactions to express early object and action concepts. How do early verb predicates emerge from multi-modal communication? 2. Iconic properties of sign language input. In this research we aim to collect naturalistic and experimental data from children acquiring BSL as a native language (from deaf signing parents). We plan to look specifically at domains of knowledge that may be more directly embodied, such as learning words referring to body actions. Specifically we will target “child directed signing” and investigate whether deaf adults draw attention to iconic properties of objects and actions and how this information influences language development. Responsibilities • To recruit a sample of 1-3 year old deaf and hearing children • To lead on the collection of data on naturalistic sign and spoken language development • To assist in the development of experimental methods including eye tracking and visual world paradigms • To lead on the running of testing children’s processing of iconicity in sign and gesture • To transcribe and code naturalistic sign and spoken language data from video • To maintain a data base of children and families • To regularly back up and archive research data appropriately • To work with more senior researchers in the team to prepare data for statistical analyses using SPSS • To support the team in the presentation of research findings to relevant forums including academics and stakeholders in the community Person Specification • First degree or postgraduate degree in Psychology, Linguistics or related discipline • Evidence of study or previous research into language acquisition • Advanced knowledge of British Sign Language (minimum level 2 BSL) • Demonstrable interest in the study of sign language and/or gesture • Experience of working in a research project on child development • Knowledge of statistics • Awareness of the British Deaf community and organisations which support young deaf children and their families • Good communication skills in written and face to face situations • A supportive team player Duration: 24 months full-time Closing date: 23 February 2011 For more information and to apply, click on the link below. http://www2.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_cityuniversity01.asp For informal enquiries please contact Gary Morgan g.morgan at city.ac.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From eikokotani at mac.com Fri Feb 4 01:04:56 2011 From: eikokotani at mac.com (Otani Eiko) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 10:04:56 +0900 Subject: Research post: early child language development London UK In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Sorry, I sent my personal mail to the list. Eiko On 2011/02/04, at 10:03, Otani Eiko wrote: > Susan, > > Kazu has no problem picking you up at Itami. So, please do not worry about it. > Also, if you go to Tokyo from Osaka, take a Shinkansen. Last time, you went to Tokyo via Nagoya. That's why we took yo to that train station. > I have no plan on Monday, so I will take you to Shin-Osaka to catch a Shinkansen. > > My mom already knows that you are coming to Osaka and is looking forward to seeing you. You must use Japanese, though. > > Was Jim in Tokyo? > > See you soon. > > Eiko > > > > On 2011/02/04, at 1:36, Gary Morgan wrote: > >> We have a new post looking at sign, gesture and spoken language >> development. >> >> Language development in the multi-modal child >> >> Based in the Department of Language and Communication Science, City >> University London, and the ESRC Research Centre DCAL at UCL, you will >> carry out research into children’s language development. >> >> This research continues from our group’s work on language acquisition >> in deaf children (e.g. Morgan & Woll, 2002). The research assistant >> will work within our team and focus on two specific topics: >> >> 1. Integration of Different Communication Channels in language >> development. In face-to-face communication different channels are used >> (for speakers: speech with face and hand gestures; for signers: signs >> with face, mouth and hand gestures). In the project we ask how deaf >> and hearing children at the start of language development and both >> their deaf or hearing parents use information available in gesture and >> face-to-face interactions to express early object and action concepts. >> How do early verb predicates emerge from multi-modal communication? >> >> 2. Iconic properties of sign language input. In this research we aim >> to collect naturalistic and experimental data from children acquiring >> BSL as a native language (from deaf signing parents). We plan to look >> specifically at domains of knowledge that may be more directly >> embodied, such as learning words referring to body actions. >> Specifically we will target “child directed signing” and investigate >> whether deaf adults draw attention to iconic properties of objects and >> actions and how this information influences language development. >> >> Responsibilities >> >> • To recruit a sample of 1-3 year old deaf and hearing children >> • To lead on the collection of data on naturalistic sign and spoken >> language development >> • To assist in the development of experimental methods including eye >> tracking and visual world paradigms >> • To lead on the running of testing children’s processing of >> iconicity in sign and gesture >> • To transcribe and code naturalistic sign and spoken language data >> from video >> • To maintain a data base of children and families >> • To regularly back up and archive research data appropriately >> • To work with more senior researchers in the team to prepare data >> for statistical analyses using SPSS >> • To support the team in the presentation of research findings to >> relevant forums including academics and stakeholders in the community >> >> Person Specification >> >> • First degree or postgraduate degree in Psychology, Linguistics or >> related discipline >> • Evidence of study or previous research into language acquisition >> • Advanced knowledge of British Sign Language (minimum level 2 BSL) >> • Demonstrable interest in the study of sign language and/or gesture >> • Experience of working in a research project on child development >> • Knowledge of statistics >> • Awareness of the British Deaf community and organisations which >> support young deaf children and their families >> • Good communication skills in written and face to face situations >> • A supportive team player >> >> Duration: 24 months full-time >> Closing date: 23 February 2011 >> >> For more information and to apply, click on the link below. >> >> http://www2.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_cityuniversity01.asp >> >> For informal enquiries please contact Gary Morgan g.morgan at city.ac.uk >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From eikokotani at mac.com Fri Feb 4 01:03:39 2011 From: eikokotani at mac.com (Otani Eiko) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 10:03:39 +0900 Subject: Research post: early child language development London UK In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Susan, Kazu has no problem picking you up at Itami. So, please do not worry about it. Also, if you go to Tokyo from Osaka, take a Shinkansen. Last time, you went to Tokyo via Nagoya. That's why we took yo to that train station. I have no plan on Monday, so I will take you to Shin-Osaka to catch a Shinkansen. My mom already knows that you are coming to Osaka and is looking forward to seeing you. You must use Japanese, though. Was Jim in Tokyo? See you soon. Eiko On 2011/02/04, at 1:36, Gary Morgan wrote: > We have a new post looking at sign, gesture and spoken language > development. > > Language development in the multi-modal child > > Based in the Department of Language and Communication Science, City > University London, and the ESRC Research Centre DCAL at UCL, you will > carry out research into children’s language development. > > This research continues from our group’s work on language acquisition > in deaf children (e.g. Morgan & Woll, 2002). The research assistant > will work within our team and focus on two specific topics: > > 1. Integration of Different Communication Channels in language > development. In face-to-face communication different channels are used > (for speakers: speech with face and hand gestures; for signers: signs > with face, mouth and hand gestures). In the project we ask how deaf > and hearing children at the start of language development and both > their deaf or hearing parents use information available in gesture and > face-to-face interactions to express early object and action concepts. > How do early verb predicates emerge from multi-modal communication? > > 2. Iconic properties of sign language input. In this research we aim > to collect naturalistic and experimental data from children acquiring > BSL as a native language (from deaf signing parents). We plan to look > specifically at domains of knowledge that may be more directly > embodied, such as learning words referring to body actions. > Specifically we will target “child directed signing” and investigate > whether deaf adults draw attention to iconic properties of objects and > actions and how this information influences language development. > > Responsibilities > > • To recruit a sample of 1-3 year old deaf and hearing children > • To lead on the collection of data on naturalistic sign and spoken > language development > • To assist in the development of experimental methods including eye > tracking and visual world paradigms > • To lead on the running of testing children’s processing of > iconicity in sign and gesture > • To transcribe and code naturalistic sign and spoken language data > from video > • To maintain a data base of children and families > • To regularly back up and archive research data appropriately > • To work with more senior researchers in the team to prepare data > for statistical analyses using SPSS > • To support the team in the presentation of research findings to > relevant forums including academics and stakeholders in the community > > Person Specification > > • First degree or postgraduate degree in Psychology, Linguistics or > related discipline > • Evidence of study or previous research into language acquisition > • Advanced knowledge of British Sign Language (minimum level 2 BSL) > • Demonstrable interest in the study of sign language and/or gesture > • Experience of working in a research project on child development > • Knowledge of statistics > • Awareness of the British Deaf community and organisations which > support young deaf children and their families > • Good communication skills in written and face to face situations > • A supportive team player > > Duration: 24 months full-time > Closing date: 23 February 2011 > > For more information and to apply, click on the link below. > > http://www2.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_cityuniversity01.asp > > For informal enquiries please contact Gary Morgan g.morgan at city.ac.uk > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From susan at commercialfreechildhood.org Fri Feb 4 13:58:46 2011 From: susan at commercialfreechildhood.org (Susan Linn) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:58:46 -0500 Subject: Screen-Free Week In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On April 18-24, children around the world will celebrate Screen-Free Week (formerly TV-Turnoff) by turning off televisions, computers, and video games and turning on the world around them. Given the links between excessive screen time, and poor school performance I am hoping that your organizations or institutions will support, promote, and participate in the week. On average, preschool children spend over four and a half hours a day consuming screen media [1], while older children spend over 7 hours a day [2]. Excessive screen time is linked to a number of problems for children, including childhood obesity [3], poor school performance [4], attention span issues [5], and psychological difficulties [6]. And it's primarily through screens that children are exposed to harmful marketing [7]. That's why interventions like Screen-Free Week - which get children actively playing with peers and spending quality time with their families - are more important than ever. Reduced screen time can help prevent childhood obesity [8] and lead to better school and health outcomes [9]. Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) is proud to be the new official home of Screen-Free Week. When TV-Turnoff's former home, the Center for Screen Time Awareness, closed its doors, the board unanimously chose CCFC to continue their important work of helping families discover alternatives to screen time. At its heart, Screen-Free Week has always been a collaborative effort that relies on the endorsement of prominent organizations. There are a number of ways to get involved in this year's week; please check what you are willing to do. ___ Please list my organization (me) as an official endorser of Screen-Free Week 2011 ___ I (or someone from my organization) will give a quote in support of Screen-Free Week to be used in promotional and press materials. ___ We will include information about Screen-Free Week in an e-blast or newsletter to our constituents. (CCFC is happy to provide text for any announcements). ___ We will promote Screen-Free Week to our constituents on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Please let me know by February 17 if your organization is willing to be an active participant in this year's Screen-Free Week. And if you have any questions, feel free to contact me. For more information about participation please visit www.screenfree.org. Sincerely, Susan Linn Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 403 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/ [1] The Nielsen Company (2009). TV viewing among kids at an eight-year high. Retrieved July 19, 2010 from http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/tv-viewing-among-kids-at-an-eight-year- high/. [2] Rideout, V.J., Foehr, U.G., Roberts, D.F. (2010). Generation M2: Media in the lives of 8- to 18-Year Olds. Kaiser Family Foundation. [3] Danner, FW. A national longitudinal study of the association of hours of TV viewing and the trajectory of BMI growth among U.S. children.(2008). Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 33(10), 1100-1107. [4] Pagani, L, Fitzpatrick, C, Barnett, TA, & Dubow, E. (2010). Prospective associations between early childhood television exposure and academic, psychosocial, and physical well-being by middle childhood. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 164(5), 425-431. [5] Swing, EL,Gentile DA, Anderson CA, Walsh DA. (2010). Television and video game exposure and the development of attention problems. Pediatrics. 126(2), 214-221. [6] Page, AS, Cooper, AR, Griew, P, Jago, R. (2010). Children's screen viewing is related to psychological difficulties irrespective of physical activity. Pediatrics. 126(5), 1011-1017. [7] Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics Staff Report. (2007, June 1). Children's Exposure to TV Advertising in 1977 and 2004. Holt, DJ, Ippolito, PM, Desrochers, DM & Kelley, CR, p.9. [8] Epstein LH, Roemmich JN, Robinson JL, Paluch RA, Winiewicz DD, Fuerch JH, Robinson TN. (2008). A Randomized trial of the effects of reducing television viewing and computer use on body mass index in young children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 162(3):239-45. [9] Mistry KB, Minkovitz CS, Strobino, DM, Borzekowski, DLG. (2007). Children's television exposure and behavioral and social outcomes at 5.5 years: Does timing of exposure matter? Pediatrics, 120, 762-769. ________________________________ Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 405 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 www.commercialfreechildhood.org -----Original Message----- From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nick Riches Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:01 AM To: Info-CHILDES Subject: Postgraduate funding at the University of Newcastle POSTGRADUATE FUNDING, CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE SCIENCES (CRiLLS), NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY CRiLLS is currently advertising the following studentships in linguistics for 2011 entry * AHRC MA studentship (MA Linguistics and Language Acquisition; MA English Language and Linguistics; MA Linguistics of European Languages; MLitt Linguistics) - deadline 2 March * ESRC studentships (Applied Linguistics; Clinical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Language Acquisition/Bilingualism) - deadline 25 March * Additionally, a range of bursaries covering most areas of linguistics are available in the Schools of: Modern Languages; English Literature, Language and Linguistics; Education, Communication and Language Sciences For further information about the awards and the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences, see our webpages: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/ http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/postgrad/funding.htm or contact Prof. Florence Myles, Director of CRiLLS (Florence.Myles at newcastle.ac.uk) For further information regarding the ESRC studentships, see: http://www.dur.ac.uk/socialsciences.health/postgraduate/funding/esrc/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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URL: From s.bol at mmu.ac.uk Fri Feb 4 15:34:02 2011 From: s.bol at mmu.ac.uk (Bol, Simone) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 07:34:02 -0800 Subject: Temporary Lecturership in SLT Message-ID: Dear colleagues, At MMU we are looking for a colleague specialising in clinical linguistics, clinical phonetics and developmental speech and language impairments. A clinical qualification in SLT/SLP is required. For more information see http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ACF567/senior-lecturer-in-speech-pathology/ Best wishes, Simone Bol Senior Lecturer Speech Pathology Programme MMU -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From jean.berko.gleason at gmail.com Fri Feb 4 18:19:35 2011 From: jean.berko.gleason at gmail.com (Jean Berko Gleason) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:19:35 -0500 Subject: NOVA | show on animal intelligence, parrot language, etc. Message-ID: NOVA will be airing a program on animal intelligence on PBS on Wednesday, February 9 at 8 p.m. (new time!) It includes a segment on language in the African grey parrot. Apologies if this is a repeat, but I may have given out the old, later, time previously. Cheers, Jean Berko Gleason Here's a link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/profile-irene-pepperberg.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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The goals of LCM conferences are to contribute to situating the study of language in a contemporary interdisciplinary dialogue (involving philosophy, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, semiotics and other related fields), and to promote a better integration of cognitive and cultural perspectives in empirical and theoretical studies of language. http://www.salc-sssk.org/lcm/ The theme for LCM V is Integrating Semiotic Resources in Communication and Creativity Plenary speakers: · Nick Enfield, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen http://www.mpi.nl/people/enfield-nick · Cynthia Lightfoot, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University http://www.brandywine.psu.edu/Academics/faculty_cgl3.htm · Dan Slobin, Departments of Psychology and Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/people/person_detail.php?person=35 · Beata Stawarska, Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon http://pages.uoregon.edu/uophil/faculty/profiles/stawarsk/ · Sherman Wilcox, Department of Linguistics, University of New Mexico http://web.mac.com/swilcox/UNM/Welcome.html The deadline for abstract submission will be Dec 15, 2011. Detailed instructions for abstract submission and online registration for both LCM V and the LCM V Young Researchers Workshop will be included in the First Call for Papers that will be issued shortly. Important dates · Deadline for abstract submission: 15 Dec 2011 · Notification of acceptance: 15 Feb 2012 · Last date for early registration: 1 Mar 2012 · Last date for registration: 1 May 2012 · Final program publication: 15 May 2012 The International LCM organizing committee · Alan Cienki, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Language and Communication · Barbara Fultner, Denison University, Philosophy · John Lucy, University of Chicago, Comparative Human Development and Psychology · Aliyah Morgenstern, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, Linguistics · Anneli Pajunen, University of Tampere, Finnish Language Aliyah Morgenstern Professeur de linguistique Institut du monde Anglophone Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From yrose at mun.ca Tue Feb 8 13:36:29 2011 From: yrose at mun.ca (Yvan Rose) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 10:06:29 -0330 Subject: IASCL 2011: Reminder - Registrati=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=8Bon_?=deadline for symposium and poster presenters In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Bonjour Henri, On ne s'est pas parlé depuis un moment à propos d'une activité (présentation/formation) autour des outils CHILDES/PhonBank. Est-ce que c'est toujours d'actualité? Merci de me tenir au courant, ou de me dire si je dois faire quelque chose dans ce sens. Très cordialement, Yvan On 2011-02-07, at 00:36, IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > If you are a responsible author presenting a poster or giving a > symposium talk this coming July, in Montreal, it is essential that you > register online (iascl2011.org) by February 15, 2011. It is important > for us to know who shall be attending the IASCL 2011 conference so > that we can start on the scientific program and schedule. > > Other delegates can also register online and the deadline for early > registration is March 1, 2011. > > Best wishes to all, > > Henri Cohen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From reilly1 at mail.sdsu.edu Tue Feb 8 22:36:00 2011 From: reilly1 at mail.sdsu.edu (Judy Reilly) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 14:36:00 -0800 Subject: IASCL 2011: Reminder - Registrati=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=8Bon_?=deadline for symposium and poster presenters In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Henri, In response to your note, I am very much planning to come to IASCL, but unfortunately my student, Jun Kurizaki O'Hara must return to Japan for family reasons and she is first author on our paper, Spoken and Written Narratives in English and French Speaking Children with Language Impairment which appears in my symposium, s- linguLanguage and Literacy Development through Childhood and Adolescence: Cross- Linguistic and Cross-modal Perspectives on Complex Syntax. So our plan is for me to present the paper instead of Jun. Otherwise all the participants are planning on attending and we are looking forward to discovering Montreal together. With warm regards, Judy I t Judy Reilly Professor, Psychology San Diego State University 6330 Alvarado Ct Suit 208 San Diego, CA 92120 619-594-2840 On Feb 6, 2011, at 8:06 PM, IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > If you are a responsible author presenting a poster or giving a > symposium talk this coming July, in Montreal, it is essential that you > register online (iascl2011.org) by February 15, 2011. It is important > for us to know who shall be attending the IASCL 2011 conference so > that we can start on the scientific program and schedule. > > Other delegates can also register online and the deadline for early > registration is March 1, 2011. > > Best wishes to all, > > Henri Cohen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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On Feb 8, 2011, at 5:36 PM, Judy Reilly wrote: Are p > Dear Henri, > In response to your note, I am very much planning to come to IASCL, but unfortunately my student, Jun Kurizaki O'Hara must return to Japan for family reasons and she is first author on our paper, Spoken and Written Narratives in English and French Speaking Children with Language Impairment which appears in my symposium, s-linguLanguage and Literacy Development through Childhood and Adolescence: Cross- Linguistic and Cross-modal Perspectives on Complex Syntax. So our plan is for me to present the paper instead of Jun. Otherwise all the participants are planning on attending and we are looking forward to discovering Montreal together. > With warm regards, > Judy > I t > Judy Reilly > Professor, Psychology > San Diego State University > 6330 Alvarado Ct Suit 208 > San Diego, CA 92120 > 619-594-2840 > > > > > > On Feb 6, 2011, at 8:06 PM, IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor wrote: > >> Dear colleagues, >> >> If you are a responsible author presenting a poster or giving a >> symposium talk this coming July, in Montreal, it is essential that you >> register online (iascl2011.org) by February 15, 2011. It is important >> for us to know who shall be attending the IASCL 2011 conference so >> that we can start on the scientific program and schedule. >> >> Other delegates can also register online and the deadline for early >> registration is March 1, 2011. >> >> Best wishes to all, >> >> Henri Cohen >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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From aviya3 at gmail.com Wed Feb 9 14:15:43 2011 From: aviya3 at gmail.com (aviya) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 Subject: Videos of children with SLI Message-ID: Hello all, I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're willing to share? Thanks in advance, Aviya Hacohen Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva, 84105 Israel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk Wed Feb 9 14:34:07 2011 From: k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk (Katie Alcock) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:34:07 +0000 Subject: Videos of children with SLI In-Reply-To: <0f89882a-1950-4657-a344-b410985b463f@k18g2000vbq.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk Katie Alcock Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol Lecturer Department of Psychology University of Lancaster Fylde College Lancaster LA1 4YF Tel 01524 593833 Fax 01524 593744 Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html > From: aviya > Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 (PST) > To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Subject: Videos of children with SLI > > Hello all, > > I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the > students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. > Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're > willing to share? > > Thanks in advance, > > Aviya Hacohen > Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics > Ben-Gurion University of the Negev > Beer Sheva, 84105 > Israel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From l.hand at auckland.ac.nz Wed Feb 9 20:51:14 2011 From: l.hand at auckland.ac.nz (Linda Hand) Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:51:14 +1300 Subject: Videos of children with SLI In-Reply-To: Message-ID: It seems these are only available on subscription, and only if you are resident in the UK. Linda Hand, PhD. Senior Lecturer, Speech Sciences Programme, Department of Psychology, The University of Auckland. Tamaki campus, Morrin Rd, Tamaki. Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. ph +64 + 9 373 7599 x 88735 Fax +64+9 373 7902. A keen sense of humor helps us overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected and outlast the unbearable. (attr to Billy Graham) -----Original Message----- From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Katie Alcock Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2011 3:34 a.m. To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Videos of children with SLI There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk Katie Alcock Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol Lecturer Department of Psychology University of Lancaster Fylde College Lancaster LA1 4YF Tel 01524 593833 Fax 01524 593744 Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html > From: aviya > Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 (PST) > To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Subject: Videos of children with SLI > > Hello all, > > I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the > students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. > Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're > willing to share? > > Thanks in advance, > > Aviya Hacohen > Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics > Ben-Gurion University of the Negev > Beer Sheva, 84105 > Israel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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From matthew.schlesinger at gmail.com Thu Feb 10 00:55:55 2011 From: matthew.schlesinger at gmail.com (Matthew) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:55:55 -0800 Subject: IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2011: Call for Papers, Tutorials, Special Sessions Message-ID: Call for Papers – Call for Tutorials and Special Sessions IEEE CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, AND EPIGENETIC ROBOTICS IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2011 Frankfurt am Main, Germany August 24-27, 2011 www.icdl-epirob.org == Conference description The past decade has seen the emergence of a new scientific field that studies how intelligent biological and artificial systems develop sensorimotor, cognitive and social abilities, over extended periods of time, through dynamic interactions of their brain and body with their physical and social environments. This field lies at the intersection of a number of scientific and engineering disciplines including Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Computational Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, and Philosophy. Various terms have been associated with this new field such as Autonomous Mental Development, Epigenetic Robotics, Developmental Robotics, etc., and several scientific meetings have been established. The two most prominent conferences of this field, the International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL) and the International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EpiRob), are now joining forces and invite submissions for a joint meeting in 2011, to explore and extend the interdisciplinary boundaries of this field. == Keynote speakers Andrew Barto, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Jean Mandler (overview talk), University of California, San Diego Erin Schuman, Max Planck Insitute for Brain Research, Framkfurt am Main Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig == Call for papers We invite submissions for this exciting window into the future of developmental sciences. Submissions which establish novel links between brain, behavior and computation are particularly encouraged. == Topics of interest include – but are not limited to: · The development and emergence of perceptual, motor, cognitive, emotional, social, and communicational skills in biological systems and robots · General principles of development and learning · Neural and behavioral plasticity · Grounding of knowledge and development of representations · Biologically inspired architectures for cognitive development and open-ended development · Models of emotionally driven behavior · Mechanisms of intrinsic motivation, exploration and play · Embodied cognition: Foundations and applications · Social development in humans and robots · Use of robots in applied settings such as autism therapy · Epistemological approaches to Epigenetic / Developmental Robotics == Submissions will be accepted in two categories: Full six-page papers: Accepted manuscripts will be included in the conference proceedings published by IEEE. They will be selected for either an oral presentation or a featured poster presentation at the conference; featured posters will have a 1 minute "teaser" presentation as part of the main conference session. For articles requiring more than six pages, up to two additional pages may be submitted at an extra charge. Two-page poster abstracts: The aim of this format is to encourage dissemination of late-breaking results or work that is not sufficiently mature for a full paper. These submissions will NOT be included in the conference proceedings (but the short abstracts will appear online at Frontiers in Neurorobotics http://www.frontiersin.org/neurorobotics/about). Accepted abstracts will be presented during the evening poster sessions. Manuscripts should be submitted through the online conference management system, available at the conference website www.icdl-epirob.org. For the paper preparation, follow the instructions at the conference website. == Call for tutorials We invite experts in different areas to organize a 3-hour tutorial, which will be held on the first day of the conference. Participants in tutorials are asked to register for the main conference as well. Tutorials are meant to provide insights into specific topics as well as overviews that will inform the interdisciplinary audience about the state-of-the-art in child development, neuroscience, robotics, or any of the other disciplines represented at the conference. Submissions (max. two pages) should be sent no later than March 15th to Katharina Rohlfing (kjr at uni-bielefeld.de) and Ian Fasel (ianfasel at cs.arizona.edu) including: - Title of tutorial - Tutorial speaker(s), including short CVs; - Concept of the tutorial; target audience or prerequisites. All proposals submitted will be subjected to a review process. == Call for special sessions A special session will be an opportunity to present a topic in depth, for which format a slot of 1.5 hours will be offered. Special session organizers are invited to submit (1) a summary (250 words) describing the topic, purpose and target audience of the session as well as (2) abstracts of papers (each 250 words) that will constitute the group of presentations. It is suggested that a special session includes three oral presentations to allow for sufficient presentation and discussion time. A discussant (from another discipline) may be added to the special session. Tutorial and Special Session proposals should be sent no later than March 15th to Katharina Rohlfing (kjr at uni-bielefeld.de) and Ian Fasel (ianfasel at cs.arizona.edu). All proposals submitted will be subjected to a review process. == Important dates Abstract and Paper Submission Deadline: March 28, 2011 Notification Due: May 16, 2011 Final Version Due: June 20, 2011 Conference: August, 24—27, 2011 == Child-care For families, child-care services will be provided. Please contact Katharina Rohlfing (kjr at uni-bielefeld.de) concerning your interest in child-care services by the end of May. The detailed organization will be planned according to the needs. Matthew Schlesinger Brain and Cognitive Sciences Program Department of Psychology Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Southern Illinois University Carbondale http://matthew.siuc.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From yrose at mun.ca Thu Feb 10 13:37:07 2011 From: yrose at mun.ca (Yvan Rose) Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:07:07 -0330 Subject: IASCL 2011: Reminder - Registrati=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=8Bon_?=deadline for symposium and poster presenters In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear everyone, My apologies for mistakenly sending a personal message to the list a few days ago. Yvan On 2011-02-07, at 00:36, IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > If you are a responsible author presenting a poster or giving a > symposium talk this coming July, in Montreal, it is essential that you > register online (iascl2011.org) by February 15, 2011. It is important > for us to know who shall be attending the IASCL 2011 conference so > that we can start on the scientific program and schedule. > > Other delegates can also register online and the deadline for early > registration is March 1, 2011. > > Best wishes to all, > > Henri Cohen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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From shazunazir at gmail.com Fri Feb 11 06:39:08 2011 From: shazunazir at gmail.com (shazu nazir) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:09:08 +0530 Subject: Abridged summary of info-childes@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 2 Topics In-Reply-To: <485b397dd7732ac5bb049bed64ff@google.com> Message-ID: hello all i m doing my research in child language acquisition.does anyone have video files,or audio files or questionare to share On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 6:46 PM, wrote: >   Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes/topics > > IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2011: Call for Papers, Tutorials, Special Sessions [1 > Update] > Videos of children with SLI [3 Updates] > >  Topic: IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2011: Call for Papers, Tutorials, Special Sessions > > Matthew Feb 09 04:55PM -0800 ^ > > Call for Papers – Call for Tutorials and Special Sessions > > IEEE CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, AND EPIGENETIC ROBOTICS > IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2011 > > Frankfurt am Main, Germany more... > >  Topic: Videos of children with SLI > > aviya Feb 09 06:15AM -0800 ^ > > Hello all, > > I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the > students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. > Does anyone have any files in English or in more... > > Katie Alcock Feb 09 02:34PM ^ > > There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training > system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk > > Katie Alcock > > > Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol > Lecturer > Department of Psychology more... > > Linda Hand Feb 10 09:51AM +1300 ^ > > It seems these are only available on subscription, and only if you are > resident in the UK. > > Linda Hand, PhD. > Senior Lecturer, Speech Sciences Programme, Department of Psychology, > more... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From macw at cmu.edu Fri Feb 11 16:18:33 2011 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:18:33 -0500 Subject: Abridged summary of info-childes@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 2 Topics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Shazu, You can find many video and audio files from children and their caretakers in the CHILDES database at http://childes.psy.cmu.edu. If you can't find what you need there, perhaps you could post a note regarding something specific that you are looking for. --Brian MacWhinney, CMU On Feb 11, 2011, at 1:39 AM, shazu nazir wrote: > hello all > i m doing my research in child language acquisition.does anyone have > video files,or audio files or questionare to share -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From shazunazir at gmail.com Sat Feb 12 13:27:51 2011 From: shazunazir at gmail.com (shazu nazir) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:57:51 +0530 Subject: Abridged summary of info-childes@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic In-Reply-To: <00151750e54ab7b400049c1526ed@google.com> Message-ID: hello all well i m loking for video or audio files of children in the age group of 4 to7. On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:12 PM, wrote: >   Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes/topics > > Abridged summary of info-childes at googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 2 Topics > [1 Update] > >  Topic: Abridged summary of info-childes at googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 2 > Topics > > Brian MacWhinney Feb 11 11:18AM -0500 ^ > > Dear Shazu, > > You can find many video and audio files from children and their caretakers > in the CHILDES database at http://childes.psy.cmu.edu. > If you can't find what you need there, perhaps more... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From odonnka1 at gmail.com Sat Feb 12 20:10:47 2011 From: odonnka1 at gmail.com (Katherine O'Donnell) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:10:47 -0700 Subject: IRB Needed for Writing Papers on CHILDES database info? Message-ID: Hi everyone, I'm very excited about both CLAN and the databases of CHIlDES. I hope to use CLAN as a tool for research and contribute my own corpus of data, bilingual children attending a school. I have a few questions... 1) Is this just for observational data, or is there any interest in collecting interview data, too? I plan to conduct interviews with parents and students, and I wonder whether this would be of interest as a part of the database. 2) I assume many have gotten IRB approval to have data in this database. Is there a way to keep it under a password, accessible to only certain people in academia? Does it need to be on the consent/assent forms that the participants sign? 3) Also, are we allowed to use the data that is already on the database, or would we need to go through IRB? Thanks, Katie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From macw at cmu.edu Sat Feb 12 21:35:59 2011 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:35:59 -0500 Subject: IRB Needed for Writing Papers on CHILDES database info? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Katie, These are, of course, important questions. There is a discussion of these issues in some web pages that you can reach from the CHILDES home page by clicking on the second button on the page titled "Guidelines for Contributors". You will probablly want to read all of this, particularly the "OPTIONS summary". Interview data are typically less interesting than adult-child interactions. However, several databases in CHILDES include this. It is particularly nice to have this type of material when it is clearly separated out from the interactional data. In that case, it can be used a baseline for some comparisons and sometimes the interview itself has interesting material. Yes password protection is definitely possible. However, it complicates life for the user. So, unless there is something really embarrassing in the interaction, most contributors have opted to avoid password protection. The level of access you are requesting should be clearly stated in the consent forms. There is no need to go through an IRB to use data in the database. -- Brian MacWhinney On Feb 12, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Katherine O'Donnell wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm very excited about both CLAN and the databases of CHIlDES. I hope to use CLAN as a tool for research and contribute my own corpus of data, bilingual children attending a school. > > I have a few questions... > > 1) Is this just for observational data, or is there any interest in collecting interview data, too? I plan to conduct interviews with parents and students, and I wonder whether this would be of interest as a part of the database. > > 2) I assume many have gotten IRB approval to have data in this database. Is there a way to keep it under a password, accessible to only certain people in academia? Does it need to be on the consent/assent forms that the participants sign? > > 3) Also, are we allowed to use the data that is already on the database, or would we need to go through IRB? > > Thanks, > Katie > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From editor.iascl.clbulletin at gmail.com Mon Feb 14 04:57:09 2011 From: editor.iascl.clbulletin at gmail.com (IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:57:09 -0800 Subject: IASCL 2011: Early Registration deadline EXTENDED to 5 March 2011 Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I have received a number of requests from colleagues in the Southern hemisphere asking me to extend the deadline for early registration (as it is summer vacation down under). In view of this, the early registration is extended for ALL to 5 March 2011. Best wishes to all, Henri Cohen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk Mon Feb 14 10:28:14 2011 From: k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk (Katie Alcock) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:14 +0000 Subject: Videos of children with SLI In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Actually, though they are available only on subscription, this is something that an institution should be paying for in order for its students to have access to patient videos. The Patsy hosts are happy for institutions outside the UK to consider becoming a mirror site - they are just not able to provide subscriptions overseas without this because of bandwidth issues. (I'm not affiliated with them, but find the service helpful for my students, which is why our department pays the subscription). Katie Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol Lecturer Department of Psychology University of Lancaster Fylde College Lancaster LA1 4YF Tel 01524 593833 Fax 01524 593744 Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html > From: Linda Hand > Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:51:14 +1300 > To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Subject: RE: Videos of children with SLI > > It seems these are only available on subscription, and only if you are > resident in the UK. > > Linda Hand, PhD. > Senior Lecturer, Speech Sciences Programme, Department of Psychology, > The University of Auckland. > Tamaki campus, Morrin Rd, Tamaki. > > Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. > ph +64 + 9 373 7599 x 88735 > Fax +64+9 373 7902. > A keen sense of humor helps us overlook the unbecoming, understand the > unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected and outlast > the unbearable. (attr to Billy Graham) > > -----Original Message----- > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Katie Alcock > Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2011 3:34 a.m. > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Videos of children with SLI > > There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training > system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk > > Katie Alcock > > > Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol > Lecturer > Department of Psychology > University of Lancaster > Fylde College > Lancaster LA1 4YF > Tel 01524 593833 > Fax 01524 593744 > Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html > >> From: aviya >> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 (PST) >> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >> Subject: Videos of children with SLI >> >> Hello all, >> >> I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the >> students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. >> Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're >> willing to share? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Aviya Hacohen >> Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics >> Ben-Gurion University of the Negev >> Beer Sheva, 84105 >> Israel >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From macw at cmu.edu Mon Feb 14 15:28:49 2011 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:49 -0500 Subject: Videos of children with SLI In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Katie, My understanding was that Patsy was limited to UK access because of some other considerations. If bandwidth is the issue, then shouldn't we be able to mirror through CHILDES? I can explore this, but my understanding was that the issue was not bandwidth alone. -- Brian MacWhinney On Feb 14, 2011, at 5:28 AM, Katie Alcock wrote: > Actually, though they are available only on subscription, this is something > that an institution should be paying for in order for its students to have > access to patient videos. > > The Patsy hosts are happy for institutions outside the UK to consider > becoming a mirror site - they are just not able to provide subscriptions > overseas without this because of bandwidth issues. > > (I'm not affiliated with them, but find the service helpful for my students, > which is why our department pays the subscription). > > Katie > > Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol > Lecturer > Department of Psychology > University of Lancaster > Fylde College > Lancaster LA1 4YF > Tel 01524 593833 > Fax 01524 593744 > Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html > > > >> From: Linda Hand >> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:51:14 +1300 >> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >> Subject: RE: Videos of children with SLI >> >> It seems these are only available on subscription, and only if you are >> resident in the UK. >> >> Linda Hand, PhD. >> Senior Lecturer, Speech Sciences Programme, Department of Psychology, >> The University of Auckland. >> Tamaki campus, Morrin Rd, Tamaki. >> >> Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. >> ph +64 + 9 373 7599 x 88735 >> Fax +64+9 373 7902. >> A keen sense of humor helps us overlook the unbecoming, understand the >> unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected and outlast >> the unbearable. (attr to Billy Graham) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Katie Alcock >> Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2011 3:34 a.m. >> To: info-childes at googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Videos of children with SLI >> >> There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training >> system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk >> >> Katie Alcock >> >> >> Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol >> Lecturer >> Department of Psychology >> University of Lancaster >> Fylde College >> Lancaster LA1 4YF >> Tel 01524 593833 >> Fax 01524 593744 >> Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html >> >>> From: aviya >>> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 (PST) >>> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>> Subject: Videos of children with SLI >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the >>> students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. >>> Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're >>> willing to share? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> Aviya Hacohen >>> Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics >>> Ben-Gurion University of the Negev >>> Beer Sheva, 84105 >>> Israel >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk Mon Feb 14 16:18:43 2011 From: k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk (Katie Alcock) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:18:43 +0000 Subject: Videos of children with SLI In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On their website they say it's bandwidth http://www.patsy.ac.uk/subscribe.html at bottom http://www.patsy.ac.uk/call.html > From: Brian MacWhinney > Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:49 -0500 > To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Subject: Re: Videos of children with SLI > > Dear Katie, > > My understanding was that Patsy was limited to UK access because of some > other > considerations. If bandwidth is the issue, then shouldn't we be able to > mirror through CHILDES? > I can explore this, but my understanding was that the issue was not bandwidth > alone. > > -- Brian MacWhinney > > On Feb 14, 2011, at 5:28 AM, Katie Alcock wrote: > >> Actually, though they are available only on subscription, this is something >> that an institution should be paying for in order for its students to have >> access to patient videos. >> >> The Patsy hosts are happy for institutions outside the UK to consider >> becoming a mirror site - they are just not able to provide subscriptions >> overseas without this because of bandwidth issues. >> >> (I'm not affiliated with them, but find the service helpful for my students, >> which is why our department pays the subscription). >> >> Katie >> >> Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol >> Lecturer >> Department of Psychology >> University of Lancaster >> Fylde College >> Lancaster LA1 4YF >> Tel 01524 593833 >> Fax 01524 593744 >> Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html >> >> >> >>> From: Linda Hand >>> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:51:14 +1300 >>> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>> Subject: RE: Videos of children with SLI >>> >>> It seems these are only available on subscription, and only if you are >>> resident in the UK. >>> >>> Linda Hand, PhD. >>> Senior Lecturer, Speech Sciences Programme, Department of Psychology, >>> The University of Auckland. >>> Tamaki campus, Morrin Rd, Tamaki. >>> >>> Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. >>> ph +64 + 9 373 7599 x 88735 >>> Fax +64+9 373 7902. >>> A keen sense of humor helps us overlook the unbecoming, understand the >>> unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected and outlast >>> the unbearable. (attr to Billy Graham) >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] >>> On >>> Behalf Of Katie Alcock >>> Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2011 3:34 a.m. >>> To: info-childes at googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Videos of children with SLI >>> >>> There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training >>> system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk >>> >>> Katie Alcock >>> >>> >>> Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol >>> Lecturer >>> Department of Psychology >>> University of Lancaster >>> Fylde College >>> Lancaster LA1 4YF >>> Tel 01524 593833 >>> Fax 01524 593744 >>> Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html >>> >>>> From: aviya >>>> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>>> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 (PST) >>>> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>>> Subject: Videos of children with SLI >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the >>>> students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. >>>> Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're >>>> willing to share? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> Aviya Hacohen >>>> Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics >>>> Ben-Gurion University of the Negev >>>> Beer Sheva, 84105 >>>> Israel >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From mohinish.s at gmail.com Fri Feb 4 14:22:07 2011 From: mohinish.s at gmail.com (Mohinish) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:22:07 -0500 Subject: Screen-Free Week In-Reply-To: <3DD5E4D19004B54BAA6E954038443E8F15983DD8@MAILR016.mail.lan> Message-ID: Hi, I'm wondering - do children do this willingly? Or are they forced by their parents and other elders? Who makes the individual decisions to turn of the tellys? The children or their parents/teachers? (I'm guessing the latter). I'm not certain if such blanket calls for turning off all TVs is fair to the children who perhaps watch just one or two favorite shows a day, but are forced to give that up. It's like if there were an alcohol-free day - which is all well and good, and I'm sure there might be social drinkers who would gladly stand in support. But of course, it will be these social drinkers making the decision, not having the decision made for them by their seniors. Kids have it hard enough with everyone pushing their own agendas onto them; must the solution to the problems that TV creates be to force those children who are not affected to get their TVs, computers and consoles turned off? I hope at least that the final decision in each case is left to the children. It would be interesting to see the statistics. Perhaps we would all be pleasantly surprised :) Mohinish On Feb 4, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Susan Linn wrote: > On April 18-24, children around the world will celebrate Screen-Free > Week (formerly TV-Turnoff) by turning off televisions, computers, > and video games and turning on the world around them. Given the > links between excessive screen time, and poor school performance I > am hoping that your organizations or institutions will support, > promote, and participate in the week. > > On average, preschool children spend over four and a half hours a > day consuming screen media [1], while older children spend over 7 > hours a day [2]. Excessive screen time is linked to a number of > problems for children, including childhood obesity [3], poor school > performance [4], attention span issues [5], and psychological > difficulties [6]. And it’s primarily through screens that children > are exposed to harmful marketing [7]. That’s why interventions like > Screen-Free Week – which get children actively playing with peers > and spending quality time with their families – are more important > than ever. Reduced screen time can help prevent childhood obesity > [8] and lead to better school and health outcomes [9]. > > Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) is proud to be the > new official home of Screen-Free Week. When TV-Turnoff’s former > home, the Center for Screen Time Awareness, closed its doors, the > board unanimously chose CCFC to continue their important work of > helping families discover alternatives to screen time. At its > heart, Screen-Free Week has always been a collaborative effort that > relies on the endorsement of prominent organizations. There are a > number of ways to get involved in this year’s week; please check > what you are willing to do. > > ___ Please list my organization (me) as an official endorser of > Screen-Free Week 2011 > > ___ I (or someone from my organization) will give a quote in support > of Screen-Free Week to be used in promotional and press materials. > > ___ We will include information about Screen-Free Week in an e-blast > or newsletter to our constituents. (CCFC is happy to provide text > for any announcements). > > ___ We will promote Screen-Free Week to our constituents on social > media sites like Facebook and Twitter. > > Please let me know by February 17 if your organization is willing to > be an active participant in this year’s Screen-Free Week. And if > you have any questions, feel free to contact me. For more > information about participation please visit www.screenfree.org. > > > Sincerely, > > Susan Linn > > Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free > Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School > > Contact Information: > CCFC > Non-Profit Center > 89 South Street, Suite 403 > Boston, MA 02111 > 617-896-9370 > http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/ > > [1] The Nielsen Company (2009). TV viewing among kids at an eight- > year > high. Retrieved July 19, 2010 from > http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/tv-viewing-among-kids-at-an-eight-year- > high/. > [2] Rideout, V.J., Foehr, U.G., Roberts, D.F. (2010). Generation M2: > Media in the lives of 8- to 18-Year Olds. Kaiser Family Foundation. > [3] Danner, FW. A national longitudinal study of the association of > hours of TV viewing and the trajectory of BMI growth among U.S. > children.(2008). Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 33(10), 1100-1107. > [4] Pagani, L, Fitzpatrick, C, Barnett, TA, & Dubow, E. (2010). > Prospective associations between early childhood television > exposure and > academic, psychosocial, and physical well-being by middle childhood. > Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 164(5), 425-431. > [5] Swing, EL,Gentile DA, Anderson CA, Walsh DA. (2010). Television > and > video game exposure and the development of attention problems. > Pediatrics. 126(2), 214-221. > [6] Page, AS, Cooper, AR, Griew, P, Jago, R. (2010). Children's > screen > viewing is related to psychological difficulties irrespective of > physical activity. Pediatrics. 126(5), 1011-1017. > [7] Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics Staff Report. (2007, > June 1). Children's Exposure to TV Advertising in 1977 and 2004. > Holt, > DJ, Ippolito, PM, Desrochers, DM & Kelley, CR, p.9. > [8] Epstein LH, Roemmich JN, Robinson JL, Paluch RA, Winiewicz DD, > Fuerch JH, Robinson TN. (2008). A Randomized trial of the effects of > reducing television viewing and computer use on body mass index in > young > children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 162(3):239-45. > [9] Mistry KB, Minkovitz CS, Strobino, DM, Borzekowski, DLG. (2007). > Children's television exposure and behavioral and social outcomes > at 5.5 > years: Does timing of exposure matter? Pediatrics, 120, 762-769. > > > > Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free > Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, HarvardMedical School > > Contact Information: > CCFC > Non-Profit Center > 89 South Street, Suite 405 > Boston, MA 02111 > 617-896-9370 > www.commercialfreechildhood.org > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susan at commercialfreechildhood.org Mon Feb 14 20:42:06 2011 From: susan at commercialfreechildhood.org (Susan Linn) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:42:06 -0500 Subject: Screen-Free Week In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Mohinish, You raise some important questions. You can find out more about more details about Screen-Free Week and its philosophy, implementation, as well as a fact sheet citing studies about kids and screens at www.screenfree.org. You can also see a list of SFW's organizational endorsers, which is growing every day and currently includes an interdisciplinary set of organizations across disciplines that represent people working with a wide and diverse spectrum of the U.S. population. SFW is focused on entertainment screen media, and not about talking on cell phones, email, texting, or doing homework on line. An important component of Screen-Free Week is to spend time before hand getting kids on board and encouraging families to make decisions together about what their participation will look like--or whether they want to participate at all. But one thing I wonder, however, is at what age, or level of development, you think that children should be able to call the shots about the amount of time they spend consuming entertainment screen media? Best, Susan Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 405 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 www.commercialfreechildhood.org ________________________________ From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mohinish Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 9:22 AM To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Screen-Free Week Hi, I'm wondering - do children do this willingly? Or are they forced by their parents and other elders? Who makes the individual decisions to turn of the tellys? The children or their parents/teachers? (I'm guessing the latter). I'm not certain if such blanket calls for turning off all TVs is fair to the children who perhaps watch just one or two favorite shows a day, but are forced to give that up. It's like if there were an alcohol-free day - which is all well and good, and I'm sure there might be social drinkers who would gladly stand in support. But of course, it will be these social drinkers making the decision, not having the decision made for them by their seniors. Kids have it hard enough with everyone pushing their own agendas onto them; must the solution to the problems that TV creates be to force those children who are not affected to get their TVs, computers and consoles turned off? I hope at least that the final decision in each case is left to the children. It would be interesting to see the statistics. Perhaps we would all be pleasantly surprised :) Mohinish On Feb 4, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Susan Linn wrote: On April 18-24, children around the world will celebrate Screen-Free Week (formerly TV-Turnoff) by turning off televisions, computers, and video games and turning on the world around them. Given the links between excessive screen time, and poor school performance I am hoping that your organizations or institutions will support, promote, and participate in the week. On average, preschool children spend over four and a half hours a day consuming screen media [1], while older children spend over 7 hours a day [2]. Excessive screen time is linked to a number of problems for children, including childhood obesity [3], poor school performance [4], attention span issues [5], and psychological difficulties [6]. And it's primarily through screens that children are exposed to harmful marketing [7]. That's why interventions like Screen-Free Week - which get children actively playing with peers and spending quality time with their families - are more important than ever. Reduced screen time can help prevent childhood obesity [8] and lead to better school and health outcomes [9]. Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) is proud to be the new official home of Screen-Free Week. When TV-Turnoff's former home, the Center for Screen Time Awareness, closed its doors, the board unanimously chose CCFC to continue their important work of helping families discover alternatives to screen time. At its heart, Screen-Free Week has always been a collaborative effort that relies on the endorsement of prominent organizations. There are a number of ways to get involved in this year's week; please check what you are willing to do. ___ Please list my organization (me) as an official endorser of Screen-Free Week 2011 ___ I (or someone from my organization) will give a quote in support of Screen-Free Week to be used in promotional and press materials. ___ We will include information about Screen-Free Week in an e-blast or newsletter to our constituents. (CCFC is happy to provide text for any announcements). ___ We will promote Screen-Free Week to our constituents on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Please let me know by February 17 if your organization is willing to be an active participant in this year's Screen-Free Week. And if you have any questions, feel free to contact me. For more information about participation please visit www.screenfree.org. Sincerely, Susan Linn Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 403 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/ [1] The Nielsen Company (2009). TV viewing among kids at an eight-year high. Retrieved July 19, 2010 from http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/tv-viewing-among-kids-at-an-eight-year- high/. [2] Rideout, V.J., Foehr, U.G., Roberts, D.F. (2010). Generation M2: Media in the lives of 8- to 18-Year Olds. Kaiser Family Foundation. [3] Danner, FW. A national longitudinal study of the association of hours of TV viewing and the trajectory of BMI growth among U.S. children.(2008). Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 33(10), 1100-1107. [4] Pagani, L, Fitzpatrick, C, Barnett, TA, & Dubow, E. (2010). Prospective associations between early childhood television exposure and academic, psychosocial, and physical well-being by middle childhood. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 164(5), 425-431. [5] Swing, EL,Gentile DA, Anderson CA, Walsh DA. (2010). Television and video game exposure and the development of attention problems. Pediatrics. 126(2), 214-221. [6] Page, AS, Cooper, AR, Griew, P, Jago, R. (2010). Children's screen viewing is related to psychological difficulties irrespective of physical activity. Pediatrics. 126(5), 1011-1017. [7] Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics Staff Report. (2007, June 1). Children's Exposure to TV Advertising in 1977 and 2004. Holt, DJ, Ippolito, PM, Desrochers, DM & Kelley, CR, p.9. [8] Epstein LH, Roemmich JN, Robinson JL, Paluch RA, Winiewicz DD, Fuerch JH, Robinson TN. (2008). A Randomized trial of the effects of reducing television viewing and computer use on body mass index in young children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 162(3):239-45. [9] Mistry KB, Minkovitz CS, Strobino, DM, Borzekowski, DLG. (2007). Children's television exposure and behavioral and social outcomes at 5.5 years: Does timing of exposure matter? Pediatrics, 120, 762-769. ________________________________ Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, HarvardMedical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 405 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 www.commercialfreechildhood.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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Months ago, I have sent a request for information about autism to the list. My son showed some signs of it but he was not autistic. The reason was that most of the time he was in front of TV. He is almost ok (thanks God) as I started early but many parents don't know what a dangerous box it is. I believe that TV should be turned off for kids. Best, Parisa On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Susan Linn < susan at commercialfreechildhood.org> wrote: > On April 18-24, children around the world will celebrate Screen-Free Week > (formerly TV-Turnoff) by turning off televisions, computers, and video games > and turning on the world around them. Given the links between excessive > screen time, and poor school performance I am hoping that your organizations > or institutions will support, promote, and participate in the week. > > > > On average, preschool children spend over four and a half hours a day > consuming screen media [1], while older children spend over 7 hours a day > [2]. Excessive screen time is linked to a number of problems for children, > including childhood obesity [3], poor school performance [4], attention span > issues [5], and psychological difficulties [6]. And it’s primarily through > screens that children are exposed to harmful marketing [7]. That’s why > interventions like Screen-Free Week – which get children actively playing > with peers and spending quality time with their families – are more > important than ever. Reduced screen time can help prevent childhood obesity > [8] and lead to better school and health outcomes [9]. > > > > Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) is proud to be the new > official home of Screen-Free Week. When TV-Turnoff’s former home, the > Center for Screen Time Awareness, closed its doors, the board unanimously > chose CCFC to continue their important work of helping families discover > alternatives to screen time. At its heart, Screen-Free Week has always been > a collaborative effort that relies on the endorsement of prominent > organizations. There are a number of ways to get involved in this year’s > week; please check what you are willing to do. > > > > ___ Please list my organization (me) as an official endorser of Screen-Free > Week 2011 > > > > ___ I (or someone from my organization) will give a quote in support of > Screen-Free Week to be used in promotional and press materials. > > > > ___ We will include information about Screen-Free Week in an e-blast or > newsletter to our constituents. (CCFC is happy to provide text for any > announcements). > > > > ___ We will promote Screen-Free Week to our constituents on social media > sites like Facebook and Twitter. > > > > Please let me know by February 17 if your organization is willing to be an > active participant in this year’s Screen-Free Week. And if you have any > questions, feel free to contact me. For more information about > participation please visit www.screenfree.org. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Susan Linn > > > > *Susan Linn**, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free > Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School* > > * * > > *Contact Information:* > > *CCFC* > > *Non-Profit Center* > > *89 South Street, Suite 403* > > *Boston**, MA 02111*** > > *617-896-9370* > > http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/ > > > > [1] The Nielsen Company (2009). TV viewing among kids at an eight-year > > high. Retrieved July 19, 2010 from > > *http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/tv-viewing-among-kids-at-an-eight-year- > high/*. > > [2] Rideout, V.J., Foehr, U.G., Roberts, D.F. (2010). Generation M2: > > Media in the lives of 8- to 18-Year Olds. Kaiser Family Foundation. > > [3] Danner, FW. A national longitudinal study of the association of > > hours of TV viewing and the trajectory of BMI growth among U.S. > > children.(2008). Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 33(10), 1100-1107. > > [4] Pagani, L, Fitzpatrick, C, Barnett, TA, & Dubow, E. (2010). > > Prospective associations between early childhood television exposure and > > academic, psychosocial, and physical well-being by middle childhood. > > Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 164(5), 425-431. > > [5] Swing, EL,Gentile DA, Anderson CA, Walsh DA. (2010). Television and > > video game exposure and the development of attention problems. > > Pediatrics. 126(2), 214-221. > > [6] Page, AS, Cooper, AR, Griew, P, Jago, R. (2010). Children's screen > > viewing is related to psychological difficulties irrespective of > > physical activity. Pediatrics. 126(5), 1011-1017. > > [7] Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics Staff Report. (2007, > > June 1). Children's Exposure to TV Advertising in 1977 and 2004. Holt, > > DJ, Ippolito, PM, Desrochers, DM & Kelley, CR, p.9. > > [8] Epstein LH, Roemmich JN, Robinson JL, Paluch RA, Winiewicz DD, > > Fuerch JH, Robinson TN. (2008). A Randomized trial of the effects of > > reducing television viewing and computer use on body mass index in young > > children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 162(3):239-45. > > [9] Mistry KB, Minkovitz CS, Strobino, DM, Borzekowski, DLG. (2007). > > Children's television exposure and behavioral and social outcomes at 5.5 > > years: Does timing of exposure matter? Pediatrics, 120, 762-769. > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free > Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School > > > > Contact Information: > > CCFC > > Non-Profit Center > > 89 South Street, Suite 405 > > Boston, MA 02111 > > 617-896-9370 > > www.commercialfreechildhood.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of Nick Riches > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:01 AM > To: Info-CHILDES > Subject: Postgraduate funding at the University of Newcastle > > > > POSTGRADUATE FUNDING, CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE > > SCIENCES (CRiLLS), NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY > > > > CRiLLS is currently advertising the following studentships in > > linguistics for 2011 entry > > > > • AHRC MA studentship (MA Linguistics and Language Acquisition; MA > > English Language and Linguistics; MA Linguistics of European > > Languages; MLitt Linguistics) – deadline 2 March > > • ESRC studentships (Applied Linguistics; Clinical Linguistics; > > Sociolinguistics; Language Acquisition/Bilingualism) – deadline 25 > > March > > • Additionally, a range of bursaries covering most areas of > > linguistics are available in the Schools of: Modern Languages; English > > Literature, Language and Linguistics; Education, Communication and > > Language Sciences > > > > For further information about the awards and the Centre for Research > > in Linguistics and Language Sciences, see our webpages: > > > > http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/ > > http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/postgrad/funding.htm > > or contact Prof. Florence Myles, Director of CRiLLS > > (Florence.Myles at newcastle.ac.uk) > > > > For further information regarding the ESRC studentships, see: > > http://www.dur.ac.uk/socialsciences.health/postgraduate/funding/esrc/ > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From susan at commercialfreechildhood.org Tue Feb 15 22:14:48 2011 From: susan at commercialfreechildhood.org (Susan Linn) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:14:48 -0500 Subject: early reading and school performance Message-ID: The NY Times today had an article on the pressure on preschools to teach reading. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/nyregion/15reading.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper It mentions that there are studies showing that there are no links between early reading and later intelligence. My organization, CCFC, is investigating marketing claims made by Your Baby Can Read. As many of you probably know, YBCR is a package of videos and flashcards claiming to teach infants to read. Further, YBCR claims that it acts during a "short window of opportunity." The advertisements claim that by teaching your child to read during infancy, YBCR will allow her to outperform her peers in school and in life. We have quotes from experts mentioning studies that refute these claims, but we can't find the studies. If anyone knows about studies about early reading and its impact on school performance I'm wondering if you can point me to them. I have a review of the literature by Olson from 2006. Thanks, Susan Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 403 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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URL: From macw at cmu.edu Thu Feb 17 20:48:38 2011 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:48:38 -0500 Subject: Polish CDS Frequency Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES, Ewa Haman, Bartłomiej Etenkowski, Magdalena Łuniewska, Joanna Szwabe, Ewa Dąbrowska, Marta Szreder, and Marek Łaziński have contributed an Excel tabulation of the frequencies of words in child-directed speech gathered from 8 corpora of Polish parent-child dialog. Although not all of the corpora are currently in CHILDES, all will eventually be added. The tabulation can be found within the /Slavic/Polish segment of the database and the documentation is in the documentation file for Slavic. Many thanks to Ewa and her colleagues for this great contribution. --Brian MacWhinney -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From pascaleengel at googlemail.com Fri Feb 18 08:51:16 2011 From: pascaleengel at googlemail.com (Pascale Engel) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:51:16 +0100 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire Message-ID: Dear Info – CHILDES, I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children’s performance in their second language Luxembourgish. Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance --------------------------------------- Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Luxembourg - EMACS B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange G.D. de Luxembourg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From A.E.Baker at uva.nl Fri Feb 18 09:39:19 2011 From: A.E.Baker at uva.nl (Baker, A.E.) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:39:19 +0000 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Pascale, prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this questionnaire for tother languages and groups - see http://www.bi-sli.org for the action website, Yours sincerely, Anne Baker prof. dr. Anne E. Baker Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics Universiteit van Amsterdam Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) email:a.e.baker at uva.nl email secr.:taalwetenschap-fgw at uva.nl homepage: https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and Communication email: aclc-fgw at uva.nl http://hum.uva.nl/aclc tel. +31-20-525-2543 president Sign Language Linguistics Society www.slls.eu -----Original Message----- From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire Dear Info - CHILDES, I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second language Luxembourgish. Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance --------------------------------------- Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Luxembourg - EMACS B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange G.D. de Luxembourg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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From meh at psych.uw.edu.pl Fri Feb 18 13:33:47 2011 From: meh at psych.uw.edu.pl (Ewa Haman) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:33:47 -0800 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Pascale, WG3 within COST action IS0804 (mentioned below by Anne) has now a "Developmental and Language Background Questionnaire" ready for CDI study - see the downloads area (restricted for members of the action) but you ARE a member :) Regards, Ewa On 18 Lut, 10:39, "Baker, A.E." wrote: > Dear Pascale, > prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. > Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this questionnaire for tother languages and groups - seehttp://www.bi-sli.orgfor the action website, > > Yours sincerely, > Anne Baker > > prof. dr. Anne E. Baker > Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics > Universiteit van Amsterdam > Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. > Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) > email:a.e.ba... at uva.nl > email secr.:taalwetenschap-... at uva.nl > homepage:https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker > Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and Communication > email: aclc-... at uva.nlhttp://hum.uva.nl/aclc > tel. +31-20-525-2543 > > president Sign Language Linguistics Societywww.slls.eu > > -----Original Message----- > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel > Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire > > Dear Info - CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From barriere.isa at gmail.com Fri Feb 18 13:46:59 2011 From: barriere.isa at gmail.com (isa barriere) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:46:59 -0500 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: <1ed6c650-6b7d-47bd-b386-aaa68b8553b1@8g2000prb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Dear Pascale, There is also one that I developped for Yiddish/English bilinguals and that a student of mine adapted to bilingual English/Brazilian Portuguese participants. You will find it (on page 9) in a book chapter that is accessible on : http://www.yeled.org/ArticleFiles/YiddishCzernowitzchapter.pdf Best, Isabelle Barriere, PhD On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Ewa Haman wrote: > Dear Pascale, > WG3 within COST action IS0804 (mentioned below by Anne) has now a > "Developmental and Language Background Questionnaire" ready for CDI > study - see the downloads area (restricted for members of the action) > but you ARE a member :) > Regards, > Ewa > > > On 18 Lut, 10:39, "Baker, A.E." wrote: > > Dear Pascale, > > prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada > 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. > > Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 > Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this > questionnaire for tother languages and groups - seehttp://www.bi-sli.orgfor > the action website, > > > > Yours sincerely, > > Anne Baker > > > > prof. dr. Anne E. Baker > > Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics > > Universiteit van Amsterdam > > Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. > > Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) > > email:a.e.ba... at uva.nl > > email secr.:taalwetenschap-... at uva.nl > > homepage:https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker > > Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and > Communication > > email: aclc-... at uva.nlhttp://hum.uva.nl/aclc > > tel. +31-20-525-2543 > > > > president Sign Language Linguistics Societywww.slls.eu > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto: > info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel > > Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 > > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > > Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire > > > > Dear Info - CHILDES, > > > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving bilingual > Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly interested to know > whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to the native language > in the home affects a) children's performance in their first language > Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second language > Luxembourgish. > > > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give > to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the > native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire > but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group > for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > > > Many thanks in advance > > > > --------------------------------------- > > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > > G.D. de Luxembourg > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.h.dos.santos at gmail.com Fri Feb 18 14:39:32 2011 From: christophe.h.dos.santos at gmail.com (Christophe dos Santos) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:39:32 +0100 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Pascale, As Ewa mentioned there is such a questionnaire for CDI study used by members of the COST action. I already translated it to French and I am going in the next weeks to translate it to Portuguese as we are going to start a CDI study on French-Portuguese bilingual children at the end of March. If you want to join the questionnaire translation to Portuguese work, your help will be very appreciated. Best, Christophe dos Santos Université François-Rabelais, Tours 2011/2/18 isa barriere : > Dear Pascale, > There is also one that I developped for Yiddish/English bilinguals and that > a student of mine adapted to bilingual English/Brazilian > Portuguese participants.   You will find it (on page 9) in a book chapter > that is accessible on : > http://www.yeled.org/ArticleFiles/YiddishCzernowitzchapter.pdf > > Best, > Isabelle Barriere, PhD > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Ewa Haman wrote: >> >> Dear Pascale, >> WG3 within COST action  IS0804 (mentioned below by Anne) has now a >> "Developmental and Language Background Questionnaire" ready for CDI >> study - see the downloads area (restricted for members of the action) >> but you ARE a member :) >> Regards, >> Ewa >> >> >> On 18 Lut, 10:39, "Baker, A.E." wrote: >> > Dear Pascale, >> > prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada >> > 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. >> > Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 >> > Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this >> > questionnaire for tother languages and groups - seehttp://www.bi-sli.orgfor >> > the action website, >> > >> > Yours sincerely, >> > Anne Baker >> > >> > prof. dr. Anne E. Baker >> > Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics >> > Universiteit van Amsterdam >> > Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. >> > Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) >> > email:a.e.ba... at uva.nl >> > email secr.:taalwetenschap-... at uva.nl >> > homepage:https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker >> > Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and >> > Communication >> > email: aclc-... at uva.nlhttp://hum.uva.nl/aclc >> > tel. +31-20-525-2543 >> > >> > president Sign Language Linguistics Societywww.slls.eu >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com >> > [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel >> > Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 >> > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com >> > Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire >> > >> > Dear Info - CHILDES, >> > >> > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving >> > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly >> > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to >> > the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their >> > first language Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second >> > language Luxembourgish. >> > >> > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give >> > to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the >> > native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire >> > but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group >> > for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. >> > >> > Many thanks in advance >> > >> > --------------------------------------- >> > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >> > >> > Postdoctoral Research Fellow >> > University of Luxembourg - EMACS >> > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >> > G.D. de Luxembourg >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From macw at cmu.edu Fri Feb 18 15:46:24 2011 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:46:24 -0500 Subject: PhD Studentships at Abertay-Dundee Message-ID: Here is a link to information regarding PhD Studentships on the crosscultural studies of language development at Abertay-Dundee. http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ACG883/phd-studentship/ -- Brian MacWhinney -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Mehmet-Ali.Akinci at univ-rouen.fr Fri Feb 18 16:07:59 2011 From: Mehmet-Ali.Akinci at univ-rouen.fr (memoli) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:07:59 -0800 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Chère Pascale, Je suppose que vous êtes également francophone vu que vous êtes au Luxembourg... Je n'ai pas de questionnaire à vous proposer mais je peux vous faire parvenir un mémoire en orthophonie qui a été fait à Lyon (France) sur sur votre problématique : LE BILINGUISME PRECOCE CONSECUTIF CHEZ LES ENFANTS LUSOPHONES ET TURCOPHONES : Influence de la langue maternelle sur l’acquisition du français langue seconde. Faites-moi connaître une adresse e-mail et je vous fais parvenir le mémoire. Par ailleurs si cela vous intéresse, je vous informe que je donne un séminaire sur l'Acquisition bilingue dans votre Université à la Faculté des Langues et Littérature, Humanités, Arts et Éducation (à Walferdange) dans le Master Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Context (master Multi-Learn : http://multi-learn.org/) Ma prochaine intervention aura lieu les 3 juin 2011 (17h-20h) et 4 juin 2011 (toute la journée). Vous pouvez venir me retrouver ou assister au séminaire en auditrice libre. Bien cordialement, Mehmet-Ali AKINCI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mehmet-Ali AKINCI (CR - CNRS) Researcher in pyscholinguistics & Lecturer in Linguistics Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage (DDL) UMR 5596 CNRS - Université Lumière Lyon 2 ISH - 14 avenue Berthelot 69363 Lyon Cedex 07 - France Office address: Université de Rouen – IRED 7, rue Thomas Becket 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex - France e-mail : Mehmet-Ali.Akinci at univ-rouen.fr Tel. office +33 (0)2 35 14 69 44 Tel. gsm +33 (0)6 32 66 63 03 http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Annuaires/Index.asp?Langue=FR&Page=Mehmet-Ali%20AKINCI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From caroline at carolinefloccia.info Fri Feb 18 16:09:14 2011 From: caroline at carolinefloccia.info (Caroline Floccia) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Pascale, At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a questionnaire last year, which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure to English from data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at night, what language each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how many hours the child spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently writing a paper in which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in various English tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure questionnaire. If you are interested, I can send it to you, in its current state it is an excel file, very easy to fill in. Best regards, Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of Plymouth) Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel wrote: > Dear Info – CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children’s > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- Dr. Caroline Floccia Reader (Associate Professor) PSQ A213 School of Psychology University of Plymouth Drake Circus Devon PL4 8AA tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shanley at bu.edu Fri Feb 18 16:09:16 2011 From: shanley at bu.edu (Shanley Allen) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:09:16 -0500 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I believe that Marianne Gullberg at Lund University developed an extensive questionnaire on home language use during her work at the MPI in Nijmegen. Best, Shanley. On Feb 18, 2011, at 9:39 AM, Christophe dos Santos wrote: > Dear Pascale, > > As Ewa mentioned there is such a questionnaire for CDI study used by > members of the COST action. I already translated it to French and I am > going in the next weeks to translate it to Portuguese as we are going > to start a CDI study on French-Portuguese bilingual children at the > end of March. > If you want to join the questionnaire translation to Portuguese work, > your help will be very appreciated. > > Best, > > Christophe dos Santos > Université François-Rabelais, Tours > > > 2011/2/18 isa barriere : >> Dear Pascale, >> There is also one that I developped for Yiddish/English bilinguals and that >> a student of mine adapted to bilingual English/Brazilian >> Portuguese participants. You will find it (on page 9) in a book chapter >> that is accessible on : >> http://www.yeled.org/ArticleFiles/YiddishCzernowitzchapter.pdf >> >> Best, >> Isabelle Barriere, PhD >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Ewa Haman wrote: >>> >>> Dear Pascale, >>> WG3 within COST action IS0804 (mentioned below by Anne) has now a >>> "Developmental and Language Background Questionnaire" ready for CDI >>> study - see the downloads area (restricted for members of the action) >>> but you ARE a member :) >>> Regards, >>> Ewa >>> >>> >>> On 18 Lut, 10:39, "Baker, A.E." wrote: >>>> Dear Pascale, >>>> prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada >>>> 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. >>>> Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 >>>> Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this >>>> questionnaire for tother languages and groups - seehttp://www.bi-sli.orgfor >>>> the action website, >>>> >>>> Yours sincerely, >>>> Anne Baker >>>> >>>> prof. dr. Anne E. Baker >>>> Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics >>>> Universiteit van Amsterdam >>>> Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. >>>> Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) >>>> email:a.e.ba... at uva.nl >>>> email secr.:taalwetenschap-... at uva.nl >>>> homepage:https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker >>>> Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and >>>> Communication >>>> email: aclc-... at uva.nlhttp://hum.uva.nl/aclc >>>> tel. +31-20-525-2543 >>>> >>>> president Sign Language Linguistics Societywww.slls.eu >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: info-childes at googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel >>>> Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 >>>> To: info-childes at googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire >>>> >>>> Dear Info - CHILDES, >>>> >>>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving >>>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly >>>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to >>>> the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their >>>> first language Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second >>>> language Luxembourgish. >>>> >>>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give >>>> to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the >>>> native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire >>>> but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group >>>> for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Many thanks in advance >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >>>> >>>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >>>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >>>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >>>> G.D. de Luxembourg >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > **************************************************************************** UNTIL MAY 31, 2010: Shanley Allen, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Literacy and Language, Counseling and Development School of Education, Boston University 2 Silber Way, Boston, MA, 02215, USA e-mail: shanley at bu.edu phone: +1-617-358-0354 office: SED 331 web: http://efolio.bu.edu/portfolio/showPublicPortfolio.do?shareId=127 **************************************************************************** AS OF JUNE 1, 2010: Shanley Allen, PhD Associate Professor Psycholinguistics and Language Development Group Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kaiserslautern Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse, Geb. 57 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany e-mail: allen at sowi.uni-kl.de phone: +49-631-205-4136 office: Building 57, Room 409 web: TBA **************************************************************************** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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CLS 2011 will focus on four key themes in the field of child language research • Child Language and Literacy • Children with Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) • Capturing change in child language • Bilingual and cross-linguistic perspectives on child language There are a number of fascinating sub-themes and a strong cross-linguistic focus. Subthemes include: · Assessment of children from diverse social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds · Interactions in phonological and morphological acquisition · Early trajectories of children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) · Interventions: child, parent and practitioner perspectives Keynote speakers: We are very pleased to announce that our confirmed keynote speakers are: • Professor Maggie Snowling (University of York): "Children at Preschool Risk of Dyslexia: From Theory to Intervention" • Professor James Law (Newcastle University): "The Better Communication Research Programme - research to impact upon practice and policy for children with speech, language and communication needs" • Professor Sheena Reilly (University of Melbourne): "The Early Language In Victoria Study: Outcomes at 4 and 5 years" • Professor Elizabeth Pena (University of Texas): "Dynamic Assessment in Children Learning English as a Second Language: What Changes?" 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Newcastle is a research - intensive university, with a reputation for teaching and learning of the highest quality and for its role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. 
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If you have any queries about attending the CLS please contact Cristina McKean cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk We look forward to welcoming you to the CLS in 2011 Cristina McKean, Helen Stringer, James Law Co-chairs CLS 2011 organising committee Dr Cristina McKean | Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology |(Developmental Speech and Language Disorders) | Speech and Language Sciences Section |School of Education Communication and Language Sciences |Room 2.18a |King George VI Building |Newcastle University | Queen Victoria Rd |NE1 7RU | 0191 222 6528 CPD for SLTs & Allied Professionals: Accredited, advanced modules in Professional Practice www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/sltcpd For information about the MSc in Evidence Based Practice in Communication Disorders go to http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/ebpcd Child Language Seminar 2011 is coming to Newcastle http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/news/conferences/CLS2011/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/x-citrix-jpeg Size: 5768 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From annickej at yahoo.com Fri Feb 18 23:52:24 2011 From: annickej at yahoo.com (Annick De Houwer) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:52:24 -0800 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Pascale, May I also add that you can find such a questionnaire, and extensive discussion of the role of the input in bilingual development, in my book: De Houwer, Annick, 2009. Bilingual First Language Acquisition. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. You may also be interested in the questionnaire I used for a survey of language use in about 18,000 families, including immigrant families. You can find this questionnaire in: De Houwer, Annick, 2007. Parental language input patterns and children's bilingual use. Applied Psycholinguistics, 28:3, 411-424. Of course, as Dr. Baker hinted at, there is always a need to adapt existing questionnaires to specific research questions and circumstances. Good luck with your study! Best regards, Annick De Houwer, PhD Professor, Language Acquisition and Language Teaching University of Erfurt Director, European Research Network for Bilingual Studies (ERBIS) Germany annick.dehouwer at uni-erfurt.de On Feb 18, 10:39 am, "Baker, A.E." wrote: > Dear Pascale, > prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. > Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this questionnaire for tother languages and groups - seehttp://www.bi-sli.orgfor the action website, > > Yours sincerely, > Anne Baker > > prof. dr. Anne E. Baker > Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics > Universiteit van Amsterdam > Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. > Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) > email:a.e.ba... at uva.nl > email secr.:taalwetenschap-... at uva.nl > homepage:https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker > Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and Communication > email: aclc-... at uva.nlhttp://hum.uva.nl/aclc > tel. +31-20-525-2543 > > president Sign Language Linguistics Societywww.slls.eu-----Original Message----- > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel > Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire > > Dear Info - CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From paola_uccelli at yahoo.com Sat Feb 19 15:21:50 2011 From: paola_uccelli at yahoo.com (Paola Uccelli) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:21:50 -0800 Subject: remembering Barbara Alexander Pan In-Reply-To: <36d1981a-9efa-4d0c-a127-4768207cb726@w9g2000prg.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Dear all, For all of you who knew Barbara, it is with infinite sadness that I share the news of her passing and of the memorial planned for today. Below, please find Kathy McCartney's obituary for Barbara. A memorial service will be held today, Saturday, February 19 at 2:00p.m. in the Eliot-Lyman Room at HGSE. All are invited You can find a brief article and post comments in the following HGSE link: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/blog/news_features_releases/2011/02/hgse-remembers-barbara-pan.html We will miss her deeply... paola. Paola Uccelli Assistant Professor Harvard Graduate School of Education *** Dear colleagues, It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you of the passing of our dear colleague, Barbara Alexander Pan. Barbara died peacefully yesterday, following a lengthy illness, at the age of 60. Barbara touched so many lives during her 23 years at the Ed School. She began her career at HGSE as a research coordinator in September 1988 and was appointed a faculty member in 1994. Barbara taught courses in language and literacy and conducted research on language development among children living in poverty and children growing up bilingually. She was well-known in the HGSE community for her tremendous dedication to her students. In 2008, Barbara earned the Morningstar Family Teaching Award, which recognizes outstanding teaching and mentorship. In nominating Barbara, one student wrote, “she has the rare ability to inspire in students the knowledge that she cares for them personally, while also providing them with careful, thoughtful, and critical feedback on their ideas and their work.” Even after her retirement in July 2009, Barbara continued to work closely with her doctoral students. Barbara received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology in 1988 from Boston University, having completed a thesis on children learning English and Chinese in Chinese immigrant families. She was an active participant in training researchers in the use of CHAT and CLAN when those facilities were introduced in the 1980s. She was a participant in the Early Head Start Research Consortium, which carried out a 17-site longitudinal study of the long-term effects of early intervention with poor families. In 1994, Barbara and eight other families established The Chinese Language School in Lexington, MA. She was the first curriculum director. A memorial service will be held this Saturday, February 19 at 2:00p.m. in the Eliot-Lyman Room at HGSE. All are invited. Please join me in extending deepest condolences to Barbara’s husband, Tai-sheng Pan; her son, Noah Pan, of Cambridge; and her sisters Linda Myers of Mill Valley, CA, Diane Vinson of Laurinburg, NC, and Martha Fletcher of Raleigh, NC. The dean’s office will be pleased to forward any messages of sympathy to the family. Best, Kathy ____________________ Kathleen McCartney Dean Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development Harvard Graduate School of Education -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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I am particularly > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children’s > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- Dr. Sharon Armon-Lotem, Chair The Department of English Tel: +972 3 5318236 The Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center Tel: +972 3 5317159 Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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Kind regards, Natalia Gagarina Am 18.02.2011 09:51, schrieb Pascale Engel: > Dear Info – CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children’s > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which contained no known potential malicious software. In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening the mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to Avira GmbH so it can be checked for unknown new potential malicious software. -- Avira MailGate Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. All rights reserved. For more information see http://www.avira.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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Kind regards, Natalia Gagarina Am 18.02.2011 09:51, schrieb Pascale Engel: > Dear Info – CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children’s > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which contained no known potential malicious software. In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening the mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to Avira GmbH so it can be checked for unknown new potential malicious software. -- Avira MailGate Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. All rights reserved. For more information see http://www.avira.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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Can you send me the excel file? thank Teresa On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000  Caroline Floccia wrote: > Dear Pascale, > > At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a >questionnaire last year, > which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure >to English from > data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at >night, what language > each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how >many hours the child > spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently >writing a paper in > which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in >various English > tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure >questionnaire. If you > are interested, I can send it to you, in its current >state it is an excel > file, very easy to fill in. > Best regards, > > Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of >Plymouth) > Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) >Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) > Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel > wrote: > >> Dear Info – CHILDES, >> >> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg >>involving >> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am >>particularly >> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality >>of the >> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) >>children's >> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) >>children’s >> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >> >> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire >>that I could >> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the >>quality of >> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not >>aware of any >> existing questionnaire but before designing something >>from scratch I >> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any >>suggestions are >> greatly appreciated. >> >> Many thanks in advance >> >> >> --------------------------------------- >> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >> >> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >> G.D. de Luxembourg >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to >>the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >>info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Caroline Floccia > Reader (Associate Professor) > PSQ A213 > School of Psychology > University of Plymouth > Drake Circus > Devon PL4 8AA > tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to >the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to >info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From unsworth.sharon at gmail.com Tue Feb 22 16:02:06 2011 From: unsworth.sharon at gmail.com (Sharon Unsworth) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:02:06 -0800 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: <4D61998A.10201@zas.gwz-berlin.de> Message-ID: Dear Pascale, I have also recently developed a questionnaire (based in part on work by Johanne Paradis and on Guitérrez-Clellen & Kreiter (2003), amongst others) which you can use to collect language background/use data and using an accompanying Excel file, automatically calculate current and past (cumulative) exposure as well as current quality of exposure. I'm currently working on some final revisions to this but I'd be more than happy to share it with you once these are complete (probably within the next few weeks). Best wishes, Sharon -- Dr. Sharon Unsworth | http://www.let.uu.nl/~Sharon.Unsworth/personal/ Utrecht institute of Linguistics & Department of Modern Languages Postal address: Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, tel. +31 30 2531729 Office: Room 2.38, Trans 4 On Feb 20, 11:45 pm, Natalia Gagarina wrote: >   Dear Pascale, > > One more reference to native language questionnaire that we had > developed in the Center for General Linguistics (ZAS) might be of > interest for you. This questionnaire is a part of the Russian language > proficiency test (Gagarina, N., Klassert, A., Topaj, N., 2010, ZAS > Papers in Lingsuitics) and it targets the social and cultural > peculiarities of the Russian-speaking immigrant children. > > Kind regards, > Natalia Gagarina > > Am 18.02.2011 09:51, schrieb Pascale Engel: > > > > > Dear Info � CHILDES, > > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children�s > > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > > greatly appreciated. > > > Many thanks in advance > > > --------------------------------------- > > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > > G.D. de Luxembourg > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which contained no known > potential malicious software. > > In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening the > mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to > Avira GmbH so it can be > checked for unknown new potential malicious software. > > -- > Avira MailGate > > Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. > All rights reserved. > For more information seehttp://www.avira.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From bpearson at research.umass.edu Tue Feb 22 16:15:31 2011 From: bpearson at research.umass.edu (Barbara Pearson) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:15:31 -0500 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Infochildes, All these responses about language questionnaires no doubt go way beyond what we did in the 1990s at the University of Miami. I just thought I'd share the one question that we relied on the most to give us an estimate of overall language usage. "Please estimate what percentage of your friends are monolingual in ______ , bilingual _________, and monolingual in _______. I put square brackets to show you can swap out the languages, but the percentage of friends who were monolingual Spanish speakers was the strongest predictor of Spanish use and even proficiency in our college age groups. I think Ginny Gathercole and colleagues' big study of language patterns among families in Wales found something similar, although perhaps not so strongly stated. Unfortunately, I can't find those data anymore (they were in millions of generations ago lotus (!), but it would be interesting if someone could incorporate the question again to see if 1) it holds elsewhere, and 2) to support and quantify it. Best wishes, Barbara On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Sharon Unsworth wrote: > Dear Pascale, > > I have also recently developed a questionnaire (based in part on work > by Johanne Paradis and on Guitérrez-Clellen & Kreiter (2003), amongst > others) which you can use to collect language background/use data and > using an accompanying Excel file, automatically calculate current and > past (cumulative) exposure as well as current quality of exposure. I'm > currently working on some final revisions to this but I'd be more than > happy to share it with you once these are complete (probably within > the next few weeks). > > Best wishes, Sharon > > -- > Dr. Sharon Unsworth | http://www.let.uu.nl/~Sharon.Unsworth/ > personal/ > > Utrecht institute of Linguistics & Department of Modern Languages > Postal address: Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, tel. +31 30 2531729 > Office: Room 2.38, Trans 4 > > On Feb 20, 11:45 pm, Natalia Gagarina > wrote: >> Dear Pascale, >> >> One more reference to native language questionnaire that we had >> developed in the Center for General Linguistics (ZAS) might be of >> interest for you. This questionnaire is a part of the Russian >> language >> proficiency test (Gagarina, N., Klassert, A., Topaj, N., 2010, ZAS >> Papers in Lingsuitics) and it targets the social and cultural >> peculiarities of the Russian-speaking immigrant children. >> >> Kind regards, >> Natalia Gagarina >> >> Am 18.02.2011 09:51, schrieb Pascale Engel: >> >> >> >>> Dear Info � CHILDES, >> >>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving >>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly >>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the >>> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's >>> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children�s >>> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >> >>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could >>> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of >>> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any >>> existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I >>> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions >>> are >>> greatly appreciated. >> >>> Many thanks in advance >> >>> --------------------------------------- >>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >> >>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >>> G.D. de Luxembourg >> >> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * >> * * * * * * * >> >> Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which >> contained no known >> potential malicious software. >> >> In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening >> the >> mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to >> Avira GmbH so it can be >> checked for unknown new potential malicious software. >> >> -- >> Avira MailGate >> >> Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. >> All rights reserved. >> For more information seehttp://www.avira.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en > . > ************************************************ Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D. Research Associate, Depts of Linguistics and Communication Disorders c/o 226 South College University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst MA 01003 bpearson at research.umass.edu http://www.umass.edu/aae/bp_indexold.htm http://www.zurer.com/pearson/bilingualchild -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From rita.leite18 at oi.com.br Tue Feb 22 19:57:09 2011 From: rita.leite18 at oi.com.br (Rita Leite) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:57:09 -0300 Subject: RES: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Caroline Hello. I am Rita, I'm Speech and Language Therapist in Brazil. I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you send me the excel file? Thank Rita -----Mensagem original----- De: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] Em nome de mariateresa.guasti Enviada em: terça-feira, 22 de fevereiro de 2011 06:08 Para: info-childes at googlegroups.com Assunto: Re: Exposure to native language questionnaire Dear Caroline, hello. It is a long time we did not see each other. I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you send me the excel file? thank Teresa On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000  Caroline Floccia wrote: > Dear Pascale, > > At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a >questionnaire last year, > which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure >to English from > data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at >night, what language > each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how >many hours the child > spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently >writing a paper in > which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in >various English > tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure >questionnaire. If you > are interested, I can send it to you, in its current >state it is an excel > file, very easy to fill in. > Best regards, > > Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of >Plymouth) > Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) >Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) > Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel > wrote: > >> Dear Info – CHILDES, >> >> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg >>involving >> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am >>particularly >> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality >>of the >> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) >>children's >> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) >>children’s >> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >> >> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire >>that I could >> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the >>quality of >> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not >>aware of any >> existing questionnaire but before designing something >>from scratch I >> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any >>suggestions are >> greatly appreciated. >> >> Many thanks in advance >> >> >> --------------------------------------- >> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >> >> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >> G.D. de Luxembourg >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to >>the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >>info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Caroline Floccia > Reader (Associate Professor) > PSQ A213 > School of Psychology > University of Plymouth > Drake Circus > Devon PL4 8AA > tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to >the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to >info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From pul8 at psu.edu Tue Feb 22 20:23:12 2011 From: pul8 at psu.edu (Ping Li) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:23:12 -0500 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, A few years ago we designed a questionnaire based on a survey of existing questionnaires for assessing language background for bilingual studies. The questionnaire as well as the article is freely available on our website at http://cogsci.psu.edu/ Li, P., Sepanski, S., & Zhao, X. (2006). Language history questionnaires: A web-based interface for bilingual research. Behavior Research Methods, 38, 202-210. Ping Li On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Barbara Pearson wrote: > Dear Infochildes, > > All these responses about language questionnaires no doubt go way beyond > what we did in the 1990s at the University of Miami. > > I just thought I'd share the one question that we relied on the most to give > us an estimate of overall language usage. > > "Please estimate what percentage of your friends are monolingual in > ______ , bilingual _________, and monolingual in > _______. > > I put square brackets to show you can swap out the languages, but the > percentage of friends who were monolingual Spanish speakers was the > strongest predictor of Spanish use and even proficiency in our college age > groups.  I think Ginny Gathercole and colleagues' big study of language > patterns among families in Wales found something similar, although perhaps > not so strongly stated.  Unfortunately, I can't find those data anymore > (they were in millions of generations ago lotus (!), but it would be > interesting if someone could incorporate the question again to see if 1) it > holds elsewhere, and 2) to support and quantify it. > > Best wishes, > Barbara > > > On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Sharon Unsworth wrote: > >> Dear Pascale, >> >> I have also recently developed a questionnaire (based in part on work >> by Johanne Paradis and on Guitérrez-Clellen & Kreiter (2003), amongst >> others) which you can use to collect language background/use data and >> using an accompanying Excel file, automatically calculate current and >> past (cumulative) exposure as well as current quality of exposure. I'm >> currently working on some final revisions to this but I'd be more than >> happy to share it with you once these are complete (probably within >> the next few weeks). >> >> Best wishes, Sharon >> >> -- >> Dr. Sharon Unsworth  |  http://www.let.uu.nl/~Sharon.Unsworth/personal/ >> >> Utrecht institute of Linguistics & Department of Modern Languages >> Postal address: Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, tel. +31 30 2531729 >> Office: Room 2.38, Trans 4 >> >> On Feb 20, 11:45 pm, Natalia Gagarina >> wrote: >>> >>>  Dear Pascale, >>> >>> One more reference to native language questionnaire that we had >>> developed in the Center for General Linguistics (ZAS) might be of >>> interest for you. This questionnaire is a part of the Russian language >>> proficiency test (Gagarina, N., Klassert, A., Topaj, N., 2010, ZAS >>> Papers in Lingsuitics) and it targets the social and cultural >>> peculiarities of the Russian-speaking immigrant children. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Natalia Gagarina >>> >>> Am 18.02.2011 09:51, schrieb Pascale Engel: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Dear Info � CHILDES, >>> >>>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving >>>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly >>>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the >>>> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's >>>> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children�s >>>> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >>> >>>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could >>>> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of >>>> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any >>>> existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I >>>> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are >>>> greatly appreciated. >>> >>>> Many thanks in advance >>> >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >>> >>>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >>>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >>>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >>>> G.D. de Luxembourg >>> >>> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * >>> * * * * >>> >>> Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which contained no >>> known >>> potential malicious software. >>> >>> In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening the >>> mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to >>> Avira GmbH so it can be >>> checked for unknown new potential malicious software. >>> >>> -- >>> Avira MailGate >>> >>> Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. >>> All rights reserved. >>> For more information seehttp://www.avira.com/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > > > ************************************************ > Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D. > Research Associate, Depts of Linguistics and   Communication Disorders > c/o 226 South College > University of Massachusetts Amherst > Amherst MA 01003 > > bpearson at research.umass.edu > http://www.umass.edu/aae/bp_indexold.htm > http://www.zurer.com/pearson/bilingualchild > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From kambanaros at gmail.com Wed Feb 23 06:14:24 2011 From: kambanaros at gmail.com (Maria Kambanaros) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:14:24 +0200 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi there As part of our work with bilingual TD and SLI children, the Cyprus Acquisition Team (www.research.biolinguistics.eu/CAT/) adapted the Li et al. (2006) questionnaire into Cypriot Greek, Standard Greek and Russian. It has worked very well for us (researchers) and the families of the children. Best, Maria Kambanaros Manager, CAT On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Ping Li wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > A few years ago we designed a questionnaire based on a survey of > existing questionnaires for assessing language background for > bilingual studies. The questionnaire as well as the article is freely > available on our website at http://cogsci.psu.edu/ > > Li, P., Sepanski, S., & Zhao, X. (2006). Language history > questionnaires: A web-based interface for bilingual research. Behavior > Research Methods, 38, 202-210. > > Ping Li > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Barbara Pearson > wrote: > > Dear Infochildes, > > > > All these responses about language questionnaires no doubt go way beyond > > what we did in the 1990s at the University of Miami. > > > > I just thought I'd share the one question that we relied on the most to > give > > us an estimate of overall language usage. > > > > "Please estimate what percentage of your friends are monolingual in > > ______ , bilingual _________, and monolingual in > > _______. > > > > I put square brackets to show you can swap out the languages, but the > > percentage of friends who were monolingual Spanish speakers was the > > strongest predictor of Spanish use and even proficiency in our college > age > > groups. I think Ginny Gathercole and colleagues' big study of language > > patterns among families in Wales found something similar, although > perhaps > > not so strongly stated. Unfortunately, I can't find those data anymore > > (they were in millions of generations ago lotus (!), but it would be > > interesting if someone could incorporate the question again to see if 1) > it > > holds elsewhere, and 2) to support and quantify it. > > > > Best wishes, > > Barbara > > > > > > On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Sharon Unsworth wrote: > > > >> Dear Pascale, > >> > >> I have also recently developed a questionnaire (based in part on work > >> by Johanne Paradis and on Guitérrez-Clellen & Kreiter (2003), amongst > >> others) which you can use to collect language background/use data and > >> using an accompanying Excel file, automatically calculate current and > >> past (cumulative) exposure as well as current quality of exposure. I'm > >> currently working on some final revisions to this but I'd be more than > >> happy to share it with you once these are complete (probably within > >> the next few weeks). > >> > >> Best wishes, Sharon > >> > >> -- > >> Dr. Sharon Unsworth | http://www.let.uu.nl/~Sharon.Unsworth/personal/ > >> > >> Utrecht institute of Linguistics & Department of Modern Languages > >> Postal address: Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, tel. +31 30 2531729 > >> Office: Room 2.38, Trans 4 > >> > >> On Feb 20, 11:45 pm, Natalia Gagarina > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Dear Pascale, > >>> > >>> One more reference to native language questionnaire that we had > >>> developed in the Center for General Linguistics (ZAS) might be of > >>> interest for you. This questionnaire is a part of the Russian language > >>> proficiency test (Gagarina, N., Klassert, A., Topaj, N., 2010, ZAS > >>> Papers in Lingsuitics) and it targets the social and cultural > >>> peculiarities of the Russian-speaking immigrant children. > >>> > >>> Kind regards, > >>> Natalia Gagarina > >>> > >>> Am 18.02.2011 09:51, schrieb Pascale Engel: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Dear Info � CHILDES, > >>> > >>>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > >>>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > >>>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > >>>> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > >>>> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children�s > >>>> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > >>> > >>>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > >>>> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > >>>> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > >>>> existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > >>>> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > >>>> greatly appreciated. > >>> > >>>> Many thanks in advance > >>> > >>>> --------------------------------------- > >>>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > >>> > >>>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow > >>>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS > >>>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > >>>> G.D. de Luxembourg > >>> > >>> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * > * > >>> * * * * > >>> > >>> Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which contained > no > >>> known > >>> potential malicious software. > >>> > >>> In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening the > >>> mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to > >>> Avira GmbH so it can be > >>> checked for unknown new potential malicious software. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Avira MailGate > >>> > >>> Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. > >>> All rights reserved. > >>> For more information seehttp://www.avira.com/ > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Info-CHILDES" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > >> > > > > > > > > ************************************************ > > Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D. > > Research Associate, Depts of Linguistics and Communication Disorders > > c/o 226 South College > > University of Massachusetts Amherst > > Amherst MA 01003 > > > > bpearson at research.umass.edu > > http://www.umass.edu/aae/bp_indexold.htm > > http://www.zurer.com/pearson/bilingualchild > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Info-CHILDES" group. > > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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All parents have to fill in section D anyway, which contains information such as date of birth, SES, etc. But section B and C are for parents of bilingual kids: one is for families where both parents speak the Additional Language (both French for example), and the other for families where only one parent is non-English speaker (Mum French and Dad English for example). We didn't develop anything for families in which more than one additional language is spoken (Mum French, Dad Spanish for example). Also, you need to know that after extensive piloting, we have decided to increase the weight of the mother's input, that is, whatever she does (speaking only English, or only French, or half half) counts more than what the father does. Columns D and after are full of calculations, nothing should be changed there. What we usually do is that we print the first 4 pages, and we are next to the parent when she/he fills it in. Then we simply enter the numbers in the excel spreadsheet afterwards, and that gives us the percentage of exposure. Please let me know if you ave any question/problem. I also enclose a word document that contains the explanations as to how the entire calculations work. I hope it will help! Caroline On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Rita Leite wrote: > Dear Caroline > Hello. I am Rita, I'm Speech and Language Therapist in Brazil. > I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you send > me the excel file? > Thank > Rita > > > -----Mensagem original----- > De: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] > Em > nome de mariateresa.guasti > Enviada em: terça-feira, 22 de fevereiro de 2011 06:08 > Para: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Assunto: Re: Exposure to native language questionnaire > > Dear Caroline, > > hello. It is a long time we did not see each other. > > I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you send > me the excel file? > > thank > Teresa > > > On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000 > Caroline Floccia wrote: > > Dear Pascale, > > > > At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a > >questionnaire last year, > > which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure > >to English from > > data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at > >night, what language > > each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how > >many hours the child > > spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently > >writing a paper in > > which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in > >various English > > tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure > >questionnaire. If you > > are interested, I can send it to you, in its current > >state it is an excel > > file, very easy to fill in. > > Best regards, > > > > Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of > >Plymouth) > > Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) > >Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) > > Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel > > wrote: > > > >> Dear Info – CHILDES, > >> > >> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg > >>involving > >> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am > >>particularly > >> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality > >>of the > >> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) > >>children's > >> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) > >>children’s > >> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > >> > >> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire > >>that I could > >> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the > >>quality of > >> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not > >>aware of any > >> existing questionnaire but before designing something > >>from scratch I > >> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any > >>suggestions are > >> greatly appreciated. > >> > >> Many thanks in advance > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------- > >> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > >> > >> Postdoctoral Research Fellow > >> University of Luxembourg - EMACS > >> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > >> G.D. de Luxembourg > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to > >>the Google Groups > >> "Info-CHILDES" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >>info-childes at googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Dr. Caroline Floccia > > Reader (Associate Professor) > > PSQ A213 > > School of Psychology > > University of Plymouth > > Drake Circus > > Devon PL4 8AA > > tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to > >the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > >info-childes at googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > >For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- Dr. Caroline Floccia Reader (Associate Professor) PSQ A213 School of Psychology University of Plymouth Drake Circus Devon PL4 8AA tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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We didn't develop anything for families in which more than one additional language is spoken (Mum French, Dad Spanish for example). Also, you need to know that after extensive piloting, we have decided to increase the weight of the mother's input, that is, whatever she does (speaking only English, or only French, or half half) counts more than what the father does. Columns D and after are full of calculations, nothing should be changed there. What we usually do is that we print the first 4 pages, and we are next to the parent when she/he fills it in. Then we simply enter the numbers in the excel spreadsheet afterwards, and that gives us the percentage of exposure. Please let me know if you ave any question/problem. I also enclose a word document that contains the explanations as to how the entire calculations work. I hope it will help! On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:07 AM, mariateresa.guasti < mariateresa.guasti at unimib.it> wrote: > Dear Caroline, > > hello. It is a long time we did not see each other. > > I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you send me the excel > file? > > thank > Teresa > > > > On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000 > Caroline Floccia wrote: > >> Dear Pascale, >> >> At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a questionnaire last >> year, >> which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure to English from >> data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at night, what language >> each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how many hours the child >> spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently writing a paper in >> which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in various English >> tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure questionnaire. If >> you >> are interested, I can send it to you, in its current state it is an excel >> file, very easy to fill in. >> Best regards, >> >> Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of Plymouth) >> Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) >> Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) >> Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel >> wrote: >> >> Dear Info – CHILDES, >>> >>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving >>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly >>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the >>> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's >>> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children’s >>> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >>> >>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could >>> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of >>> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any >>> existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I >>> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are >>> greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Many thanks in advance >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------- >>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >>> >>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >>> G.D. de Luxembourg >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Dr. Caroline Floccia >> Reader (Associate Professor) >> PSQ A213 >> School of Psychology >> University of Plymouth >> Drake Circus >> Devon PL4 8AA >> tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- Dr. Caroline Floccia Reader (Associate Professor) PSQ A213 School of Psychology University of Plymouth Drake Circus Devon PL4 8AA tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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I thought you all would enjoy it, especially after the first few minutes—and that those of you with students might find it useful as a teaching tool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg2NsY8XASo Best, Susan Susan Linn Director, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood CCFC: Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood ccfc at commercialfreechildhood.org http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org Visit CCFC on Facebook and Twitter! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From khirshpa at temple.edu Fri Feb 25 20:03:47 2011 From: khirshpa at temple.edu (Kathy Hirsh-Pasek) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:03:47 -0500 Subject: the antidote to Your Baby Can Read In-Reply-To: <3DD5E4D19004B54BAA6E954038443E8F010388842A@MAILR016.mail.lan> Message-ID: Right on. Heard some great data from a Prof from UVA called David Grissmer. Turns out that fine motor skills and general knowledge at kindergarten are better predictors of 4th and 8th grade reading than is k-garten reading. And there were 20,000 kids in the sample he used. k On Feb 25, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Susan Linn wrote: > CCFC was sent this youtube video by Jim Gill (jimgill at jimgill.com) who leads workshops connecting play and early literacy. I thought you all would enjoy it, especially after the first few minutes—and that those of you with students might find it useful as a teaching tool. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg2NsY8XASo > > Best, > > Susan > > > Susan Linn > Director, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood > > CCFC: Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood > ccfc at commercialfreechildhood.org > http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org > Visit CCFC on Facebook and Twitter! > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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Je n'ai pas de questionnaire à vous proposer mais je > peux vous faire parvenir un mémoire en orthophonie qui a été fait à > Lyon (France) sur sur votre problématique : LE BILINGUISME PRECOCE > CONSECUTIF CHEZ LES ENFANTS LUSOPHONES ET TURCOPHONES : Influence de > la langue maternelle sur l’acquisition du français langue seconde. > Faites-moi connaître une adresse e-mail et je vous fais parvenir le > mémoire. > Par ailleurs si cela vous intéresse, je vous informe que je donne un > séminaire sur l'Acquisition bilingue dans votre Université à la > Faculté des Langues et Littérature, Humanités, Arts et Éducation (à > Walferdange) dans le Master Learning and Development in Multilingual > and Multicultural Context (master Multi-Learn : http://multi-learn.org/) > Ma prochaine intervention aura lieu les 3 juin 2011 (17h-20h) et 4 > juin 2011 (toute la journée). Vous pouvez venir me retrouver ou > assister au séminaire en auditrice libre. > > Bien cordialement, > Mehmet-Ali AKINCI > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mehmet-Ali AKINCI (CR - CNRS) > Researcher in pyscholinguistics& Lecturer in Linguistics > Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage (DDL) > UMR 5596 CNRS - Université Lumière Lyon 2 > ISH - 14 avenue Berthelot > 69363 Lyon Cedex 07 - France > > Office address: > Université de Rouen – IRED > 7, rue Thomas Becket > 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex - France > > e-mail : Mehmet-Ali.Akinci at univ-rouen.fr > Tel. office +33 (0)2 35 14 69 44 > Tel. gsm +33 (0)6 32 66 63 03 > http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Annuaires/Index.asp?Langue=FR&Page=Mehmet-Ali%20AKINCI > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From mariateresa.guasti at unimib.it Sun Feb 27 15:08:03 2011 From: mariateresa.guasti at unimib.it (mariateresa.guasti) Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:08:03 +0100 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Many thank. Teresa On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:34:26 +0000  Caroline Floccia wrote: > Dear Maria, > I attach it to this email. It starts with a series of >questions which will > determine which section to fill in. All parents have to >fill in section D > anyway, which contains information such as date of >birth, SES, etc. But > section B and C are for parents of bilingual kids: one >is for families where > both parents speak the Additional Language (both French >for example), and > the other for families where only one parent is >non-English speaker (Mum >French and Dad English for example). We didn't develop >anything for families > in which more than one additional language is spoken >(Mum French, Dad > Spanish for example). > Also, you need to know that after extensive piloting, we >have decided to > increase the weight of the mother's input, that is, >whatever she does > (speaking only English, or only French, or half half) >counts more than what > the father does. > Columns D and after are full of calculations, nothing >should be changed > there. > What we usually do is that we print the first 4 pages, >and we are next to > the parent when she/he fills it in. Then we simply enter >the numbers in the > excel spreadsheet afterwards, and that gives us the >percentage of exposure. > Please let me know if you ave any question/problem. > I also enclose a word document that contains the >explanations as to how the > entire calculations work. > > I hope it will help! > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:07 AM, mariateresa.guasti < > mariateresa.guasti at unimib.it> wrote: > >> Dear Caroline, >> >> hello. It is a long time we did not see each other. >> >> I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you >>send me the excel >> file? >> >> thank >> Teresa >> >> >> >> On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000 >>  Caroline Floccia wrote: >> >>> Dear Pascale, >>> >>> At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a >>>questionnaire last >>> year, >>> which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure >>>to English from >>> data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at >>>night, what language >>> each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how >>>many hours the child >>> spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently >>>writing a paper in >>> which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in >>>various English >>> tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure >>>questionnaire. If >>> you >>> are interested, I can send it to you, in its current >>>state it is an excel >>> file, very easy to fill in. >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of >>>Plymouth) >>> Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) >>> Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) >>> Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel >>> wrote: >>> >>>  Dear Info – CHILDES, >>>> >>>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg >>>>involving >>>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am >>>>particularly >>>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality >>>>of the >>>> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) >>>>children's >>>> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) >>>>children’s >>>> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >>>> >>>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire >>>>that I could >>>> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the >>>>quality of >>>> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not >>>>aware of any >>>> existing questionnaire but before designing something >>>>from scratch I >>>> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any >>>>suggestions are >>>> greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Many thanks in advance >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >>>> >>>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >>>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >>>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >>>> G.D. de Luxembourg >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to >>>>the Google Groups >>>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Caroline Floccia >>> Reader (Associate Professor) >>> PSQ A213 >>> School of Psychology >>> University of Plymouth >>> Drake Circus >>> Devon PL4 8AA >>> tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to >>>the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>>info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to >>the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >>info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Caroline Floccia > Reader (Associate Professor) > PSQ A213 > School of Psychology > University of Plymouth > Drake Circus > Devon PL4 8AA > tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to >the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to >info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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An in principle decision will be made then. Requirements are as follows: 1. Local organiser(s) who work in the field of Child Language development and/or closely allied fields. 2. Capacity for 600- 800 (or upward) attendees: one hall large enough to accommodate this number and rooms for at least 10 parallel sessions plus posters, organiser space etc. 3. Previous Congresses have been held in Tokyo, Japan (1978), Vancouver, Canada (1981), Austin, U. S. A. (1984), Lund, Sweden (1987), Budapest, Hungary (1990), Trieste, Italy (1993), Istanbul, Turkey (1996), San Sebastián, Spain (1999), Madison, USA (2002), Berlin, Germany (2005) and Edinburgh, Scotland (2008). Elena Lieven President -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From merle.mahon at gmail.com Mon Feb 28 17:04:28 2011 From: merle.mahon at gmail.com (merle.mahon@googlemail.com) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:04:28 -0800 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES, We are also working on an interviewer-administered questionnaire to find out about language input and social networks for young children of families from minority language groups in London (Bengali, Punjabi, Gugerati etc). We haven't published this yet but are happy to share our ideas. E-mail us for more information merle.mahon at ucl.ac.uk & kathleen.mccarthy at ucl.ac.uk Merle Dr Merle Mahon Developmental Science Research Department Division of Psychology and Language Science University College London UCL Chandler House 2 Wakefield Street London WC1N 1PF +44 (0) 207 6794036 Internal 24036 On Feb 18, 8:51 am, Pascale Engel wrote: > Dear Info – CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children’s > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From Serratrice at manchester.ac.uk Mon Feb 28 21:38:41 2011 From: Serratrice at manchester.ac.uk (Ludovica Serratrice) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:38:41 -0800 Subject: IASCL 2017 Congress: amendment Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I apologise for an error that occured in my earlier email about the Call to host the 2017 Congress. An in principle decision will be made at the Business Meeting of the 2011 Congress not, as I said in error, at the 2014 Congress. Best wishes, Elena Lieven -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From drussellmrichie at gmail.com Mon Feb 28 22:00:17 2011 From: drussellmrichie at gmail.com (Russell Richie) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:00:17 -0800 Subject: Temple University Infant Lab seeks Lab Coordinator Message-ID: The Temple University Infant Laboratory at Ambler anticipates hiring a laboratory coordinator, a position presenting diverse opportunities to participate in cutting-edge developmental research. The Temple University Infant Lab at Ambler, directed by Professors Kathryn Hirsh- Pasek and Nora Newcombe, conducts research on language acquisition, play and the arts, spatial development, and memory development. This position requires assisting with research primarily on language development, though opportunities to assist with research in other domains may arise. The position has a 1-year minimum, with the possibility of extending to 2 or more years. Duties include: • Stimuli creation, subject recruitment and scheduling, data collection, coding and analysis with children aged 2 months to 6 years • Organizing and sharing research findings at collaborative lab meetings and in federal grant reports • Management of IRB protocols • Research grants administration and accounting • Hiring, training, and supervising undergraduate and volunteer research assistants Lab coordinators also frequently have the opportunity to be collaborators in research that will be presented at major conferences and published in major journals. Required qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Linguistics or related field Preferred qualifications: • Six months experience working with children between the ages of two months to seven years in a research setting • Computer skills and proficiency with MS Office and SPSS/SAS software packages • Excellent communication, interpersonal, leadership, multi-tasking and organizational skills • The ability to interact with a diverse population of program participants • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team • Ability to travel to off-site locations that may not be accessible by public transportation If interested, please forward a resume to the infant lab coordinator at melissa.hansen at temple.edu. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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From edy.veneziano at paris5.sorbonne.fr Wed Feb 2 01:22:09 2011 From: edy.veneziano at paris5.sorbonne.fr (edy veneziano) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 02:22:09 +0100 Subject: AutismComSym2011 : Detailed Program of Talks Message-ID: Please find hereafter the detailed PROGRAM of the TALKS of the of International Conference AutismComSym 2011 Communicative and symbolic behaviors in children with autism: Functional specificities and conditions of appearance Paris, France, 4-5 February 2011 Les Cordeliers, UPMC, 21 rue de l?Ecole de M?decine, 75006 Paris m?tro Od?on The FULL PROGRAM of the Conference - Talks and Poster presentations - including all abstracts - can be downloaded in the conference website http://lewebpedagogique.com/comsym2011/ FRIDAY February,2011 8h15- 9h00 Welcome of Participants 9h00- 9h30 Conference opening addresses Axel Kahn, President of Paris Descartes University Jean-Luc Minel, Director of Laboratory MoDyCo. CNRS 9h30- 11h00 Chairman Catherine Barth?lemy Bases of communication: Perceptive and sensorimotor s pecificities 9h30 - 10h15 Dorota Chadzynski The singular developmental path of the child with autism: the contribution of sensorimotor assessment 10h15 - 11h00 Bruno Gepner Disordered perception of rhythms and human rapid movements: implications for communication 11h00-11h30 Pause/Break 11h30 - 13h00 Chairman Jean-Louis Adrien Bases of communication Interpersonal correspondences 11h30 - 12h15 Jacqueline Nadel Imitation and intentional communication in autism 12h15 - 13h00 Peter Hobson & Jessica Hobson Playful pretend, social engagement, and autism 13h00 -14h30 Lunch 14h30- 16h00 Chairman Tony Charman Implicit indicators of ToM 14h30 ? 15h15 Peter Clive Mundy Joint Attention, Neural Networks and Social Learning in Autism 15h15 - 16h00 Patricia Prelock Facilitating joint attention in children with ASD and their typical peers during play 16h00 -17h00 Coffee break and Posters (session 1 17h00-18h30 Chairman Jacqueline Nadel Implicit indicators of ToM - cont'ed 17h00 - 17h45 Laurent Danon Boileau How can we ?simplify? our natural interaction with ASD children ? What family videos suggests for everyday therapy 17h45 - 18h30 Vasu Reddy Engaging with others and with self in a mirror: in typical development and in autism SATURDAY February, 2011 9h00- 9h30 Welcone of Participants 9h30- 11h00 Chairman Claire Hughes Symbolic aptitudes, language and communication 9h30 - 10h15 Chris Jarrold Pretend play in autism: mentalistic, executive, and sociocultural explanations 10h15 - 11h00 Melissa Allen Symbolic understanding in Autism Spectrum Disorder 11h00-11h30 Coffee Break 11h30 - 13h00 Chairman Carole Tardif Symbolic aptitudes, language and communication - cont'ed 11h30 - 12h15 Mary Annick Morel Conversing with people with high-functioning autism: Intonational and enonciative properties. 12h15 - 13h00 Tom Muskett Re-examining language and communication in autism in context 13h00 -14h30 Lunch 14h30- 16h00 Chairman Bernadette Rog? Language, Communication and implicit Theory of Mind 14h30 ? 15h15 Marie-H?l?ne Plumet et Edy Veneziano Typical and atypical communicative functioning in everyday interactional settings 15h15 - 16h00 Tony Charman Developmental approaches to early intervention in Autism 16h00 -17h00 Coffee break and Posters (session 2 17h00 - 17h45 Chairman Patricia Prelock Language, Communication and implicit Theory of Mind - cont'ed Helen Tager-Flusberg The origins and early development of language and communication in autism spectrum disorder 17h45 - 18h30 Round Table With Bernard Touati and all the speakers * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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From nick.riches at gmail.com Thu Feb 3 15:00:37 2011 From: nick.riches at gmail.com (Nick Riches) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 07:00:37 -0800 Subject: Postgraduate funding at the University of Newcastle Message-ID: POSTGRADUATE FUNDING, CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE SCIENCES (CRiLLS), NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY CRiLLS is currently advertising the following studentships in linguistics for 2011 entry ? AHRC MA studentship (MA Linguistics and Language Acquisition; MA English Language and Linguistics; MA Linguistics of European Languages; MLitt Linguistics) ? deadline 2 March ? ESRC studentships (Applied Linguistics; Clinical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Language Acquisition/Bilingualism) ? deadline 25 March ? Additionally, a range of bursaries covering most areas of linguistics are available in the Schools of: Modern Languages; English Literature, Language and Linguistics; Education, Communication and Language Sciences For further information about the awards and the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences, see our webpages: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/ http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/postgrad/funding.htm or contact Prof. Florence Myles, Director of CRiLLS (Florence.Myles at newcastle.ac.uk) For further information regarding the ESRC studentships, see: http://www.dur.ac.uk/socialsciences.health/postgraduate/funding/esrc/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From g.morgan at city.ac.uk Thu Feb 3 16:36:07 2011 From: g.morgan at city.ac.uk (Gary Morgan) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:36:07 -0800 Subject: Research post: early child language development London UK Message-ID: We have a new post looking at sign, gesture and spoken language development. Language development in the multi-modal child Based in the Department of Language and Communication Science, City University London, and the ESRC Research Centre DCAL at UCL, you will carry out research into children?s language development. This research continues from our group?s work on language acquisition in deaf children (e.g. Morgan & Woll, 2002). The research assistant will work within our team and focus on two specific topics: 1. Integration of Different Communication Channels in language development. In face-to-face communication different channels are used (for speakers: speech with face and hand gestures; for signers: signs with face, mouth and hand gestures). In the project we ask how deaf and hearing children at the start of language development and both their deaf or hearing parents use information available in gesture and face-to-face interactions to express early object and action concepts. How do early verb predicates emerge from multi-modal communication? 2. Iconic properties of sign language input. In this research we aim to collect naturalistic and experimental data from children acquiring BSL as a native language (from deaf signing parents). We plan to look specifically at domains of knowledge that may be more directly embodied, such as learning words referring to body actions. Specifically we will target ?child directed signing? and investigate whether deaf adults draw attention to iconic properties of objects and actions and how this information influences language development. Responsibilities ? To recruit a sample of 1-3 year old deaf and hearing children ? To lead on the collection of data on naturalistic sign and spoken language development ? To assist in the development of experimental methods including eye tracking and visual world paradigms ? To lead on the running of testing children?s processing of iconicity in sign and gesture ? To transcribe and code naturalistic sign and spoken language data from video ? To maintain a data base of children and families ? To regularly back up and archive research data appropriately ? To work with more senior researchers in the team to prepare data for statistical analyses using SPSS ? To support the team in the presentation of research findings to relevant forums including academics and stakeholders in the community Person Specification ? First degree or postgraduate degree in Psychology, Linguistics or related discipline ? Evidence of study or previous research into language acquisition ? Advanced knowledge of British Sign Language (minimum level 2 BSL) ? Demonstrable interest in the study of sign language and/or gesture ? Experience of working in a research project on child development ? Knowledge of statistics ? Awareness of the British Deaf community and organisations which support young deaf children and their families ? Good communication skills in written and face to face situations ? A supportive team player Duration: 24 months full-time Closing date: 23 February 2011 For more information and to apply, click on the link below. http://www2.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_cityuniversity01.asp For informal enquiries please contact Gary Morgan g.morgan at city.ac.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From eikokotani at mac.com Fri Feb 4 01:04:56 2011 From: eikokotani at mac.com (Otani Eiko) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 10:04:56 +0900 Subject: Research post: early child language development London UK In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Sorry, I sent my personal mail to the list. Eiko On 2011/02/04, at 10:03, Otani Eiko wrote: > Susan, > > Kazu has no problem picking you up at Itami. So, please do not worry about it. > Also, if you go to Tokyo from Osaka, take a Shinkansen. Last time, you went to Tokyo via Nagoya. That's why we took yo to that train station. > I have no plan on Monday, so I will take you to Shin-Osaka to catch a Shinkansen. > > My mom already knows that you are coming to Osaka and is looking forward to seeing you. You must use Japanese, though. > > Was Jim in Tokyo? > > See you soon. > > Eiko > > > > On 2011/02/04, at 1:36, Gary Morgan wrote: > >> We have a new post looking at sign, gesture and spoken language >> development. >> >> Language development in the multi-modal child >> >> Based in the Department of Language and Communication Science, City >> University London, and the ESRC Research Centre DCAL at UCL, you will >> carry out research into children?s language development. >> >> This research continues from our group?s work on language acquisition >> in deaf children (e.g. Morgan & Woll, 2002). The research assistant >> will work within our team and focus on two specific topics: >> >> 1. Integration of Different Communication Channels in language >> development. In face-to-face communication different channels are used >> (for speakers: speech with face and hand gestures; for signers: signs >> with face, mouth and hand gestures). In the project we ask how deaf >> and hearing children at the start of language development and both >> their deaf or hearing parents use information available in gesture and >> face-to-face interactions to express early object and action concepts. >> How do early verb predicates emerge from multi-modal communication? >> >> 2. Iconic properties of sign language input. In this research we aim >> to collect naturalistic and experimental data from children acquiring >> BSL as a native language (from deaf signing parents). We plan to look >> specifically at domains of knowledge that may be more directly >> embodied, such as learning words referring to body actions. >> Specifically we will target ?child directed signing? and investigate >> whether deaf adults draw attention to iconic properties of objects and >> actions and how this information influences language development. >> >> Responsibilities >> >> ? To recruit a sample of 1-3 year old deaf and hearing children >> ? To lead on the collection of data on naturalistic sign and spoken >> language development >> ? To assist in the development of experimental methods including eye >> tracking and visual world paradigms >> ? To lead on the running of testing children?s processing of >> iconicity in sign and gesture >> ? To transcribe and code naturalistic sign and spoken language data >> from video >> ? To maintain a data base of children and families >> ? To regularly back up and archive research data appropriately >> ? To work with more senior researchers in the team to prepare data >> for statistical analyses using SPSS >> ? To support the team in the presentation of research findings to >> relevant forums including academics and stakeholders in the community >> >> Person Specification >> >> ? First degree or postgraduate degree in Psychology, Linguistics or >> related discipline >> ? Evidence of study or previous research into language acquisition >> ? Advanced knowledge of British Sign Language (minimum level 2 BSL) >> ? Demonstrable interest in the study of sign language and/or gesture >> ? Experience of working in a research project on child development >> ? Knowledge of statistics >> ? Awareness of the British Deaf community and organisations which >> support young deaf children and their families >> ? Good communication skills in written and face to face situations >> ? A supportive team player >> >> Duration: 24 months full-time >> Closing date: 23 February 2011 >> >> For more information and to apply, click on the link below. >> >> http://www2.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_cityuniversity01.asp >> >> For informal enquiries please contact Gary Morgan g.morgan at city.ac.uk >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From eikokotani at mac.com Fri Feb 4 01:03:39 2011 From: eikokotani at mac.com (Otani Eiko) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 10:03:39 +0900 Subject: Research post: early child language development London UK In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Susan, Kazu has no problem picking you up at Itami. So, please do not worry about it. Also, if you go to Tokyo from Osaka, take a Shinkansen. Last time, you went to Tokyo via Nagoya. That's why we took yo to that train station. I have no plan on Monday, so I will take you to Shin-Osaka to catch a Shinkansen. My mom already knows that you are coming to Osaka and is looking forward to seeing you. You must use Japanese, though. Was Jim in Tokyo? See you soon. Eiko On 2011/02/04, at 1:36, Gary Morgan wrote: > We have a new post looking at sign, gesture and spoken language > development. > > Language development in the multi-modal child > > Based in the Department of Language and Communication Science, City > University London, and the ESRC Research Centre DCAL at UCL, you will > carry out research into children?s language development. > > This research continues from our group?s work on language acquisition > in deaf children (e.g. Morgan & Woll, 2002). The research assistant > will work within our team and focus on two specific topics: > > 1. Integration of Different Communication Channels in language > development. In face-to-face communication different channels are used > (for speakers: speech with face and hand gestures; for signers: signs > with face, mouth and hand gestures). In the project we ask how deaf > and hearing children at the start of language development and both > their deaf or hearing parents use information available in gesture and > face-to-face interactions to express early object and action concepts. > How do early verb predicates emerge from multi-modal communication? > > 2. Iconic properties of sign language input. In this research we aim > to collect naturalistic and experimental data from children acquiring > BSL as a native language (from deaf signing parents). We plan to look > specifically at domains of knowledge that may be more directly > embodied, such as learning words referring to body actions. > Specifically we will target ?child directed signing? and investigate > whether deaf adults draw attention to iconic properties of objects and > actions and how this information influences language development. > > Responsibilities > > ? To recruit a sample of 1-3 year old deaf and hearing children > ? To lead on the collection of data on naturalistic sign and spoken > language development > ? To assist in the development of experimental methods including eye > tracking and visual world paradigms > ? To lead on the running of testing children?s processing of > iconicity in sign and gesture > ? To transcribe and code naturalistic sign and spoken language data > from video > ? To maintain a data base of children and families > ? To regularly back up and archive research data appropriately > ? To work with more senior researchers in the team to prepare data > for statistical analyses using SPSS > ? To support the team in the presentation of research findings to > relevant forums including academics and stakeholders in the community > > Person Specification > > ? First degree or postgraduate degree in Psychology, Linguistics or > related discipline > ? Evidence of study or previous research into language acquisition > ? Advanced knowledge of British Sign Language (minimum level 2 BSL) > ? Demonstrable interest in the study of sign language and/or gesture > ? Experience of working in a research project on child development > ? Knowledge of statistics > ? Awareness of the British Deaf community and organisations which > support young deaf children and their families > ? Good communication skills in written and face to face situations > ? A supportive team player > > Duration: 24 months full-time > Closing date: 23 February 2011 > > For more information and to apply, click on the link below. > > http://www2.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_cityuniversity01.asp > > For informal enquiries please contact Gary Morgan g.morgan at city.ac.uk > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From susan at commercialfreechildhood.org Fri Feb 4 13:58:46 2011 From: susan at commercialfreechildhood.org (Susan Linn) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:58:46 -0500 Subject: Screen-Free Week In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On April 18-24, children around the world will celebrate Screen-Free Week (formerly TV-Turnoff) by turning off televisions, computers, and video games and turning on the world around them. Given the links between excessive screen time, and poor school performance I am hoping that your organizations or institutions will support, promote, and participate in the week. On average, preschool children spend over four and a half hours a day consuming screen media [1], while older children spend over 7 hours a day [2]. Excessive screen time is linked to a number of problems for children, including childhood obesity [3], poor school performance [4], attention span issues [5], and psychological difficulties [6]. And it's primarily through screens that children are exposed to harmful marketing [7]. That's why interventions like Screen-Free Week - which get children actively playing with peers and spending quality time with their families - are more important than ever. Reduced screen time can help prevent childhood obesity [8] and lead to better school and health outcomes [9]. Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) is proud to be the new official home of Screen-Free Week. When TV-Turnoff's former home, the Center for Screen Time Awareness, closed its doors, the board unanimously chose CCFC to continue their important work of helping families discover alternatives to screen time. At its heart, Screen-Free Week has always been a collaborative effort that relies on the endorsement of prominent organizations. There are a number of ways to get involved in this year's week; please check what you are willing to do. ___ Please list my organization (me) as an official endorser of Screen-Free Week 2011 ___ I (or someone from my organization) will give a quote in support of Screen-Free Week to be used in promotional and press materials. ___ We will include information about Screen-Free Week in an e-blast or newsletter to our constituents. (CCFC is happy to provide text for any announcements). ___ We will promote Screen-Free Week to our constituents on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Please let me know by February 17 if your organization is willing to be an active participant in this year's Screen-Free Week. And if you have any questions, feel free to contact me. For more information about participation please visit www.screenfree.org. Sincerely, Susan Linn Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 403 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/ [1] The Nielsen Company (2009). TV viewing among kids at an eight-year high. Retrieved July 19, 2010 from http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/tv-viewing-among-kids-at-an-eight-year- high/. [2] Rideout, V.J., Foehr, U.G., Roberts, D.F. (2010). Generation M2: Media in the lives of 8- to 18-Year Olds. Kaiser Family Foundation. [3] Danner, FW. A national longitudinal study of the association of hours of TV viewing and the trajectory of BMI growth among U.S. children.(2008). Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 33(10), 1100-1107. [4] Pagani, L, Fitzpatrick, C, Barnett, TA, & Dubow, E. (2010). Prospective associations between early childhood television exposure and academic, psychosocial, and physical well-being by middle childhood. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 164(5), 425-431. [5] Swing, EL,Gentile DA, Anderson CA, Walsh DA. (2010). Television and video game exposure and the development of attention problems. Pediatrics. 126(2), 214-221. [6] Page, AS, Cooper, AR, Griew, P, Jago, R. (2010). Children's screen viewing is related to psychological difficulties irrespective of physical activity. Pediatrics. 126(5), 1011-1017. [7] Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics Staff Report. (2007, June 1). Children's Exposure to TV Advertising in 1977 and 2004. Holt, DJ, Ippolito, PM, Desrochers, DM & Kelley, CR, p.9. [8] Epstein LH, Roemmich JN, Robinson JL, Paluch RA, Winiewicz DD, Fuerch JH, Robinson TN. (2008). A Randomized trial of the effects of reducing television viewing and computer use on body mass index in young children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 162(3):239-45. [9] Mistry KB, Minkovitz CS, Strobino, DM, Borzekowski, DLG. (2007). Children's television exposure and behavioral and social outcomes at 5.5 years: Does timing of exposure matter? Pediatrics, 120, 762-769. ________________________________ Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 405 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 www.commercialfreechildhood.org -----Original Message----- From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nick Riches Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:01 AM To: Info-CHILDES Subject: Postgraduate funding at the University of Newcastle POSTGRADUATE FUNDING, CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE SCIENCES (CRiLLS), NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY CRiLLS is currently advertising the following studentships in linguistics for 2011 entry * AHRC MA studentship (MA Linguistics and Language Acquisition; MA English Language and Linguistics; MA Linguistics of European Languages; MLitt Linguistics) - deadline 2 March * ESRC studentships (Applied Linguistics; Clinical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Language Acquisition/Bilingualism) - deadline 25 March * Additionally, a range of bursaries covering most areas of linguistics are available in the Schools of: Modern Languages; English Literature, Language and Linguistics; Education, Communication and Language Sciences For further information about the awards and the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences, see our webpages: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/ http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/postgrad/funding.htm or contact Prof. Florence Myles, Director of CRiLLS (Florence.Myles at newcastle.ac.uk) For further information regarding the ESRC studentships, see: http://www.dur.ac.uk/socialsciences.health/postgraduate/funding/esrc/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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From jean.berko.gleason at gmail.com Fri Feb 4 18:19:35 2011 From: jean.berko.gleason at gmail.com (Jean Berko Gleason) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:19:35 -0500 Subject: NOVA | show on animal intelligence, parrot language, etc. Message-ID: NOVA will be airing a program on animal intelligence on PBS on Wednesday, February 9 at 8 p.m. (new time!) It includes a segment on language in the African grey parrot. Apologies if this is a repeat, but I may have given out the old, later, time previously. Cheers, Jean Berko Gleason Here's a link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/profile-irene-pepperberg.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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Best wishes to all, Henri Cohen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From aliyah.morgenstern at gmail.com Mon Feb 7 20:39:17 2011 From: aliyah.morgenstern at gmail.com (Aliyah MORGENSTERN) Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 21:39:17 +0100 Subject: LCM 5 Lisbon Message-ID: First Notification Fifth International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind The Fifth International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind (LCM V) will be held on 27-29 June 2012 at the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon. It will be preceded by a Young Researchers Workshop on 26 June 2012 (same venue), in which young researchers will present their ongoing dissertation projects and current work. The goals of LCM conferences are to contribute to situating the study of language in a contemporary interdisciplinary dialogue (involving philosophy, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, semiotics and other related fields), and to promote a better integration of cognitive and cultural perspectives in empirical and theoretical studies of language. http://www.salc-sssk.org/lcm/ The theme for LCM V is Integrating Semiotic Resources in Communication and Creativity Plenary speakers: ? Nick Enfield, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen http://www.mpi.nl/people/enfield-nick ? Cynthia Lightfoot, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University http://www.brandywine.psu.edu/Academics/faculty_cgl3.htm ? Dan Slobin, Departments of Psychology and Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/people/person_detail.php?person=35 ? Beata Stawarska, Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon http://pages.uoregon.edu/uophil/faculty/profiles/stawarsk/ ? Sherman Wilcox, Department of Linguistics, University of New Mexico http://web.mac.com/swilcox/UNM/Welcome.html The deadline for abstract submission will be Dec 15, 2011. Detailed instructions for abstract submission and online registration for both LCM V and the LCM V Young Researchers Workshop will be included in the First Call for Papers that will be issued shortly. Important dates ? Deadline for abstract submission: 15 Dec 2011 ? Notification of acceptance: 15 Feb 2012 ? Last date for early registration: 1 Mar 2012 ? Last date for registration: 1 May 2012 ? Final program publication: 15 May 2012 The International LCM organizing committee ? Alan Cienki, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Language and Communication ? Barbara Fultner, Denison University, Philosophy ? John Lucy, University of Chicago, Comparative Human Development and Psychology ? 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(pr?sentation/formation) autour des outils CHILDES/PhonBank. Est-ce que c'est toujours d'actualit?? Merci de me tenir au courant, ou de me dire si je dois faire quelque chose dans ce sens. Tr?s cordialement, Yvan On 2011-02-07, at 00:36, IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > If you are a responsible author presenting a poster or giving a > symposium talk this coming July, in Montreal, it is essential that you > register online (iascl2011.org) by February 15, 2011. It is important > for us to know who shall be attending the IASCL 2011 conference so > that we can start on the scientific program and schedule. > > Other delegates can also register online and the deadline for early > registration is March 1, 2011. > > Best wishes to all, > > Henri Cohen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From reilly1 at mail.sdsu.edu Tue Feb 8 22:36:00 2011 From: reilly1 at mail.sdsu.edu (Judy Reilly) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 14:36:00 -0800 Subject: IASCL 2011: Reminder - Registrati=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=8Bon_?=deadline for symposium and poster presenters In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Henri, In response to your note, I am very much planning to come to IASCL, but unfortunately my student, Jun Kurizaki O'Hara must return to Japan for family reasons and she is first author on our paper, Spoken and Written Narratives in English and French Speaking Children with Language Impairment which appears in my symposium, s- linguLanguage and Literacy Development through Childhood and Adolescence: Cross- Linguistic and Cross-modal Perspectives on Complex Syntax. So our plan is for me to present the paper instead of Jun. Otherwise all the participants are planning on attending and we are looking forward to discovering Montreal together. With warm regards, Judy I t Judy Reilly Professor, Psychology San Diego State University 6330 Alvarado Ct Suit 208 San Diego, CA 92120 619-594-2840 On Feb 6, 2011, at 8:06 PM, IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > If you are a responsible author presenting a poster or giving a > symposium talk this coming July, in Montreal, it is essential that you > register online (iascl2011.org) by February 15, 2011. It is important > for us to know who shall be attending the IASCL 2011 conference so > that we can start on the scientific program and schedule. > > Other delegates can also register online and the deadline for early > registration is March 1, 2011. > > Best wishes to all, > > Henri Cohen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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Otherwise all the participants are planning on attending and we are looking forward to discovering Montreal together. > With warm regards, > Judy > I t > Judy Reilly > Professor, Psychology > San Diego State University > 6330 Alvarado Ct Suit 208 > San Diego, CA 92120 > 619-594-2840 > > > > > > On Feb 6, 2011, at 8:06 PM, IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor wrote: > >> Dear colleagues, >> >> If you are a responsible author presenting a poster or giving a >> symposium talk this coming July, in Montreal, it is essential that you >> register online (iascl2011.org) by February 15, 2011. It is important >> for us to know who shall be attending the IASCL 2011 conference so >> that we can start on the scientific program and schedule. >> >> Other delegates can also register online and the deadline for early >> registration is March 1, 2011. >> >> Best wishes to all, >> >> Henri Cohen >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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From aviya3 at gmail.com Wed Feb 9 14:15:43 2011 From: aviya3 at gmail.com (aviya) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 Subject: Videos of children with SLI Message-ID: Hello all, I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're willing to share? Thanks in advance, Aviya Hacohen Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva, 84105 Israel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk Wed Feb 9 14:34:07 2011 From: k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk (Katie Alcock) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:34:07 +0000 Subject: Videos of children with SLI In-Reply-To: <0f89882a-1950-4657-a344-b410985b463f@k18g2000vbq.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk Katie Alcock Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol Lecturer Department of Psychology University of Lancaster Fylde College Lancaster LA1 4YF Tel 01524 593833 Fax 01524 593744 Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html > From: aviya > Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 (PST) > To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Subject: Videos of children with SLI > > Hello all, > > I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the > students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. > Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're > willing to share? > > Thanks in advance, > > Aviya Hacohen > Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics > Ben-Gurion University of the Negev > Beer Sheva, 84105 > Israel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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(attr to Billy Graham) -----Original Message----- From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Katie Alcock Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2011 3:34 a.m. To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Videos of children with SLI There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk Katie Alcock Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol Lecturer Department of Psychology University of Lancaster Fylde College Lancaster LA1 4YF Tel 01524 593833 Fax 01524 593744 Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html > From: aviya > Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 (PST) > To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Subject: Videos of children with SLI > > Hello all, > > I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the > students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. > Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're > willing to share? > > Thanks in advance, > > Aviya Hacohen > Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics > Ben-Gurion University of the Negev > Beer Sheva, 84105 > Israel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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Call for Tutorials and Special Sessions IEEE CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, AND EPIGENETIC ROBOTICS IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2011 Frankfurt am Main, Germany August 24-27, 2011 www.icdl-epirob.org == Conference description The past decade has seen the emergence of a new scientific field that studies how intelligent biological and artificial systems develop sensorimotor, cognitive and social abilities, over extended periods of time, through dynamic interactions of their brain and body with their physical and social environments. This field lies at the intersection of a number of scientific and engineering disciplines including Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Computational Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, and Philosophy. Various terms have been associated with this new field such as Autonomous Mental Development, Epigenetic Robotics, Developmental Robotics, etc., and several scientific meetings have been established. The two most prominent conferences of this field, the International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL) and the International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EpiRob), are now joining forces and invite submissions for a joint meeting in 2011, to explore and extend the interdisciplinary boundaries of this field. == Keynote speakers Andrew Barto, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Jean Mandler (overview talk), University of California, San Diego Erin Schuman, Max Planck Insitute for Brain Research, Framkfurt am Main Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig == Call for papers We invite submissions for this exciting window into the future of developmental sciences. Submissions which establish novel links between brain, behavior and computation are particularly encouraged. == Topics of interest include ? but are not limited to: ? The development and emergence of perceptual, motor, cognitive, emotional, social, and communicational skills in biological systems and robots ? General principles of development and learning ? Neural and behavioral plasticity ? Grounding of knowledge and development of representations ? Biologically inspired architectures for cognitive development and open-ended development ? Models of emotionally driven behavior ? Mechanisms of intrinsic motivation, exploration and play ? Embodied cognition: Foundations and applications ? Social development in humans and robots ? Use of robots in applied settings such as autism therapy ? Epistemological approaches to Epigenetic / Developmental Robotics == Submissions will be accepted in two categories: Full six-page papers: Accepted manuscripts will be included in the conference proceedings published by IEEE. They will be selected for either an oral presentation or a featured poster presentation at the conference; featured posters will have a 1 minute "teaser" presentation as part of the main conference session. For articles requiring more than six pages, up to two additional pages may be submitted at an extra charge. Two-page poster abstracts: The aim of this format is to encourage dissemination of late-breaking results or work that is not sufficiently mature for a full paper. These submissions will NOT be included in the conference proceedings (but the short abstracts will appear online at Frontiers in Neurorobotics http://www.frontiersin.org/neurorobotics/about). Accepted abstracts will be presented during the evening poster sessions. Manuscripts should be submitted through the online conference management system, available at the conference website www.icdl-epirob.org. For the paper preparation, follow the instructions at the conference website. == Call for tutorials We invite experts in different areas to organize a 3-hour tutorial, which will be held on the first day of the conference. Participants in tutorials are asked to register for the main conference as well. Tutorials are meant to provide insights into specific topics as well as overviews that will inform the interdisciplinary audience about the state-of-the-art in child development, neuroscience, robotics, or any of the other disciplines represented at the conference. Submissions (max. two pages) should be sent no later than March 15th to Katharina Rohlfing (kjr at uni-bielefeld.de) and Ian Fasel (ianfasel at cs.arizona.edu) including: - Title of tutorial - Tutorial speaker(s), including short CVs; - Concept of the tutorial; target audience or prerequisites. All proposals submitted will be subjected to a review process. == Call for special sessions A special session will be an opportunity to present a topic in depth, for which format a slot of 1.5 hours will be offered. Special session organizers are invited to submit (1) a summary (250 words) describing the topic, purpose and target audience of the session as well as (2) abstracts of papers (each 250 words) that will constitute the group of presentations. It is suggested that a special session includes three oral presentations to allow for sufficient presentation and discussion time. A discussant (from another discipline) may be added to the special session. Tutorial and Special Session proposals should be sent no later than March 15th to Katharina Rohlfing (kjr at uni-bielefeld.de) and Ian Fasel (ianfasel at cs.arizona.edu). All proposals submitted will be subjected to a review process. == Important dates Abstract and Paper Submission Deadline: March 28, 2011 Notification Due: May 16, 2011 Final Version Due: June 20, 2011 Conference: August, 24?27, 2011 == Child-care For families, child-care services will be provided. Please contact Katharina Rohlfing (kjr at uni-bielefeld.de) concerning your interest in child-care services by the end of May. The detailed organization will be planned according to the needs. Matthew Schlesinger Brain and Cognitive Sciences Program Department of Psychology Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Southern Illinois University Carbondale http://matthew.siuc.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From yrose at mun.ca Thu Feb 10 13:37:07 2011 From: yrose at mun.ca (Yvan Rose) Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:07:07 -0330 Subject: IASCL 2011: Reminder - Registrati=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=8Bon_?=deadline for symposium and poster presenters In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear everyone, My apologies for mistakenly sending a personal message to the list a few days ago. Yvan On 2011-02-07, at 00:36, IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > If you are a responsible author presenting a poster or giving a > symposium talk this coming July, in Montreal, it is essential that you > register online (iascl2011.org) by February 15, 2011. It is important > for us to know who shall be attending the IASCL 2011 conference so > that we can start on the scientific program and schedule. > > Other delegates can also register online and the deadline for early > registration is March 1, 2011. > > Best wishes to all, > > Henri Cohen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From shazunazir at gmail.com Fri Feb 11 06:39:08 2011 From: shazunazir at gmail.com (shazu nazir) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:09:08 +0530 Subject: Abridged summary of info-childes@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 2 Topics In-Reply-To: <485b397dd7732ac5bb049bed64ff@google.com> Message-ID: hello all i m doing my research in child language acquisition.does anyone have video files,or audio files or questionare to share On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 6:46 PM, wrote: > ? Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes/topics > > IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2011: Call for Papers, Tutorials, Special Sessions [1 > Update] > Videos of children with SLI [3 Updates] > > ?Topic: IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2011: Call for Papers, Tutorials, Special Sessions > > Matthew Feb 09 04:55PM -0800 ^ > > Call for Papers ? Call for Tutorials and Special Sessions > > IEEE CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, AND EPIGENETIC ROBOTICS > IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2011 > > Frankfurt am Main, Germany more... > > ?Topic: Videos of children with SLI > > aviya Feb 09 06:15AM -0800 ^ > > Hello all, > > I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the > students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. > Does anyone have any files in English or in more... > > Katie Alcock Feb 09 02:34PM ^ > > There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training > system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk > > Katie Alcock > > > Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol > Lecturer > Department of Psychology more... > > Linda Hand Feb 10 09:51AM +1300 ^ > > It seems these are only available on subscription, and only if you are > resident in the UK. > > Linda Hand, PhD. > Senior Lecturer, Speech Sciences Programme, Department of Psychology, > more... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From macw at cmu.edu Fri Feb 11 16:18:33 2011 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:18:33 -0500 Subject: Abridged summary of info-childes@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 2 Topics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Shazu, You can find many video and audio files from children and their caretakers in the CHILDES database at http://childes.psy.cmu.edu. If you can't find what you need there, perhaps you could post a note regarding something specific that you are looking for. --Brian MacWhinney, CMU On Feb 11, 2011, at 1:39 AM, shazu nazir wrote: > hello all > i m doing my research in child language acquisition.does anyone have > video files,or audio files or questionare to share -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From shazunazir at gmail.com Sat Feb 12 13:27:51 2011 From: shazunazir at gmail.com (shazu nazir) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:57:51 +0530 Subject: Abridged summary of info-childes@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic In-Reply-To: <00151750e54ab7b400049c1526ed@google.com> Message-ID: hello all well i m loking for video or audio files of children in the age group of 4 to7. On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:12 PM, wrote: > ? Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes/topics > > Abridged summary of info-childes at googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 2 Topics > [1 Update] > > ?Topic: Abridged summary of info-childes at googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 2 > Topics > > Brian MacWhinney Feb 11 11:18AM -0500 ^ > > Dear Shazu, > > You can find many video and audio files from children and their caretakers > in the CHILDES database at http://childes.psy.cmu.edu. > If you can't find what you need there, perhaps more... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From odonnka1 at gmail.com Sat Feb 12 20:10:47 2011 From: odonnka1 at gmail.com (Katherine O'Donnell) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:10:47 -0700 Subject: IRB Needed for Writing Papers on CHILDES database info? Message-ID: Hi everyone, I'm very excited about both CLAN and the databases of CHIlDES. I hope to use CLAN as a tool for research and contribute my own corpus of data, bilingual children attending a school. I have a few questions... 1) Is this just for observational data, or is there any interest in collecting interview data, too? I plan to conduct interviews with parents and students, and I wonder whether this would be of interest as a part of the database. 2) I assume many have gotten IRB approval to have data in this database. Is there a way to keep it under a password, accessible to only certain people in academia? Does it need to be on the consent/assent forms that the participants sign? 3) Also, are we allowed to use the data that is already on the database, or would we need to go through IRB? Thanks, Katie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From macw at cmu.edu Sat Feb 12 21:35:59 2011 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:35:59 -0500 Subject: IRB Needed for Writing Papers on CHILDES database info? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Katie, These are, of course, important questions. There is a discussion of these issues in some web pages that you can reach from the CHILDES home page by clicking on the second button on the page titled "Guidelines for Contributors". You will probablly want to read all of this, particularly the "OPTIONS summary". Interview data are typically less interesting than adult-child interactions. However, several databases in CHILDES include this. It is particularly nice to have this type of material when it is clearly separated out from the interactional data. In that case, it can be used a baseline for some comparisons and sometimes the interview itself has interesting material. Yes password protection is definitely possible. However, it complicates life for the user. So, unless there is something really embarrassing in the interaction, most contributors have opted to avoid password protection. The level of access you are requesting should be clearly stated in the consent forms. There is no need to go through an IRB to use data in the database. -- Brian MacWhinney On Feb 12, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Katherine O'Donnell wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm very excited about both CLAN and the databases of CHIlDES. I hope to use CLAN as a tool for research and contribute my own corpus of data, bilingual children attending a school. > > I have a few questions... > > 1) Is this just for observational data, or is there any interest in collecting interview data, too? I plan to conduct interviews with parents and students, and I wonder whether this would be of interest as a part of the database. > > 2) I assume many have gotten IRB approval to have data in this database. Is there a way to keep it under a password, accessible to only certain people in academia? Does it need to be on the consent/assent forms that the participants sign? > > 3) Also, are we allowed to use the data that is already on the database, or would we need to go through IRB? > > Thanks, > Katie > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From editor.iascl.clbulletin at gmail.com Mon Feb 14 04:57:09 2011 From: editor.iascl.clbulletin at gmail.com (IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:57:09 -0800 Subject: IASCL 2011: Early Registration deadline EXTENDED to 5 March 2011 Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I have received a number of requests from colleagues in the Southern hemisphere asking me to extend the deadline for early registration (as it is summer vacation down under). In view of this, the early registration is extended for ALL to 5 March 2011. Best wishes to all, Henri Cohen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk Mon Feb 14 10:28:14 2011 From: k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk (Katie Alcock) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:14 +0000 Subject: Videos of children with SLI In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Actually, though they are available only on subscription, this is something that an institution should be paying for in order for its students to have access to patient videos. The Patsy hosts are happy for institutions outside the UK to consider becoming a mirror site - they are just not able to provide subscriptions overseas without this because of bandwidth issues. (I'm not affiliated with them, but find the service helpful for my students, which is why our department pays the subscription). Katie Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol Lecturer Department of Psychology University of Lancaster Fylde College Lancaster LA1 4YF Tel 01524 593833 Fax 01524 593744 Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html > From: Linda Hand > Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:51:14 +1300 > To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Subject: RE: Videos of children with SLI > > It seems these are only available on subscription, and only if you are > resident in the UK. > > Linda Hand, PhD. > Senior Lecturer, Speech Sciences Programme, Department of Psychology, > The University of Auckland. > Tamaki campus, Morrin Rd, Tamaki. > > Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. > ph +64 + 9 373 7599 x 88735 > Fax +64+9 373 7902. > A keen sense of humor helps us overlook the unbecoming, understand the > unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected and outlast > the unbearable. (attr to Billy Graham) > > -----Original Message----- > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Katie Alcock > Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2011 3:34 a.m. > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Videos of children with SLI > > There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training > system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk > > Katie Alcock > > > Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol > Lecturer > Department of Psychology > University of Lancaster > Fylde College > Lancaster LA1 4YF > Tel 01524 593833 > Fax 01524 593744 > Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html > >> From: aviya >> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 (PST) >> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >> Subject: Videos of children with SLI >> >> Hello all, >> >> I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the >> students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. >> Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're >> willing to share? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Aviya Hacohen >> Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics >> Ben-Gurion University of the Negev >> Beer Sheva, 84105 >> Israel >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From macw at cmu.edu Mon Feb 14 15:28:49 2011 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:49 -0500 Subject: Videos of children with SLI In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Katie, My understanding was that Patsy was limited to UK access because of some other considerations. If bandwidth is the issue, then shouldn't we be able to mirror through CHILDES? I can explore this, but my understanding was that the issue was not bandwidth alone. -- Brian MacWhinney On Feb 14, 2011, at 5:28 AM, Katie Alcock wrote: > Actually, though they are available only on subscription, this is something > that an institution should be paying for in order for its students to have > access to patient videos. > > The Patsy hosts are happy for institutions outside the UK to consider > becoming a mirror site - they are just not able to provide subscriptions > overseas without this because of bandwidth issues. > > (I'm not affiliated with them, but find the service helpful for my students, > which is why our department pays the subscription). > > Katie > > Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol > Lecturer > Department of Psychology > University of Lancaster > Fylde College > Lancaster LA1 4YF > Tel 01524 593833 > Fax 01524 593744 > Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html > > > >> From: Linda Hand >> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:51:14 +1300 >> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >> Subject: RE: Videos of children with SLI >> >> It seems these are only available on subscription, and only if you are >> resident in the UK. >> >> Linda Hand, PhD. >> Senior Lecturer, Speech Sciences Programme, Department of Psychology, >> The University of Auckland. >> Tamaki campus, Morrin Rd, Tamaki. >> >> Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. >> ph +64 + 9 373 7599 x 88735 >> Fax +64+9 373 7902. >> A keen sense of humor helps us overlook the unbecoming, understand the >> unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected and outlast >> the unbearable. (attr to Billy Graham) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Katie Alcock >> Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2011 3:34 a.m. >> To: info-childes at googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Videos of children with SLI >> >> There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training >> system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk >> >> Katie Alcock >> >> >> Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol >> Lecturer >> Department of Psychology >> University of Lancaster >> Fylde College >> Lancaster LA1 4YF >> Tel 01524 593833 >> Fax 01524 593744 >> Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html >> >>> From: aviya >>> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 (PST) >>> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>> Subject: Videos of children with SLI >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the >>> students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. >>> Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're >>> willing to share? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> Aviya Hacohen >>> Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics >>> Ben-Gurion University of the Negev >>> Beer Sheva, 84105 >>> Israel >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk Mon Feb 14 16:18:43 2011 From: k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk (Katie Alcock) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:18:43 +0000 Subject: Videos of children with SLI In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On their website they say it's bandwidth http://www.patsy.ac.uk/subscribe.html at bottom http://www.patsy.ac.uk/call.html > From: Brian MacWhinney > Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:49 -0500 > To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" > Subject: Re: Videos of children with SLI > > Dear Katie, > > My understanding was that Patsy was limited to UK access because of some > other > considerations. If bandwidth is the issue, then shouldn't we be able to > mirror through CHILDES? > I can explore this, but my understanding was that the issue was not bandwidth > alone. > > -- Brian MacWhinney > > On Feb 14, 2011, at 5:28 AM, Katie Alcock wrote: > >> Actually, though they are available only on subscription, this is something >> that an institution should be paying for in order for its students to have >> access to patient videos. >> >> The Patsy hosts are happy for institutions outside the UK to consider >> becoming a mirror site - they are just not able to provide subscriptions >> overseas without this because of bandwidth issues. >> >> (I'm not affiliated with them, but find the service helpful for my students, >> which is why our department pays the subscription). >> >> Katie >> >> Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol >> Lecturer >> Department of Psychology >> University of Lancaster >> Fylde College >> Lancaster LA1 4YF >> Tel 01524 593833 >> Fax 01524 593744 >> Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html >> >> >> >>> From: Linda Hand >>> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:51:14 +1300 >>> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>> Subject: RE: Videos of children with SLI >>> >>> It seems these are only available on subscription, and only if you are >>> resident in the UK. >>> >>> Linda Hand, PhD. >>> Senior Lecturer, Speech Sciences Programme, Department of Psychology, >>> The University of Auckland. >>> Tamaki campus, Morrin Rd, Tamaki. >>> >>> Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. >>> ph +64 + 9 373 7599 x 88735 >>> Fax +64+9 373 7902. >>> A keen sense of humor helps us overlook the unbecoming, understand the >>> unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected and outlast >>> the unbearable. (attr to Billy Graham) >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] >>> On >>> Behalf Of Katie Alcock >>> Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2011 3:34 a.m. >>> To: info-childes at googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Videos of children with SLI >>> >>> There are a number of videos available on the neuropsychology training >>> system Patsy, details at patsy.ac.uk >>> >>> Katie Alcock >>> >>> >>> Katie Alcock, DPhil, CPsychol >>> Lecturer >>> Department of Psychology >>> University of Lancaster >>> Fylde College >>> Lancaster LA1 4YF >>> Tel 01524 593833 >>> Fax 01524 593744 >>> Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html >>> >>>> From: aviya >>>> Reply-To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>>> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:15:43 -0800 (PST) >>>> To: "info-childes at googlegroups.com" >>>> Subject: Videos of children with SLI >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I'm teaching a course on SLI this semester and would like to show the >>>> students a representative natural speech sample of a child with SLI. >>>> Does anyone have any files in English or in Hebrew that they're >>>> willing to share? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> Aviya Hacohen >>>> Dept. of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics >>>> Ben-Gurion University of the Negev >>>> Beer Sheva, 84105 >>>> Israel >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From mohinish.s at gmail.com Fri Feb 4 14:22:07 2011 From: mohinish.s at gmail.com (Mohinish) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:22:07 -0500 Subject: Screen-Free Week In-Reply-To: <3DD5E4D19004B54BAA6E954038443E8F15983DD8@MAILR016.mail.lan> Message-ID: Hi, I'm wondering - do children do this willingly? Or are they forced by their parents and other elders? Who makes the individual decisions to turn of the tellys? The children or their parents/teachers? (I'm guessing the latter). I'm not certain if such blanket calls for turning off all TVs is fair to the children who perhaps watch just one or two favorite shows a day, but are forced to give that up. It's like if there were an alcohol-free day - which is all well and good, and I'm sure there might be social drinkers who would gladly stand in support. But of course, it will be these social drinkers making the decision, not having the decision made for them by their seniors. Kids have it hard enough with everyone pushing their own agendas onto them; must the solution to the problems that TV creates be to force those children who are not affected to get their TVs, computers and consoles turned off? I hope at least that the final decision in each case is left to the children. It would be interesting to see the statistics. Perhaps we would all be pleasantly surprised :) Mohinish On Feb 4, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Susan Linn wrote: > On April 18-24, children around the world will celebrate Screen-Free > Week (formerly TV-Turnoff) by turning off televisions, computers, > and video games and turning on the world around them. Given the > links between excessive screen time, and poor school performance I > am hoping that your organizations or institutions will support, > promote, and participate in the week. > > On average, preschool children spend over four and a half hours a > day consuming screen media [1], while older children spend over 7 > hours a day [2]. Excessive screen time is linked to a number of > problems for children, including childhood obesity [3], poor school > performance [4], attention span issues [5], and psychological > difficulties [6]. And it?s primarily through screens that children > are exposed to harmful marketing [7]. That?s why interventions like > Screen-Free Week ? which get children actively playing with peers > and spending quality time with their families ? are more important > than ever. Reduced screen time can help prevent childhood obesity > [8] and lead to better school and health outcomes [9]. > > Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) is proud to be the > new official home of Screen-Free Week. When TV-Turnoff?s former > home, the Center for Screen Time Awareness, closed its doors, the > board unanimously chose CCFC to continue their important work of > helping families discover alternatives to screen time. At its > heart, Screen-Free Week has always been a collaborative effort that > relies on the endorsement of prominent organizations. There are a > number of ways to get involved in this year?s week; please check > what you are willing to do. > > ___ Please list my organization (me) as an official endorser of > Screen-Free Week 2011 > > ___ I (or someone from my organization) will give a quote in support > of Screen-Free Week to be used in promotional and press materials. > > ___ We will include information about Screen-Free Week in an e-blast > or newsletter to our constituents. (CCFC is happy to provide text > for any announcements). > > ___ We will promote Screen-Free Week to our constituents on social > media sites like Facebook and Twitter. > > Please let me know by February 17 if your organization is willing to > be an active participant in this year?s Screen-Free Week. And if > you have any questions, feel free to contact me. For more > information about participation please visit www.screenfree.org. > > > Sincerely, > > Susan Linn > > Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free > Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School > > Contact Information: > CCFC > Non-Profit Center > 89 South Street, Suite 403 > Boston, MA 02111 > 617-896-9370 > http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/ > > [1] The Nielsen Company (2009). TV viewing among kids at an eight- > year > high. Retrieved July 19, 2010 from > http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/tv-viewing-among-kids-at-an-eight-year- > high/. > [2] Rideout, V.J., Foehr, U.G., Roberts, D.F. (2010). Generation M2: > Media in the lives of 8- to 18-Year Olds. Kaiser Family Foundation. > [3] Danner, FW. A national longitudinal study of the association of > hours of TV viewing and the trajectory of BMI growth among U.S. > children.(2008). Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 33(10), 1100-1107. > [4] Pagani, L, Fitzpatrick, C, Barnett, TA, & Dubow, E. (2010). > Prospective associations between early childhood television > exposure and > academic, psychosocial, and physical well-being by middle childhood. > Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 164(5), 425-431. > [5] Swing, EL,Gentile DA, Anderson CA, Walsh DA. (2010). Television > and > video game exposure and the development of attention problems. > Pediatrics. 126(2), 214-221. > [6] Page, AS, Cooper, AR, Griew, P, Jago, R. (2010). Children's > screen > viewing is related to psychological difficulties irrespective of > physical activity. Pediatrics. 126(5), 1011-1017. > [7] Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics Staff Report. (2007, > June 1). Children's Exposure to TV Advertising in 1977 and 2004. > Holt, > DJ, Ippolito, PM, Desrochers, DM & Kelley, CR, p.9. > [8] Epstein LH, Roemmich JN, Robinson JL, Paluch RA, Winiewicz DD, > Fuerch JH, Robinson TN. (2008). A Randomized trial of the effects of > reducing television viewing and computer use on body mass index in > young > children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 162(3):239-45. > [9] Mistry KB, Minkovitz CS, Strobino, DM, Borzekowski, DLG. (2007). > Children's television exposure and behavioral and social outcomes > at 5.5 > years: Does timing of exposure matter? Pediatrics, 120, 762-769. > > > > Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free > Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, HarvardMedical School > > Contact Information: > CCFC > Non-Profit Center > 89 South Street, Suite 405 > Boston, MA 02111 > 617-896-9370 > www.commercialfreechildhood.org > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susan at commercialfreechildhood.org Mon Feb 14 20:42:06 2011 From: susan at commercialfreechildhood.org (Susan Linn) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:42:06 -0500 Subject: Screen-Free Week In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Mohinish, You raise some important questions. You can find out more about more details about Screen-Free Week and its philosophy, implementation, as well as a fact sheet citing studies about kids and screens at www.screenfree.org. You can also see a list of SFW's organizational endorsers, which is growing every day and currently includes an interdisciplinary set of organizations across disciplines that represent people working with a wide and diverse spectrum of the U.S. population. SFW is focused on entertainment screen media, and not about talking on cell phones, email, texting, or doing homework on line. An important component of Screen-Free Week is to spend time before hand getting kids on board and encouraging families to make decisions together about what their participation will look like--or whether they want to participate at all. But one thing I wonder, however, is at what age, or level of development, you think that children should be able to call the shots about the amount of time they spend consuming entertainment screen media? Best, Susan Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 405 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 www.commercialfreechildhood.org ________________________________ From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mohinish Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 9:22 AM To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Screen-Free Week Hi, I'm wondering - do children do this willingly? Or are they forced by their parents and other elders? Who makes the individual decisions to turn of the tellys? The children or their parents/teachers? (I'm guessing the latter). I'm not certain if such blanket calls for turning off all TVs is fair to the children who perhaps watch just one or two favorite shows a day, but are forced to give that up. It's like if there were an alcohol-free day - which is all well and good, and I'm sure there might be social drinkers who would gladly stand in support. But of course, it will be these social drinkers making the decision, not having the decision made for them by their seniors. Kids have it hard enough with everyone pushing their own agendas onto them; must the solution to the problems that TV creates be to force those children who are not affected to get their TVs, computers and consoles turned off? I hope at least that the final decision in each case is left to the children. It would be interesting to see the statistics. Perhaps we would all be pleasantly surprised :) Mohinish On Feb 4, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Susan Linn wrote: On April 18-24, children around the world will celebrate Screen-Free Week (formerly TV-Turnoff) by turning off televisions, computers, and video games and turning on the world around them. Given the links between excessive screen time, and poor school performance I am hoping that your organizations or institutions will support, promote, and participate in the week. On average, preschool children spend over four and a half hours a day consuming screen media [1], while older children spend over 7 hours a day [2]. Excessive screen time is linked to a number of problems for children, including childhood obesity [3], poor school performance [4], attention span issues [5], and psychological difficulties [6]. And it's primarily through screens that children are exposed to harmful marketing [7]. That's why interventions like Screen-Free Week - which get children actively playing with peers and spending quality time with their families - are more important than ever. Reduced screen time can help prevent childhood obesity [8] and lead to better school and health outcomes [9]. Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) is proud to be the new official home of Screen-Free Week. When TV-Turnoff's former home, the Center for Screen Time Awareness, closed its doors, the board unanimously chose CCFC to continue their important work of helping families discover alternatives to screen time. At its heart, Screen-Free Week has always been a collaborative effort that relies on the endorsement of prominent organizations. There are a number of ways to get involved in this year's week; please check what you are willing to do. ___ Please list my organization (me) as an official endorser of Screen-Free Week 2011 ___ I (or someone from my organization) will give a quote in support of Screen-Free Week to be used in promotional and press materials. ___ We will include information about Screen-Free Week in an e-blast or newsletter to our constituents. (CCFC is happy to provide text for any announcements). ___ We will promote Screen-Free Week to our constituents on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Please let me know by February 17 if your organization is willing to be an active participant in this year's Screen-Free Week. And if you have any questions, feel free to contact me. For more information about participation please visit www.screenfree.org. Sincerely, Susan Linn Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 403 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/ [1] The Nielsen Company (2009). TV viewing among kids at an eight-year high. Retrieved July 19, 2010 from http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/tv-viewing-among-kids-at-an-eight-year- high/. [2] Rideout, V.J., Foehr, U.G., Roberts, D.F. (2010). Generation M2: Media in the lives of 8- to 18-Year Olds. Kaiser Family Foundation. [3] Danner, FW. A national longitudinal study of the association of hours of TV viewing and the trajectory of BMI growth among U.S. children.(2008). Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 33(10), 1100-1107. [4] Pagani, L, Fitzpatrick, C, Barnett, TA, & Dubow, E. (2010). Prospective associations between early childhood television exposure and academic, psychosocial, and physical well-being by middle childhood. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 164(5), 425-431. [5] Swing, EL,Gentile DA, Anderson CA, Walsh DA. (2010). Television and video game exposure and the development of attention problems. Pediatrics. 126(2), 214-221. [6] Page, AS, Cooper, AR, Griew, P, Jago, R. (2010). Children's screen viewing is related to psychological difficulties irrespective of physical activity. Pediatrics. 126(5), 1011-1017. [7] Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics Staff Report. (2007, June 1). Children's Exposure to TV Advertising in 1977 and 2004. Holt, DJ, Ippolito, PM, Desrochers, DM & Kelley, CR, p.9. [8] Epstein LH, Roemmich JN, Robinson JL, Paluch RA, Winiewicz DD, Fuerch JH, Robinson TN. (2008). A Randomized trial of the effects of reducing television viewing and computer use on body mass index in young children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 162(3):239-45. [9] Mistry KB, Minkovitz CS, Strobino, DM, Borzekowski, DLG. (2007). Children's television exposure and behavioral and social outcomes at 5.5 years: Does timing of exposure matter? Pediatrics, 120, 762-769. ________________________________ Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, HarvardMedical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 405 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 www.commercialfreechildhood.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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Months ago, I have sent a request for information about autism to the list. My son showed some signs of it but he was not autistic. The reason was that most of the time he was in front of TV. He is almost ok (thanks God) as I started early but many parents don't know what a dangerous box it is. I believe that TV should be turned off for kids. Best, Parisa On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Susan Linn < susan at commercialfreechildhood.org> wrote: > On April 18-24, children around the world will celebrate Screen-Free Week > (formerly TV-Turnoff) by turning off televisions, computers, and video games > and turning on the world around them. Given the links between excessive > screen time, and poor school performance I am hoping that your organizations > or institutions will support, promote, and participate in the week. > > > > On average, preschool children spend over four and a half hours a day > consuming screen media [1], while older children spend over 7 hours a day > [2]. Excessive screen time is linked to a number of problems for children, > including childhood obesity [3], poor school performance [4], attention span > issues [5], and psychological difficulties [6]. And it?s primarily through > screens that children are exposed to harmful marketing [7]. That?s why > interventions like Screen-Free Week ? which get children actively playing > with peers and spending quality time with their families ? are more > important than ever. Reduced screen time can help prevent childhood obesity > [8] and lead to better school and health outcomes [9]. > > > > Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) is proud to be the new > official home of Screen-Free Week. When TV-Turnoff?s former home, the > Center for Screen Time Awareness, closed its doors, the board unanimously > chose CCFC to continue their important work of helping families discover > alternatives to screen time. At its heart, Screen-Free Week has always been > a collaborative effort that relies on the endorsement of prominent > organizations. There are a number of ways to get involved in this year?s > week; please check what you are willing to do. > > > > ___ Please list my organization (me) as an official endorser of Screen-Free > Week 2011 > > > > ___ I (or someone from my organization) will give a quote in support of > Screen-Free Week to be used in promotional and press materials. > > > > ___ We will include information about Screen-Free Week in an e-blast or > newsletter to our constituents. (CCFC is happy to provide text for any > announcements). > > > > ___ We will promote Screen-Free Week to our constituents on social media > sites like Facebook and Twitter. > > > > Please let me know by February 17 if your organization is willing to be an > active participant in this year?s Screen-Free Week. And if you have any > questions, feel free to contact me. For more information about > participation please visit www.screenfree.org. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Susan Linn > > > > *Susan Linn**, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free > Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School* > > * * > > *Contact Information:* > > *CCFC* > > *Non-Profit Center* > > *89 South Street, Suite 403* > > *Boston**, MA 02111*** > > *617-896-9370* > > http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/ > > > > [1] The Nielsen Company (2009). TV viewing among kids at an eight-year > > high. Retrieved July 19, 2010 from > > *http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/tv-viewing-among-kids-at-an-eight-year- > high/*. > > [2] Rideout, V.J., Foehr, U.G., Roberts, D.F. (2010). Generation M2: > > Media in the lives of 8- to 18-Year Olds. Kaiser Family Foundation. > > [3] Danner, FW. A national longitudinal study of the association of > > hours of TV viewing and the trajectory of BMI growth among U.S. > > children.(2008). Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 33(10), 1100-1107. > > [4] Pagani, L, Fitzpatrick, C, Barnett, TA, & Dubow, E. (2010). > > Prospective associations between early childhood television exposure and > > academic, psychosocial, and physical well-being by middle childhood. > > Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 164(5), 425-431. > > [5] Swing, EL,Gentile DA, Anderson CA, Walsh DA. (2010). Television and > > video game exposure and the development of attention problems. > > Pediatrics. 126(2), 214-221. > > [6] Page, AS, Cooper, AR, Griew, P, Jago, R. (2010). Children's screen > > viewing is related to psychological difficulties irrespective of > > physical activity. Pediatrics. 126(5), 1011-1017. > > [7] Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics Staff Report. (2007, > > June 1). Children's Exposure to TV Advertising in 1977 and 2004. Holt, > > DJ, Ippolito, PM, Desrochers, DM & Kelley, CR, p.9. > > [8] Epstein LH, Roemmich JN, Robinson JL, Paluch RA, Winiewicz DD, > > Fuerch JH, Robinson TN. (2008). A Randomized trial of the effects of > > reducing television viewing and computer use on body mass index in young > > children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 162(3):239-45. > > [9] Mistry KB, Minkovitz CS, Strobino, DM, Borzekowski, DLG. (2007). > > Children's television exposure and behavioral and social outcomes at 5.5 > > years: Does timing of exposure matter? Pediatrics, 120, 762-769. > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free > Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School > > > > Contact Information: > > CCFC > > Non-Profit Center > > 89 South Street, Suite 405 > > Boston, MA 02111 > > 617-896-9370 > > www.commercialfreechildhood.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of Nick Riches > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:01 AM > To: Info-CHILDES > Subject: Postgraduate funding at the University of Newcastle > > > > POSTGRADUATE FUNDING, CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE > > SCIENCES (CRiLLS), NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY > > > > CRiLLS is currently advertising the following studentships in > > linguistics for 2011 entry > > > > ? AHRC MA studentship (MA Linguistics and Language Acquisition; MA > > English Language and Linguistics; MA Linguistics of European > > Languages; MLitt Linguistics) ? deadline 2 March > > ? ESRC studentships (Applied Linguistics; Clinical Linguistics; > > Sociolinguistics; Language Acquisition/Bilingualism) ? deadline 25 > > March > > ? Additionally, a range of bursaries covering most areas of > > linguistics are available in the Schools of: Modern Languages; English > > Literature, Language and Linguistics; Education, Communication and > > Language Sciences > > > > For further information about the awards and the Centre for Research > > in Linguistics and Language Sciences, see our webpages: > > > > http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/ > > http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/postgrad/funding.htm > > or contact Prof. Florence Myles, Director of CRiLLS > > (Florence.Myles at newcastle.ac.uk) > > > > For further information regarding the ESRC studentships, see: > > http://www.dur.ac.uk/socialsciences.health/postgraduate/funding/esrc/ > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From macw at cmu.edu Tue Feb 15 21:14:46 2011 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:14:46 -0500 Subject: Pat Kuhl's TED talk Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES, Judy Bryant pointed me to a talk in the TED series by Pat Kuhl on child language that people may find interesting. The URL is http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies.html -- Brian MacWhinney -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From susan at commercialfreechildhood.org Tue Feb 15 22:14:48 2011 From: susan at commercialfreechildhood.org (Susan Linn) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:14:48 -0500 Subject: early reading and school performance Message-ID: The NY Times today had an article on the pressure on preschools to teach reading. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/nyregion/15reading.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper It mentions that there are studies showing that there are no links between early reading and later intelligence. My organization, CCFC, is investigating marketing claims made by Your Baby Can Read. As many of you probably know, YBCR is a package of videos and flashcards claiming to teach infants to read. Further, YBCR claims that it acts during a "short window of opportunity." The advertisements claim that by teaching your child to read during infancy, YBCR will allow her to outperform her peers in school and in life. We have quotes from experts mentioning studies that refute these claims, but we can't find the studies. If anyone knows about studies about early reading and its impact on school performance I'm wondering if you can point me to them. I have a review of the literature by Olson from 2006. Thanks, Susan Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Contact Information: CCFC Non-Profit Center 89 South Street, Suite 403 Boston, MA 02111 617-896-9370 http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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URL: From macw at cmu.edu Thu Feb 17 20:48:38 2011 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:48:38 -0500 Subject: Polish CDS Frequency Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES, Ewa Haman, Bart?omiej Etenkowski, Magdalena ?uniewska, Joanna Szwabe, Ewa D?browska, Marta Szreder, and Marek ?azi?ski have contributed an Excel tabulation of the frequencies of words in child-directed speech gathered from 8 corpora of Polish parent-child dialog. Although not all of the corpora are currently in CHILDES, all will eventually be added. The tabulation can be found within the /Slavic/Polish segment of the database and the documentation is in the documentation file for Slavic. Many thanks to Ewa and her colleagues for this great contribution. --Brian MacWhinney -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From pascaleengel at googlemail.com Fri Feb 18 08:51:16 2011 From: pascaleengel at googlemail.com (Pascale Engel) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:51:16 +0100 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire Message-ID: Dear Info ? CHILDES, I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children?s performance in their second language Luxembourgish. Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance --------------------------------------- Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Luxembourg - EMACS B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange G.D. de Luxembourg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From A.E.Baker at uva.nl Fri Feb 18 09:39:19 2011 From: A.E.Baker at uva.nl (Baker, A.E.) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:39:19 +0000 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Pascale, prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this questionnaire for tother languages and groups - see http://www.bi-sli.org for the action website, Yours sincerely, Anne Baker prof. dr. Anne E. Baker Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics Universiteit van Amsterdam Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) email:a.e.baker at uva.nl email secr.:taalwetenschap-fgw at uva.nl homepage: https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and Communication email: aclc-fgw at uva.nl http://hum.uva.nl/aclc tel. +31-20-525-2543 president Sign Language Linguistics Society www.slls.eu -----Original Message----- From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire Dear Info - CHILDES, I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second language Luxembourgish. Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance --------------------------------------- Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Luxembourg - EMACS B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange G.D. de Luxembourg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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From meh at psych.uw.edu.pl Fri Feb 18 13:33:47 2011 From: meh at psych.uw.edu.pl (Ewa Haman) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:33:47 -0800 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Pascale, WG3 within COST action IS0804 (mentioned below by Anne) has now a "Developmental and Language Background Questionnaire" ready for CDI study - see the downloads area (restricted for members of the action) but you ARE a member :) Regards, Ewa On 18 Lut, 10:39, "Baker, A.E." wrote: > Dear Pascale, > prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. > Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this questionnaire for tother languages and groups - seehttp://www.bi-sli.orgfor the action website, > > Yours sincerely, > Anne Baker > > prof. dr. Anne E. Baker > Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics > Universiteit van Amsterdam > Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. > Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) > email:a.e.ba... at uva.nl > email secr.:taalwetenschap-... at uva.nl > homepage:https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker > Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and Communication > email: aclc-... at uva.nlhttp://hum.uva.nl/aclc > tel. +31-20-525-2543 > > president Sign Language Linguistics Societywww.slls.eu > > -----Original Message----- > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel > Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire > > Dear Info - CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From barriere.isa at gmail.com Fri Feb 18 13:46:59 2011 From: barriere.isa at gmail.com (isa barriere) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:46:59 -0500 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: <1ed6c650-6b7d-47bd-b386-aaa68b8553b1@8g2000prb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Dear Pascale, There is also one that I developped for Yiddish/English bilinguals and that a student of mine adapted to bilingual English/Brazilian Portuguese participants. You will find it (on page 9) in a book chapter that is accessible on : http://www.yeled.org/ArticleFiles/YiddishCzernowitzchapter.pdf Best, Isabelle Barriere, PhD On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Ewa Haman wrote: > Dear Pascale, > WG3 within COST action IS0804 (mentioned below by Anne) has now a > "Developmental and Language Background Questionnaire" ready for CDI > study - see the downloads area (restricted for members of the action) > but you ARE a member :) > Regards, > Ewa > > > On 18 Lut, 10:39, "Baker, A.E." wrote: > > Dear Pascale, > > prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada > 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. > > Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 > Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this > questionnaire for tother languages and groups - seehttp://www.bi-sli.orgfor > the action website, > > > > Yours sincerely, > > Anne Baker > > > > prof. dr. Anne E. Baker > > Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics > > Universiteit van Amsterdam > > Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. > > Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) > > email:a.e.ba... at uva.nl > > email secr.:taalwetenschap-... at uva.nl > > homepage:https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker > > Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and > Communication > > email: aclc-... at uva.nlhttp://hum.uva.nl/aclc > > tel. +31-20-525-2543 > > > > president Sign Language Linguistics Societywww.slls.eu > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto: > info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel > > Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 > > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > > Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire > > > > Dear Info - CHILDES, > > > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving bilingual > Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly interested to know > whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to the native language > in the home affects a) children's performance in their first language > Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second language > Luxembourgish. > > > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give > to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the > native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire > but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group > for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > > > Many thanks in advance > > > > --------------------------------------- > > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > > G.D. de Luxembourg > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.h.dos.santos at gmail.com Fri Feb 18 14:39:32 2011 From: christophe.h.dos.santos at gmail.com (Christophe dos Santos) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:39:32 +0100 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Pascale, As Ewa mentioned there is such a questionnaire for CDI study used by members of the COST action. I already translated it to French and I am going in the next weeks to translate it to Portuguese as we are going to start a CDI study on French-Portuguese bilingual children at the end of March. If you want to join the questionnaire translation to Portuguese work, your help will be very appreciated. Best, Christophe dos Santos Universit? Fran?ois-Rabelais, Tours 2011/2/18 isa barriere : > Dear Pascale, > There is also one that I developped for Yiddish/English bilinguals and that > a student of mine adapted to?bilingual English/Brazilian > Portuguese?participants.? ?You will find it (on page 9) in a book chapter > that is accessible on : > http://www.yeled.org/ArticleFiles/YiddishCzernowitzchapter.pdf > > Best, > Isabelle Barriere, PhD > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Ewa Haman wrote: >> >> Dear Pascale, >> WG3 within COST action ?IS0804 (mentioned below by Anne) has now a >> "Developmental and Language Background Questionnaire" ready for CDI >> study - see the downloads area (restricted for members of the action) >> but you ARE a member :) >> Regards, >> Ewa >> >> >> On 18 Lut, 10:39, "Baker, A.E." wrote: >> > Dear Pascale, >> > prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada >> > 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. >> > Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 >> > Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this >> > questionnaire for tother languages and groups - seehttp://www.bi-sli.orgfor >> > the action website, >> > >> > Yours sincerely, >> > Anne Baker >> > >> > prof. dr. Anne E. Baker >> > Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics >> > Universiteit van Amsterdam >> > Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. >> > Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) >> > email:a.e.ba... at uva.nl >> > email secr.:taalwetenschap-... at uva.nl >> > homepage:https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker >> > Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and >> > Communication >> > email: aclc-... at uva.nlhttp://hum.uva.nl/aclc >> > tel. +31-20-525-2543 >> > >> > president Sign Language Linguistics Societywww.slls.eu >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com >> > [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel >> > Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 >> > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com >> > Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire >> > >> > Dear Info - CHILDES, >> > >> > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving >> > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly >> > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to >> > the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their >> > first language Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second >> > language Luxembourgish. >> > >> > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give >> > to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the >> > native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire >> > but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group >> > for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. >> > >> > Many thanks in advance >> > >> > --------------------------------------- >> > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >> > >> > Postdoctoral Research Fellow >> > University of Luxembourg - EMACS >> > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >> > G.D. de Luxembourg >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Mehmet-Ali.Akinci at univ-rouen.fr Fri Feb 18 16:07:59 2011 From: Mehmet-Ali.Akinci at univ-rouen.fr (memoli) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:07:59 -0800 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Ch?re Pascale, Je suppose que vous ?tes ?galement francophone vu que vous ?tes au Luxembourg... Je n'ai pas de questionnaire ? vous proposer mais je peux vous faire parvenir un m?moire en orthophonie qui a ?t? fait ? Lyon (France) sur sur votre probl?matique : LE BILINGUISME PRECOCE CONSECUTIF CHEZ LES ENFANTS LUSOPHONES ET TURCOPHONES : Influence de la langue maternelle sur l?acquisition du fran?ais langue seconde. Faites-moi conna?tre une adresse e-mail et je vous fais parvenir le m?moire. Par ailleurs si cela vous int?resse, je vous informe que je donne un s?minaire sur l'Acquisition bilingue dans votre Universit? ? la Facult? des Langues et Litt?rature, Humanit?s, Arts et ?ducation (? Walferdange) dans le Master Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Context (master Multi-Learn : http://multi-learn.org/) Ma prochaine intervention aura lieu les 3 juin 2011 (17h-20h) et 4 juin 2011 (toute la journ?e). Vous pouvez venir me retrouver ou assister au s?minaire en auditrice libre. Bien cordialement, Mehmet-Ali AKINCI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mehmet-Ali AKINCI (CR - CNRS) Researcher in pyscholinguistics & Lecturer in Linguistics Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage (DDL) UMR 5596 CNRS - Universit? Lumi?re Lyon 2 ISH - 14 avenue Berthelot 69363 Lyon Cedex 07 - France Office address: Universit? de Rouen ? IRED 7, rue Thomas Becket 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex - France e-mail : Mehmet-Ali.Akinci at univ-rouen.fr Tel. office +33 (0)2 35 14 69 44 Tel. gsm +33 (0)6 32 66 63 03 http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Annuaires/Index.asp?Langue=FR&Page=Mehmet-Ali%20AKINCI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From caroline at carolinefloccia.info Fri Feb 18 16:09:14 2011 From: caroline at carolinefloccia.info (Caroline Floccia) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Pascale, At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a questionnaire last year, which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure to English from data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at night, what language each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how many hours the child spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently writing a paper in which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in various English tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure questionnaire. If you are interested, I can send it to you, in its current state it is an excel file, very easy to fill in. Best regards, Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of Plymouth) Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel wrote: > Dear Info ? CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children?s > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- Dr. Caroline Floccia Reader (Associate Professor) PSQ A213 School of Psychology University of Plymouth Drake Circus Devon PL4 8AA tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shanley at bu.edu Fri Feb 18 16:09:16 2011 From: shanley at bu.edu (Shanley Allen) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:09:16 -0500 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I believe that Marianne Gullberg at Lund University developed an extensive questionnaire on home language use during her work at the MPI in Nijmegen. Best, Shanley. On Feb 18, 2011, at 9:39 AM, Christophe dos Santos wrote: > Dear Pascale, > > As Ewa mentioned there is such a questionnaire for CDI study used by > members of the COST action. I already translated it to French and I am > going in the next weeks to translate it to Portuguese as we are going > to start a CDI study on French-Portuguese bilingual children at the > end of March. > If you want to join the questionnaire translation to Portuguese work, > your help will be very appreciated. > > Best, > > Christophe dos Santos > Universit? Fran?ois-Rabelais, Tours > > > 2011/2/18 isa barriere : >> Dear Pascale, >> There is also one that I developped for Yiddish/English bilinguals and that >> a student of mine adapted to bilingual English/Brazilian >> Portuguese participants. You will find it (on page 9) in a book chapter >> that is accessible on : >> http://www.yeled.org/ArticleFiles/YiddishCzernowitzchapter.pdf >> >> Best, >> Isabelle Barriere, PhD >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Ewa Haman wrote: >>> >>> Dear Pascale, >>> WG3 within COST action IS0804 (mentioned below by Anne) has now a >>> "Developmental and Language Background Questionnaire" ready for CDI >>> study - see the downloads area (restricted for members of the action) >>> but you ARE a member :) >>> Regards, >>> Ewa >>> >>> >>> On 18 Lut, 10:39, "Baker, A.E." wrote: >>>> Dear Pascale, >>>> prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada >>>> 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. >>>> Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 >>>> Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this >>>> questionnaire for tother languages and groups - seehttp://www.bi-sli.orgfor >>>> the action website, >>>> >>>> Yours sincerely, >>>> Anne Baker >>>> >>>> prof. dr. Anne E. Baker >>>> Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics >>>> Universiteit van Amsterdam >>>> Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. >>>> Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) >>>> email:a.e.ba... at uva.nl >>>> email secr.:taalwetenschap-... at uva.nl >>>> homepage:https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker >>>> Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and >>>> Communication >>>> email: aclc-... at uva.nlhttp://hum.uva.nl/aclc >>>> tel. +31-20-525-2543 >>>> >>>> president Sign Language Linguistics Societywww.slls.eu >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: info-childes at googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel >>>> Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 >>>> To: info-childes at googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire >>>> >>>> Dear Info - CHILDES, >>>> >>>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving >>>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly >>>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to >>>> the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their >>>> first language Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second >>>> language Luxembourgish. >>>> >>>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give >>>> to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the >>>> native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire >>>> but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group >>>> for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Many thanks in advance >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >>>> >>>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >>>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >>>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >>>> G.D. de Luxembourg >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > **************************************************************************** UNTIL MAY 31, 2010: Shanley Allen, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Literacy and Language, Counseling and Development School of Education, Boston University 2 Silber Way, Boston, MA, 02215, USA e-mail: shanley at bu.edu phone: +1-617-358-0354 office: SED 331 web: http://efolio.bu.edu/portfolio/showPublicPortfolio.do?shareId=127 **************************************************************************** AS OF JUNE 1, 2010: Shanley Allen, PhD Associate Professor Psycholinguistics and Language Development Group Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kaiserslautern Erwin-Schr?dinger-Strasse, Geb. 57 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany e-mail: allen at sowi.uni-kl.de phone: +49-631-205-4136 office: Building 57, Room 409 web: TBA **************************************************************************** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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URL: From cristina.mckean at newcastle.ac.uk Fri Feb 18 19:31:15 2011 From: cristina.mckean at newcastle.ac.uk (Cristina McKean) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:31:15 +0000 Subject: Registration now open: CLS 2011 Newcastle University In-Reply-To: <02B74B2E89345949BA1692E6B4B78ECE65409DCC74@EXSAN03.campus.ncl.ac.uk> Message-ID: [cid:image001.jpg at 01CBCF9B.23DEDE00] Registration is now open for the Child Language Seminar 2011 CLS 2011 will be held at Newcastle University, 13th & 14th June 2011 The Child Language Seminar (CLS) is an interdisciplinary conference with a long tradition which attracts a diverse international audience of, among others, psychologists, linguists and speech and language therapists, and provides a forum for research on language acquisition in all its diversity. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Newcastle for an exciting programme of presentations (the draft programme will be available online shortly). CLS 2011 will focus on four key themes in the field of child language research ? Child Language and Literacy ? Children with Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) ? Capturing change in child language ? Bilingual and cross-linguistic perspectives on child language There are a number of fascinating sub-themes and a strong cross-linguistic focus. Subthemes include: ? Assessment of children from diverse social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds ? Interactions in phonological and morphological acquisition ? Early trajectories of children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) ? Interventions: child, parent and practitioner perspectives Keynote speakers: We are very pleased to announce that our confirmed keynote speakers are: ? Professor Maggie Snowling (University of York): "Children at Preschool Risk of Dyslexia: From Theory to Intervention" ? Professor James Law (Newcastle University): "The Better Communication Research Programme - research to impact upon practice and policy for children with speech, language and communication needs" ? Professor Sheena Reilly (University of Melbourne): "The Early Language In Victoria Study: Outcomes at 4 and 5 years" ? Professor Elizabeth Pena (University of Texas): "Dynamic Assessment in Children Learning English as a Second Language: What Changes?" Book before April 30th 2011 for the Early Bird Rate Visit the CLS2011 booking page Delegate fees: ? Early registration, full conference: ?195 ? Late registration (after 30th April), full conference: ?215 ? Early registration, one day attendance: ?100 ? Late registration (after 30th April), one day attendance: ?110 There are special day rates and concessions for students, Newcastle University Clinical Educators and Placement Providers and Newcastle University Speech Society members (please visit the booking page for more details). Venue: 2011 is an excellent year to visit the North of England with an opportunity to spend time in two beautiful cities: Newcastle for the CLS and York for the Child Phonology Conference (York, England on June 16-18). The CLS 2011 will be hosted by Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, one of the UK's leading universities. Newcastle is a research - intensive university, with a reputation for teaching and learning of the highest quality and for its role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University is one of the leading teaching and research units in the UK devoted to the study of normal communicative processes and communication disorders in children and adults. The core aims of Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle is to deliver high quality teaching, and excellent research and to work collaboratively with the profession to impact on practice. These activities contribute to our high standing within health and education both nationally and internationally. Newcastle was the first university in the UK to award a degree in Speech and Language Therapy (1967), recently celebrated 50 years of Speech and Language Therapy Training and continues to be one of the UK?s leading SLT training programmes. Our research involves the study of normal and impaired human communication processes, assessment and intervention for individuals with communication disorders, and sociolinguistics, the RAE 2008 can be found here. Many staff are members of larger collaborative research groups within the university, including the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences and the Institute of Health and Society. We also collaborate with researchers throughout the UK and abroad (Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand). Newcastle: Newcastle upon Tyne was voted England's favourite city break destination by readers of the Guardian and Observer for four consecutive years and has been voted the UK?s best University City 2010 by MSN travel. Located in the North East of England, the city is easily accessible by rail (1? hours from Edinburgh, 3 hours from London) and air (direct flights to over 25 destinations and excellent connections though London and Amsterdam). Known for the friendly welcome visitors receive, the city has impressive Georgian architecture, inspiring cultural venues and is within easy reach of the beautiful Northumbrian coastline, Hadrian's Wall, the Scottish Borders and stunning Durham city and cathedral. Film Competition: Communicating with Kids To celebrate the return of the CLS to Newcastle and to coincide with the National Year of Communication we are holding a film competition for secondary school (?100 prize) and university (?500 prize) students. 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If you have any queries about attending the CLS please contact Cristina McKean cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk We look forward to welcoming you to the CLS in 2011 Cristina McKean, Helen Stringer, James Law Co-chairs CLS 2011 organising committee Dr Cristina McKean | Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology |(Developmental Speech and Language Disorders) | Speech and Language Sciences Section |School of Education Communication and Language Sciences |Room 2.18a |King George VI Building |Newcastle University | Queen Victoria Rd |NE1 7RU | 0191 222 6528 CPD for SLTs & Allied Professionals: Accredited, advanced modules in Professional Practice www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/sltcpd For information about the MSc in Evidence Based Practice in Communication Disorders go to http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/ebpcd Child Language Seminar 2011 is coming to Newcastle http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/news/conferences/CLS2011/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/x-citrix-jpeg Size: 5768 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From annickej at yahoo.com Fri Feb 18 23:52:24 2011 From: annickej at yahoo.com (Annick De Houwer) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:52:24 -0800 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Pascale, May I also add that you can find such a questionnaire, and extensive discussion of the role of the input in bilingual development, in my book: De Houwer, Annick, 2009. Bilingual First Language Acquisition. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. You may also be interested in the questionnaire I used for a survey of language use in about 18,000 families, including immigrant families. You can find this questionnaire in: De Houwer, Annick, 2007. Parental language input patterns and children's bilingual use. Applied Psycholinguistics, 28:3, 411-424. Of course, as Dr. Baker hinted at, there is always a need to adapt existing questionnaires to specific research questions and circumstances. Good luck with your study! Best regards, Annick De Houwer, PhD Professor, Language Acquisition and Language Teaching University of Erfurt Director, European Research Network for Bilingual Studies (ERBIS) Germany annick.dehouwer at uni-erfurt.de On Feb 18, 10:39?am, "Baker, A.E." wrote: > Dear Pascale, > prof. Johanne Paradis from the University of Alberta, Canada 'johanne.paradis at ualberta.ca' has developed such a questionnaire. > Furthermore considerable work is going on the European COST action 1804 Multilingualsim and Language impairment to further develop this questionnaire for tother languages and groups - seehttp://www.bi-sli.orgfor the action website, > > Yours sincerely, > Anne Baker > > prof. dr. Anne E. Baker > Psycholinguistics, Language Pathology and Sign Linguistics > Universiteit van Amsterdam > Spuistraat 210, NL 1012 VT Amsterdam. > Tel. +31-20-5253853, 3864 (secr.) > email:a.e.ba... at uva.nl > email secr.:taalwetenschap-... at uva.nl > homepage:https://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.e.baker > Linguistics Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Language and Communication > email: aclc-... at uva.nlhttp://hum.uva.nl/aclc > tel. +31-20-525-2543 > > president Sign Language Linguistics Societywww.slls.eu-----Original Message----- > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pascale Engel > Sent: vrijdag 18 februari 2011 9:51 > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire > > Dear Info - CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children's performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From paola_uccelli at yahoo.com Sat Feb 19 15:21:50 2011 From: paola_uccelli at yahoo.com (Paola Uccelli) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:21:50 -0800 Subject: remembering Barbara Alexander Pan In-Reply-To: <36d1981a-9efa-4d0c-a127-4768207cb726@w9g2000prg.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Dear all, For all of you who knew Barbara, it is with infinite sadness that I share the news of her passing and of the memorial planned for today. Below, please find Kathy McCartney's obituary for Barbara. A memorial service will be held today, Saturday, February 19 at 2:00p.m. in the Eliot-Lyman Room at HGSE. All are invited You can find a brief article and post comments in the following HGSE link: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/blog/news_features_releases/2011/02/hgse-remembers-barbara-pan.html We will miss her deeply... paola. Paola Uccelli Assistant Professor Harvard Graduate School of Education *** Dear colleagues, It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you of the passing of our dear colleague, Barbara Alexander Pan. Barbara died peacefully yesterday, following a lengthy illness, at the age of 60. Barbara touched so many lives during her 23 years at the Ed School. She began her career at HGSE as a research coordinator in September 1988 and was appointed a faculty member in 1994. Barbara taught courses in language and literacy and conducted research on language development among children living in poverty and children growing up bilingually. She was well-known in the HGSE community for her tremendous dedication to her students. In 2008, Barbara earned the Morningstar Family Teaching Award, which recognizes outstanding teaching and mentorship. In nominating Barbara, one student wrote, ?she has the rare ability to inspire in students the knowledge that she cares for them personally, while also providing them with careful, thoughtful, and critical feedback on their ideas and their work.? Even after her retirement in July 2009, Barbara continued to work closely with her doctoral students. Barbara received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology in 1988 from Boston University, having completed a thesis on children learning English and Chinese in Chinese immigrant families. She was an active participant in training researchers in the use of CHAT and CLAN when those facilities were introduced in the 1980s. She was a participant in the Early Head Start Research Consortium, which carried out a 17-site longitudinal study of the long-term effects of early intervention with poor families. In 1994, Barbara and eight other families established The Chinese Language School in Lexington, MA. She was the first curriculum director. A memorial service will be held this Saturday, February 19 at 2:00p.m. in the Eliot-Lyman Room at HGSE. All are invited. Please join me in extending deepest condolences to Barbara?s husband, Tai-sheng Pan; her son, Noah Pan, of Cambridge; and her sisters Linda Myers of Mill Valley, CA, Diane Vinson of Laurinburg, NC, and Martha Fletcher of Raleigh, NC. The dean?s office will be pleased to forward any messages of sympathy to the family. Best, Kathy ____________________ Kathleen McCartney Dean Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development Harvard Graduate School of Education -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sharon.armonlotem at gmail.com Sun Feb 20 04:57:37 2011 From: sharon.armonlotem at gmail.com (Sharon Armon-Lotem) Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:57:37 +0200 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Pascale, COST Action IS0804 "Language Impairment in Multilingual Society" has developed such questionnaires based on the work of Johanne Paradis and others. As a member of the Action you have access to all this information and you are welcome to use it. Please visit the Action webpage www.bi-sli.org Best wishes Sharon On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Pascale Engel wrote: > Dear Info ? CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children?s > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- Dr. Sharon Armon-Lotem, Chair The Department of English Tel: +972 3 5318236 The Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center Tel: +972 3 5317159 Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children?s > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which contained no known potential malicious software. In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening the mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to Avira GmbH so it can be checked for unknown new potential malicious software. -- Avira MailGate Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. All rights reserved. For more information see http://www.avira.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children?s > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which contained no known potential malicious software. In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening the mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to Avira GmbH so it can be checked for unknown new potential malicious software. -- Avira MailGate Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. All rights reserved. For more information see http://www.avira.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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Can you send me the excel file? thank Teresa On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000 ?Caroline Floccia wrote: > Dear Pascale, > > At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a >questionnaire last year, > which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure >to English from > data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at >night, what language > each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how >many hours the child > spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently >writing a paper in > which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in >various English > tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure >questionnaire. If you > are interested, I can send it to you, in its current >state it is an excel > file, very easy to fill in. > Best regards, > > Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of >Plymouth) > Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) >Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) > Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel > wrote: > >> Dear Info ? CHILDES, >> >> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg >>involving >> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am >>particularly >> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality >>of the >> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) >>children's >> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) >>children?s >> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >> >> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire >>that I could >> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the >>quality of >> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not >>aware of any >> existing questionnaire but before designing something >>from scratch I >> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any >>suggestions are >> greatly appreciated. >> >> Many thanks in advance >> >> >> --------------------------------------- >> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >> >> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >> G.D. de Luxembourg >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to >>the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >>info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Caroline Floccia > Reader (Associate Professor) > PSQ A213 > School of Psychology > University of Plymouth > Drake Circus > Devon PL4 8AA > tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to >the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to >info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From unsworth.sharon at gmail.com Tue Feb 22 16:02:06 2011 From: unsworth.sharon at gmail.com (Sharon Unsworth) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:02:06 -0800 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: <4D61998A.10201@zas.gwz-berlin.de> Message-ID: Dear Pascale, I have also recently developed a questionnaire (based in part on work by Johanne Paradis and on Guit?rrez-Clellen & Kreiter (2003), amongst others) which you can use to collect language background/use data and using an accompanying Excel file, automatically calculate current and past (cumulative) exposure as well as current quality of exposure. I'm currently working on some final revisions to this but I'd be more than happy to share it with you once these are complete (probably within the next few weeks). Best wishes, Sharon -- Dr. Sharon Unsworth | http://www.let.uu.nl/~Sharon.Unsworth/personal/ Utrecht institute of Linguistics & Department of Modern Languages Postal address: Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, tel. +31 30 2531729 Office: Room 2.38, Trans 4 On Feb 20, 11:45?pm, Natalia Gagarina wrote: > ? Dear Pascale, > > One more reference to native language questionnaire that we had > developed in the Center for General Linguistics (ZAS) might be of > interest for you. This questionnaire is a part of the Russian language > proficiency test (Gagarina, N., Klassert, A., Topaj, N., 2010, ZAS > Papers in Lingsuitics) and it targets the social and cultural > peculiarities of the Russian-speaking immigrant children. > > Kind regards, > Natalia Gagarina > > Am 18.02.2011 09:51, schrieb Pascale Engel: > > > > > Dear Info ??? CHILDES, > > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children???s > > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > > greatly appreciated. > > > Many thanks in advance > > > --------------------------------------- > > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > > G.D. de Luxembourg > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which contained no known > potential malicious software. > > In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening the > mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to > Avira GmbH so it can be > checked for unknown new potential malicious software. > > -- > Avira MailGate > > Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. > All rights reserved. > For more information seehttp://www.avira.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From bpearson at research.umass.edu Tue Feb 22 16:15:31 2011 From: bpearson at research.umass.edu (Barbara Pearson) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:15:31 -0500 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Infochildes, All these responses about language questionnaires no doubt go way beyond what we did in the 1990s at the University of Miami. I just thought I'd share the one question that we relied on the most to give us an estimate of overall language usage. "Please estimate what percentage of your friends are monolingual in ______ , bilingual _________, and monolingual in _______. I put square brackets to show you can swap out the languages, but the percentage of friends who were monolingual Spanish speakers was the strongest predictor of Spanish use and even proficiency in our college age groups. I think Ginny Gathercole and colleagues' big study of language patterns among families in Wales found something similar, although perhaps not so strongly stated. Unfortunately, I can't find those data anymore (they were in millions of generations ago lotus (!), but it would be interesting if someone could incorporate the question again to see if 1) it holds elsewhere, and 2) to support and quantify it. Best wishes, Barbara On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Sharon Unsworth wrote: > Dear Pascale, > > I have also recently developed a questionnaire (based in part on work > by Johanne Paradis and on Guit?rrez-Clellen & Kreiter (2003), amongst > others) which you can use to collect language background/use data and > using an accompanying Excel file, automatically calculate current and > past (cumulative) exposure as well as current quality of exposure. I'm > currently working on some final revisions to this but I'd be more than > happy to share it with you once these are complete (probably within > the next few weeks). > > Best wishes, Sharon > > -- > Dr. Sharon Unsworth | http://www.let.uu.nl/~Sharon.Unsworth/ > personal/ > > Utrecht institute of Linguistics & Department of Modern Languages > Postal address: Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, tel. +31 30 2531729 > Office: Room 2.38, Trans 4 > > On Feb 20, 11:45 pm, Natalia Gagarina > wrote: >> Dear Pascale, >> >> One more reference to native language questionnaire that we had >> developed in the Center for General Linguistics (ZAS) might be of >> interest for you. This questionnaire is a part of the Russian >> language >> proficiency test (Gagarina, N., Klassert, A., Topaj, N., 2010, ZAS >> Papers in Lingsuitics) and it targets the social and cultural >> peculiarities of the Russian-speaking immigrant children. >> >> Kind regards, >> Natalia Gagarina >> >> Am 18.02.2011 09:51, schrieb Pascale Engel: >> >> >> >>> Dear Info ??? CHILDES, >> >>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving >>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly >>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the >>> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's >>> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children???s >>> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >> >>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could >>> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of >>> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any >>> existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I >>> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions >>> are >>> greatly appreciated. >> >>> Many thanks in advance >> >>> --------------------------------------- >>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >> >>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >>> G.D. de Luxembourg >> >> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * >> * * * * * * * >> >> Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which >> contained no known >> potential malicious software. >> >> In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening >> the >> mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to >> Avira GmbH so it can be >> checked for unknown new potential malicious software. >> >> -- >> Avira MailGate >> >> Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. >> All rights reserved. >> For more information seehttp://www.avira.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en > . > ************************************************ Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D. Research Associate, Depts of Linguistics and Communication Disorders c/o 226 South College University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst MA 01003 bpearson at research.umass.edu http://www.umass.edu/aae/bp_indexold.htm http://www.zurer.com/pearson/bilingualchild -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From rita.leite18 at oi.com.br Tue Feb 22 19:57:09 2011 From: rita.leite18 at oi.com.br (Rita Leite) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:57:09 -0300 Subject: RES: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Caroline Hello. I am Rita, I'm Speech and Language Therapist in Brazil. I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you send me the excel file? Thank Rita -----Mensagem original----- De: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] Em nome de mariateresa.guasti Enviada em: ter?a-feira, 22 de fevereiro de 2011 06:08 Para: info-childes at googlegroups.com Assunto: Re: Exposure to native language questionnaire Dear Caroline, hello. It is a long time we did not see each other. I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you send me the excel file? thank Teresa On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000 ?Caroline Floccia wrote: > Dear Pascale, > > At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a >questionnaire last year, > which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure >to English from > data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at >night, what language > each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how >many hours the child > spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently >writing a paper in > which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in >various English > tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure >questionnaire. If you > are interested, I can send it to you, in its current >state it is an excel > file, very easy to fill in. > Best regards, > > Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of >Plymouth) > Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) >Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) > Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel > wrote: > >> Dear Info ? CHILDES, >> >> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg >>involving >> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am >>particularly >> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality >>of the >> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) >>children's >> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) >>children?s >> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >> >> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire >>that I could >> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the >>quality of >> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not >>aware of any >> existing questionnaire but before designing something >>from scratch I >> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any >>suggestions are >> greatly appreciated. >> >> Many thanks in advance >> >> >> --------------------------------------- >> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >> >> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >> G.D. de Luxembourg >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to >>the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >>info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Caroline Floccia > Reader (Associate Professor) > PSQ A213 > School of Psychology > University of Plymouth > Drake Circus > Devon PL4 8AA > tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to >the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to >info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From pul8 at psu.edu Tue Feb 22 20:23:12 2011 From: pul8 at psu.edu (Ping Li) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:23:12 -0500 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, A few years ago we designed a questionnaire based on a survey of existing questionnaires for assessing language background for bilingual studies. The questionnaire as well as the article is freely available on our website at http://cogsci.psu.edu/ Li, P., Sepanski, S., & Zhao, X. (2006). Language history questionnaires: A web-based interface for bilingual research. Behavior Research Methods, 38, 202-210. Ping Li On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Barbara Pearson wrote: > Dear Infochildes, > > All these responses about language questionnaires no doubt go way beyond > what we did in the 1990s at the University of Miami. > > I just thought I'd share the one question that we relied on the most to give > us an estimate of overall language usage. > > "Please estimate what percentage of your friends are monolingual in > ______ , bilingual _________, and monolingual in > _______. > > I put square brackets to show you can swap out the languages, but the > percentage of friends who were monolingual Spanish speakers was the > strongest predictor of Spanish use and even proficiency in our college age > groups. ?I think Ginny Gathercole and colleagues' big study of language > patterns among families in Wales found something similar, although perhaps > not so strongly stated. ?Unfortunately, I can't find those data anymore > (they were in millions of generations ago lotus (!), but it would be > interesting if someone could incorporate the question again to see if 1) it > holds elsewhere, and 2) to support and quantify it. > > Best wishes, > Barbara > > > On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Sharon Unsworth wrote: > >> Dear Pascale, >> >> I have also recently developed a questionnaire (based in part on work >> by Johanne Paradis and on Guit?rrez-Clellen & Kreiter (2003), amongst >> others) which you can use to collect language background/use data and >> using an accompanying Excel file, automatically calculate current and >> past (cumulative) exposure as well as current quality of exposure. I'm >> currently working on some final revisions to this but I'd be more than >> happy to share it with you once these are complete (probably within >> the next few weeks). >> >> Best wishes, Sharon >> >> -- >> Dr. Sharon Unsworth ?| ?http://www.let.uu.nl/~Sharon.Unsworth/personal/ >> >> Utrecht institute of Linguistics & Department of Modern Languages >> Postal address: Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, tel. +31 30 2531729 >> Office: Room 2.38, Trans 4 >> >> On Feb 20, 11:45 pm, Natalia Gagarina >> wrote: >>> >>> ?Dear Pascale, >>> >>> One more reference to native language questionnaire that we had >>> developed in the Center for General Linguistics (ZAS) might be of >>> interest for you. This questionnaire is a part of the Russian language >>> proficiency test (Gagarina, N., Klassert, A., Topaj, N., 2010, ZAS >>> Papers in Lingsuitics) and it targets the social and cultural >>> peculiarities of the Russian-speaking immigrant children. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Natalia Gagarina >>> >>> Am 18.02.2011 09:51, schrieb Pascale Engel: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Dear Info ??? CHILDES, >>> >>>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving >>>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly >>>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the >>>> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's >>>> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children???s >>>> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >>> >>>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could >>>> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of >>>> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any >>>> existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I >>>> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are >>>> greatly appreciated. >>> >>>> Many thanks in advance >>> >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >>> >>>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >>>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >>>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >>>> G.D. de Luxembourg >>> >>> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * >>> * * * * >>> >>> Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which contained no >>> known >>> potential malicious software. >>> >>> In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening the >>> mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to >>> Avira GmbH so it can be >>> checked for unknown new potential malicious software. >>> >>> -- >>> Avira MailGate >>> >>> Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. >>> All rights reserved. >>> For more information seehttp://www.avira.com/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> > > > > ************************************************ > Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D. > Research Associate, Depts of Linguistics and ? Communication Disorders > c/o 226 South College > University of Massachusetts Amherst > Amherst MA 01003 > > bpearson at research.umass.edu > http://www.umass.edu/aae/bp_indexold.htm > http://www.zurer.com/pearson/bilingualchild > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From kambanaros at gmail.com Wed Feb 23 06:14:24 2011 From: kambanaros at gmail.com (Maria Kambanaros) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:14:24 +0200 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi there As part of our work with bilingual TD and SLI children, the Cyprus Acquisition Team (www.research.biolinguistics.eu/CAT/) adapted the Li et al. (2006) questionnaire into Cypriot Greek, Standard Greek and Russian. It has worked very well for us (researchers) and the families of the children. Best, Maria Kambanaros Manager, CAT On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Ping Li wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > A few years ago we designed a questionnaire based on a survey of > existing questionnaires for assessing language background for > bilingual studies. The questionnaire as well as the article is freely > available on our website at http://cogsci.psu.edu/ > > Li, P., Sepanski, S., & Zhao, X. (2006). Language history > questionnaires: A web-based interface for bilingual research. Behavior > Research Methods, 38, 202-210. > > Ping Li > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Barbara Pearson > wrote: > > Dear Infochildes, > > > > All these responses about language questionnaires no doubt go way beyond > > what we did in the 1990s at the University of Miami. > > > > I just thought I'd share the one question that we relied on the most to > give > > us an estimate of overall language usage. > > > > "Please estimate what percentage of your friends are monolingual in > > ______ , bilingual _________, and monolingual in > > _______. > > > > I put square brackets to show you can swap out the languages, but the > > percentage of friends who were monolingual Spanish speakers was the > > strongest predictor of Spanish use and even proficiency in our college > age > > groups. I think Ginny Gathercole and colleagues' big study of language > > patterns among families in Wales found something similar, although > perhaps > > not so strongly stated. Unfortunately, I can't find those data anymore > > (they were in millions of generations ago lotus (!), but it would be > > interesting if someone could incorporate the question again to see if 1) > it > > holds elsewhere, and 2) to support and quantify it. > > > > Best wishes, > > Barbara > > > > > > On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Sharon Unsworth wrote: > > > >> Dear Pascale, > >> > >> I have also recently developed a questionnaire (based in part on work > >> by Johanne Paradis and on Guit?rrez-Clellen & Kreiter (2003), amongst > >> others) which you can use to collect language background/use data and > >> using an accompanying Excel file, automatically calculate current and > >> past (cumulative) exposure as well as current quality of exposure. I'm > >> currently working on some final revisions to this but I'd be more than > >> happy to share it with you once these are complete (probably within > >> the next few weeks). > >> > >> Best wishes, Sharon > >> > >> -- > >> Dr. Sharon Unsworth | http://www.let.uu.nl/~Sharon.Unsworth/personal/ > >> > >> Utrecht institute of Linguistics & Department of Modern Languages > >> Postal address: Trans 10, 3512JK Utrecht, tel. +31 30 2531729 > >> Office: Room 2.38, Trans 4 > >> > >> On Feb 20, 11:45 pm, Natalia Gagarina > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Dear Pascale, > >>> > >>> One more reference to native language questionnaire that we had > >>> developed in the Center for General Linguistics (ZAS) might be of > >>> interest for you. This questionnaire is a part of the Russian language > >>> proficiency test (Gagarina, N., Klassert, A., Topaj, N., 2010, ZAS > >>> Papers in Lingsuitics) and it targets the social and cultural > >>> peculiarities of the Russian-speaking immigrant children. > >>> > >>> Kind regards, > >>> Natalia Gagarina > >>> > >>> Am 18.02.2011 09:51, schrieb Pascale Engel: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Dear Info ??? CHILDES, > >>> > >>>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > >>>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > >>>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > >>>> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > >>>> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children???s > >>>> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > >>> > >>>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > >>>> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > >>>> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > >>>> existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > >>>> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > >>>> greatly appreciated. > >>> > >>>> Many thanks in advance > >>> > >>>> --------------------------------------- > >>>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > >>> > >>>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow > >>>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS > >>>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > >>>> G.D. de Luxembourg > >>> > >>> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Avira MailGate NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * > * > >>> * * * * > >>> > >>> Avira MailGate has processed a mail addressed to you, which contained > no > >>> known > >>> potential malicious software. > >>> > >>> In case you notice abnormal behavior of your software after opening the > >>> mail or one of its attachments, please forward the complete mail to > >>> Avira GmbH so it can be > >>> checked for unknown new potential malicious software. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Avira MailGate > >>> > >>> Copyright (c) 2008 by Avira GmbH. > >>> All rights reserved. > >>> For more information seehttp://www.avira.com/ > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Info-CHILDES" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > >> > > > > > > > > ************************************************ > > Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D. > > Research Associate, Depts of Linguistics and Communication Disorders > > c/o 226 South College > > University of Massachusetts Amherst > > Amherst MA 01003 > > > > bpearson at research.umass.edu > > http://www.umass.edu/aae/bp_indexold.htm > > http://www.zurer.com/pearson/bilingualchild > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Info-CHILDES" group. > > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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All parents have to fill in section D anyway, which contains information such as date of birth, SES, etc. But section B and C are for parents of bilingual kids: one is for families where both parents speak the Additional Language (both French for example), and the other for families where only one parent is non-English speaker (Mum French and Dad English for example). We didn't develop anything for families in which more than one additional language is spoken (Mum French, Dad Spanish for example). Also, you need to know that after extensive piloting, we have decided to increase the weight of the mother's input, that is, whatever she does (speaking only English, or only French, or half half) counts more than what the father does. Columns D and after are full of calculations, nothing should be changed there. What we usually do is that we print the first 4 pages, and we are next to the parent when she/he fills it in. Then we simply enter the numbers in the excel spreadsheet afterwards, and that gives us the percentage of exposure. Please let me know if you ave any question/problem. I also enclose a word document that contains the explanations as to how the entire calculations work. I hope it will help! Caroline On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Rita Leite wrote: > Dear Caroline > Hello. I am Rita, I'm Speech and Language Therapist in Brazil. > I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you send > me the excel file? > Thank > Rita > > > -----Mensagem original----- > De: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] > Em > nome de mariateresa.guasti > Enviada em: ter?a-feira, 22 de fevereiro de 2011 06:08 > Para: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Assunto: Re: Exposure to native language questionnaire > > Dear Caroline, > > hello. It is a long time we did not see each other. > > I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you send > me the excel file? > > thank > Teresa > > > On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000 > Caroline Floccia wrote: > > Dear Pascale, > > > > At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a > >questionnaire last year, > > which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure > >to English from > > data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at > >night, what language > > each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how > >many hours the child > > spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently > >writing a paper in > > which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in > >various English > > tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure > >questionnaire. If you > > are interested, I can send it to you, in its current > >state it is an excel > > file, very easy to fill in. > > Best regards, > > > > Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of > >Plymouth) > > Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) > >Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) > > Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel > > wrote: > > > >> Dear Info ? CHILDES, > >> > >> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg > >>involving > >> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am > >>particularly > >> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality > >>of the > >> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) > >>children's > >> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) > >>children?s > >> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > >> > >> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire > >>that I could > >> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the > >>quality of > >> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not > >>aware of any > >> existing questionnaire but before designing something > >>from scratch I > >> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any > >>suggestions are > >> greatly appreciated. > >> > >> Many thanks in advance > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------- > >> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > >> > >> Postdoctoral Research Fellow > >> University of Luxembourg - EMACS > >> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > >> G.D. de Luxembourg > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to > >>the Google Groups > >> "Info-CHILDES" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >>info-childes at googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Dr. Caroline Floccia > > Reader (Associate Professor) > > PSQ A213 > > School of Psychology > > University of Plymouth > > Drake Circus > > Devon PL4 8AA > > tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to > >the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > >info-childes at googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > >For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- Dr. Caroline Floccia Reader (Associate Professor) PSQ A213 School of Psychology University of Plymouth Drake Circus Devon PL4 8AA tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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We didn't develop anything for families in which more than one additional language is spoken (Mum French, Dad Spanish for example). Also, you need to know that after extensive piloting, we have decided to increase the weight of the mother's input, that is, whatever she does (speaking only English, or only French, or half half) counts more than what the father does. Columns D and after are full of calculations, nothing should be changed there. What we usually do is that we print the first 4 pages, and we are next to the parent when she/he fills it in. Then we simply enter the numbers in the excel spreadsheet afterwards, and that gives us the percentage of exposure. Please let me know if you ave any question/problem. I also enclose a word document that contains the explanations as to how the entire calculations work. I hope it will help! On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:07 AM, mariateresa.guasti < mariateresa.guasti at unimib.it> wrote: > Dear Caroline, > > hello. It is a long time we did not see each other. > > I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you send me the excel > file? > > thank > Teresa > > > > On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000 > Caroline Floccia wrote: > >> Dear Pascale, >> >> At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a questionnaire last >> year, >> which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure to English from >> data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at night, what language >> each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how many hours the child >> spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently writing a paper in >> which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in various English >> tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure questionnaire. If >> you >> are interested, I can send it to you, in its current state it is an excel >> file, very easy to fill in. >> Best regards, >> >> Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of Plymouth) >> Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) >> Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) >> Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel >> wrote: >> >> Dear Info ? CHILDES, >>> >>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving >>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly >>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the >>> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's >>> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children?s >>> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >>> >>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could >>> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of >>> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any >>> existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I >>> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are >>> greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Many thanks in advance >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------- >>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >>> >>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >>> G.D. de Luxembourg >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Dr. Caroline Floccia >> Reader (Associate Professor) >> PSQ A213 >> School of Psychology >> University of Plymouth >> Drake Circus >> Devon PL4 8AA >> tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > > -- Dr. Caroline Floccia Reader (Associate Professor) PSQ A213 School of Psychology University of Plymouth Drake Circus Devon PL4 8AA tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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I thought you all would enjoy it, especially after the first few minutes?and that those of you with students might find it useful as a teaching tool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg2NsY8XASo Best, Susan Susan Linn Director, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood CCFC: Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood ccfc at commercialfreechildhood.org http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org Visit CCFC on Facebook and Twitter! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I thought you all would enjoy it, especially after the first few minutes?and that those of you with students might find it useful as a teaching tool. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg2NsY8XASo > > Best, > > Susan > > > Susan Linn > Director, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood > > CCFC: Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood > ccfc at commercialfreechildhood.org > http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org > Visit CCFC on Facebook and Twitter! > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. 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Je n'ai pas de questionnaire ? vous proposer mais je > peux vous faire parvenir un m?moire en orthophonie qui a ?t? fait ? > Lyon (France) sur sur votre probl?matique : LE BILINGUISME PRECOCE > CONSECUTIF CHEZ LES ENFANTS LUSOPHONES ET TURCOPHONES : Influence de > la langue maternelle sur l?acquisition du fran?ais langue seconde. > Faites-moi conna?tre une adresse e-mail et je vous fais parvenir le > m?moire. > Par ailleurs si cela vous int?resse, je vous informe que je donne un > s?minaire sur l'Acquisition bilingue dans votre Universit? ? la > Facult? des Langues et Litt?rature, Humanit?s, Arts et ?ducation (? > Walferdange) dans le Master Learning and Development in Multilingual > and Multicultural Context (master Multi-Learn : http://multi-learn.org/) > Ma prochaine intervention aura lieu les 3 juin 2011 (17h-20h) et 4 > juin 2011 (toute la journ?e). Vous pouvez venir me retrouver ou > assister au s?minaire en auditrice libre. > > Bien cordialement, > Mehmet-Ali AKINCI > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mehmet-Ali AKINCI (CR - CNRS) > Researcher in pyscholinguistics& Lecturer in Linguistics > Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage (DDL) > UMR 5596 CNRS - Universit? Lumi?re Lyon 2 > ISH - 14 avenue Berthelot > 69363 Lyon Cedex 07 - France > > Office address: > Universit? de Rouen ? IRED > 7, rue Thomas Becket > 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex - France > > e-mail : Mehmet-Ali.Akinci at univ-rouen.fr > Tel. office +33 (0)2 35 14 69 44 > Tel. gsm +33 (0)6 32 66 63 03 > http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Annuaires/Index.asp?Langue=FR&Page=Mehmet-Ali%20AKINCI > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From mariateresa.guasti at unimib.it Sun Feb 27 15:08:03 2011 From: mariateresa.guasti at unimib.it (mariateresa.guasti) Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:08:03 +0100 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Many thank. Teresa On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:34:26 +0000 ?Caroline Floccia wrote: > Dear Maria, > I attach it to this email. It starts with a series of >questions which will > determine which section to fill in. All parents have to >fill in section D > anyway, which contains information such as date of >birth, SES, etc. But > section B and C are for parents of bilingual kids: one >is for families where > both parents speak the Additional Language (both French >for example), and > the other for families where only one parent is >non-English speaker (Mum >French and Dad English for example). We didn't develop >anything for families > in which more than one additional language is spoken >(Mum French, Dad > Spanish for example). > Also, you need to know that after extensive piloting, we >have decided to > increase the weight of the mother's input, that is, >whatever she does > (speaking only English, or only French, or half half) >counts more than what > the father does. > Columns D and after are full of calculations, nothing >should be changed > there. > What we usually do is that we print the first 4 pages, >and we are next to > the parent when she/he fills it in. Then we simply enter >the numbers in the > excel spreadsheet afterwards, and that gives us the >percentage of exposure. > Please let me know if you ave any question/problem. > I also enclose a word document that contains the >explanations as to how the > entire calculations work. > > I hope it will help! > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:07 AM, mariateresa.guasti < > mariateresa.guasti at unimib.it> wrote: > >> Dear Caroline, >> >> hello. It is a long time we did not see each other. >> >> I would be interested in your questionnaire. Can you >>send me the excel >> file? >> >> thank >> Teresa >> >> >> >> On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:09:14 +0000 >>??Caroline Floccia wrote: >> >>> Dear Pascale, >>> >>> At the University of Plymouth, we have developed a >>>questionnaire last >>> year, >>> which allows you to calculate the percentage of exposure >>>to English from >>> data such as the number of hours the child sleeps at >>>night, what language >>> each parent uses most often to talk to the child, how >>>many hours the child >>> spends with each parent alone, etc. We are currently >>>writing a paper in >>> which we show that the performances of 30-month-olds in >>>various English >>> tests can be predicted by their score in the exposure >>>questionnaire. If >>> you >>> are interested, I can send it to you, in its current >>>state it is an excel >>> file, very easy to fill in. >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Caroline Floccia, Allegra Cattani (University of >>>Plymouth) >>> Kirsten Abbot-Smith (University of Kent) >>> Frederique Arreckx (Universite de Tours) >>> Andrea Krott (University of Birmingham) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Pascale Engel >>> wrote: >>> >>>??Dear Info ? CHILDES, >>>> >>>> I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg >>>>involving >>>> bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am >>>>particularly >>>> interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality >>>>of the >>>> exposure to the native language in the home affects a) >>>>children's >>>> performance in their first language Portuguese and b) >>>>children?s >>>> performance in their second language Luxembourgish. >>>> >>>> Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire >>>>that I could >>>> give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the >>>>quality of >>>> exposure to the native language in the home. I am not >>>>aware of any >>>> existing questionnaire but before designing something >>>>from scratch I >>>> thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any >>>>suggestions are >>>> greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Many thanks in advance >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD >>>> >>>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow >>>> University of Luxembourg - EMACS >>>> B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange >>>> G.D. de Luxembourg >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to >>>>the Google Groups >>>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Caroline Floccia >>> Reader (Associate Professor) >>> PSQ A213 >>> School of Psychology >>> University of Plymouth >>> Drake Circus >>> Devon PL4 8AA >>> tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to >>>the Google Groups >>> "Info-CHILDES" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>>info-childes at googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to >>the Google Groups >> "Info-CHILDES" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >>info-childes at googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Caroline Floccia > Reader (Associate Professor) > PSQ A213 > School of Psychology > University of Plymouth > Drake Circus > Devon PL4 8AA > tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to >the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. > To post to this group, send email to >info-childes at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From Serratrice at manchester.ac.uk Mon Feb 28 15:23:17 2011 From: Serratrice at manchester.ac.uk (Ludovica Serratrice) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:23:17 -0800 Subject: International Association for the Study of Child Language: Call to host the 2017 Congress Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The IASCL Congress meets every three years in July. This year it is in Montreal and in 2014 it will be in Amsterdam. We are now issuing a call for the 2017 Congress, for which preliminary submissions should be made to me by May 1st. Anyone interested is strongly encouraged to contact me (lieven at eva.mpg.de) for informal discussions in advance. Submissions will be forwarded to the Business Meeting of IASCL which will take place during the 2014 congress. An in principle decision will be made then. Requirements are as follows: 1. Local organiser(s) who work in the field of Child Language development and/or closely allied fields. 2. Capacity for 600- 800 (or upward) attendees: one hall large enough to accommodate this number and rooms for at least 10 parallel sessions plus posters, organiser space etc. 3. Previous Congresses have been held in Tokyo, Japan (1978), Vancouver, Canada (1981), Austin, U. S. A. (1984), Lund, Sweden (1987), Budapest, Hungary (1990), Trieste, Italy (1993), Istanbul, Turkey (1996), San Sebasti?n, Spain (1999), Madison, USA (2002), Berlin, Germany (2005) and Edinburgh, Scotland (2008). Elena Lieven President -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From merle.mahon at gmail.com Mon Feb 28 17:04:28 2011 From: merle.mahon at gmail.com (merle.mahon@googlemail.com) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:04:28 -0800 Subject: Exposure to native language questionnaire In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES, We are also working on an interviewer-administered questionnaire to find out about language input and social networks for young children of families from minority language groups in London (Bengali, Punjabi, Gugerati etc). We haven't published this yet but are happy to share our ideas. E-mail us for more information merle.mahon at ucl.ac.uk & kathleen.mccarthy at ucl.ac.uk Merle Dr Merle Mahon Developmental Science Research Department Division of Psychology and Language Science University College London UCL Chandler House 2 Wakefield Street London WC1N 1PF +44 (0) 207 6794036 Internal 24036 On Feb 18, 8:51?am, Pascale Engel wrote: > Dear Info ? CHILDES, > > I am running a study in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg involving > bilingual Portuguese speaking immigrant children. I am particularly > interested to know whether the amount and/or the quality of the > exposure to the native language in the home affects a) children's > performance in their first language Portuguese and b) children?s > performance in their second language Luxembourgish. > > Ideally I would like to use some sort of questionnaire that I could > give to parents to get an idea of the amount and the quality of > exposure to the native language in the home. I am not aware of any > existing questionnaire but before designing something from scratch I > thought I would ask the Group for some feed-back. Any suggestions are > greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks in advance > > --------------------------------------- > Pascale Engel de Abreu - PhD > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > University of Luxembourg - EMACS > B.P.2 L-7201 Walferdange > G.D. de Luxembourg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From Serratrice at manchester.ac.uk Mon Feb 28 21:38:41 2011 From: Serratrice at manchester.ac.uk (Ludovica Serratrice) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:38:41 -0800 Subject: IASCL 2017 Congress: amendment Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I apologise for an error that occured in my earlier email about the Call to host the 2017 Congress. An in principle decision will be made at the Business Meeting of the 2011 Congress not, as I said in error, at the 2014 Congress. Best wishes, Elena Lieven -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en. From drussellmrichie at gmail.com Mon Feb 28 22:00:17 2011 From: drussellmrichie at gmail.com (Russell Richie) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:00:17 -0800 Subject: Temple University Infant Lab seeks Lab Coordinator Message-ID: The Temple University Infant Laboratory at Ambler anticipates hiring a laboratory coordinator, a position presenting diverse opportunities to participate in cutting-edge developmental research. The Temple University Infant Lab at Ambler, directed by Professors Kathryn Hirsh- Pasek and Nora Newcombe, conducts research on language acquisition, play and the arts, spatial development, and memory development. This position requires assisting with research primarily on language development, though opportunities to assist with research in other domains may arise. The position has a 1-year minimum, with the possibility of extending to 2 or more years. Duties include: ? Stimuli creation, subject recruitment and scheduling, data collection, coding and analysis with children aged 2 months to 6 years ? Organizing and sharing research findings at collaborative lab meetings and in federal grant reports ? Management of IRB protocols ? Research grants administration and accounting ? Hiring, training, and supervising undergraduate and volunteer research assistants Lab coordinators also frequently have the opportunity to be collaborators in research that will be presented at major conferences and published in major journals. Required qualifications: ? Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Linguistics or related field Preferred qualifications: ? Six months experience working with children between the ages of two months to seven years in a research setting ? Computer skills and proficiency with MS Office and SPSS/SAS software packages ? Excellent communication, interpersonal, leadership, multi-tasking and organizational skills ? The ability to interact with a diverse population of program participants ? Ability to work independently as well as part of a team ? Ability to travel to off-site locations that may not be accessible by public transportation If interested, please forward a resume to the infant lab coordinator at melissa.hansen at temple.edu. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en.