[Edling] NordEdLing Online Seminar Series | Children’s Cognitive Processing | German Children’s Books

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

In spring 2026, the Nordic Network for Educational Linguistics (NordEdLing
<https://lnu.se/en/research/research-groups/nordic-research-network-for-educational-linguistics-nordedling/>)
is inviting you to online seminars with Hanna Lindfors (Linnaeus
University, Sweden) and Roswita Dressler (University of Calgary, Canada).

*11 Feb,* *15.00–16.00* (CET) Hanna Lindfors on* Children’s Cognitive
Processing of Sentences and Picture Sequences: Towards Educational
Applications*

This presentation draws on my doctoral research exploring whether cognitive
processing is similar across verbal and pictorial domains. Cognitive
processing of sentences and picture sequences was examined in children with
typical language development and in peers with developmental language
disorder (DLD). The results point to similarities across domains aligning
with emergentist-functionalist frameworks that suggest language processing
relies on general cognitive mechanisms rather than being specific to the
verbal domain. These findings open new discussions on how pictorial
materials can support comprehension particularly for children with DLD.


Zoom:
https://lnu-se.zoom.us/j/68332368578?pwd=9D7ELMxTIQwu5JcPuYQbhfF6S9M6u7.1

*29 Apr,* *15.00–16.00* (CET) Roswita Dressler on *German Children’s Books:
An Educational Linguistic Perspective*

North American teachers often create classroom libraries of authentic
children’s books for students to read in class or take home to practice
reading. If those teachers instruct German as a second language, they have
difficulty selecting books because there is no straightforward way for them
to determine the difficulty of the book. In this talk, I provide an
educational linguistic perspective to the problem, demonstrating how
interdisciplinary research methods have emerged which can address this
problem of practice. Drawing from my current study of the text complexity
of German children’s books, I will outline how we are beginning to answer
the question: what makes a German children’s book readable?

Zoom:
https://lnu-se.zoom.us/j/69848221398?pwd=kfanpRvmShKdp6aiNiwCaOrSK8sH3t.1

Please feel free to disseminate this information in your research networks
and do not hesitate to join the NordEdLing’s newsletter by sending an email
to nordedling at lnu.se
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