Workshop on Bilingualism and Language Acquisition (17 March 2010, Hong Kong)

[Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre]

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce a Workshop on Bilingualism and Language
Acquisition to be held on 17 March 2010 at the Chinese University of
Hong Kong.

The Workshop will launch the Distinguished Speakers Lectures Series
with two internationally renowned speakers giving inaugural speeches:

'Cognitive advantages of bilingualism in early childhood’
Ellen Bialystok (York University, Canada)
Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology

'Early birds have words’: 早學三光， 晚學三荒
Maria Polinsky (Harvard University, USA)
Professor of Linguistics

AIMS
The Workshop brings together researchers working on different areas in
the fields of bilingualism and language acquisition, in an effort to
promote the integration of research in both fields. In addition to the
two keynote speakers, a number of invited speakers from institutions
in Hong Kong will present their work at the Workshop, representing the
fields of linguistics, neuro-cognitive science, psychology, speech
therapy, engineering and language education. The Workshop seeks to
create a platform to facilitate presentation and exchange of recent
findings on bilingual acquisition involving Cantonese, Mandarin and
English. We hope to forge a dialogue and synergy between researchers
who share similar interests in bilingual acquisition, stimulating
research with an interdisciplinary perspective. The Workshop will be
of interest to a wide spectrum of professionals in early childhood
education, language pathology, speech science and teacher training.

The Workshop is jointly organized by the Childhood Bilingualism
Research Centre, the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive
Sciences at the University of Hong Kong and the Global Parent Child
Resource Centre at Braemar Hill Nursery School.

PROGRAM
The Workshop Program is available at: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/cbrc/workshop/
Attendance is free but registration is required for attendance. Please
download registration form from our Workshop website.

Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre
Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages
Chinese University of Hong Kong
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/cbrc
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