33.1603, Confs: Applied Ling, Cog Sci, Lang Acquisition, Psycholing/United Kingdom

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-1603. Sun May 08 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.1603, Confs: Applied Ling, Cog Sci, Lang Acquisition, Psycholing/United Kingdom

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Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 22:31:40
From: Karen Roehr-Brackin [ladeli at essex.ac.uk]
Subject: Language Learning in Older Adults: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

 
Language Learning in Older Adults: Interdisciplinary Perspectives 

Date: 23-Jun-2022 - 23-Jun-2022 
Location: University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, United Kingdom 
Contact: Karen Roehr-Brackin 
Contact Email: kroehr at essex.ac.uk 
Meeting URL: https://www.essex.ac.uk/events/2022/06/23/ladeli-workshop 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

This workshop focuses on additional language learning in older adults (ages
60+). It aims to bring together researchers from different disciplines to
enhance our understanding of the processes of language learning and use in
later life as well as the various factors influencing these processes. We are
seeing a welcome increase in research involving older adults, but it is still
the case that the vast majority of studies to date has worked with younger
participants, and accordingly theories are primarily based on data from
younger samples. It is as yet unknown whether language learning processes
function in exactly the same way in younger and older individuals, and it is
likewise of interest to investigate whether additional language learning and
use in older adults is influenced by the same combination and weighting of
factors as younger adults’ learning.

The workshop will comprise four plenary-length talks by the invited speakers
and a poster session with a poster slam where presenters give a one-minute,
one-slide overview to showcase their posters prior to the poster display
itself. The day will conclude with themed group discussions to facilitate an
exchange of expertise among different disciplines, so we can learn from each
other about the strengths and weaknesses of the main methodologies and
predominant theoretical models in our respective fields. The event will thus
enable the forging of collaborations for future research that offer all the
benefits of multidisciplinary breadth and impact.

Confirmed invited speakers:
- Thomas Bak (University of Edinburgh)
- Merel Keijzer (University of Groningen)
- Simone Pfenninger (University of Salzburg)
- Outi Tuomanen (University of Potsdam)

Organising committee: Karen Roehr-Brackin, Faith Chiu, Eva Gutiérrez-Sigut,
Ramya Maitreyee (University of Essex)
 

Program:

The full workshop programme is available here: 
https://www.essex.ac.uk/events/2022/06/23/ladeli-workshop

Registration for this event is now open.





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