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CCLS (Cologne Center of Language Sciences) Lecture Series, University of Cologne

20 March 2019

Monday 5 November 2018 Professor Tsimpli gave a presentation, "Literacy, numeracy and cognition in primary school children from underprivileged contexts in India: the role of multilingualism and medium of instruction: in CCLS lecture sereis. The CCLS especially supports students and junior researchers and assists all...

Language@Leeds

20 March 2019

Thursday 14 June 2018 Professor Ianthi Tsimpli was invited as Distinguished Speaker by Language@Leeds to give a talk on "Multilingualism and multiliteracy in primary school children in India: Linguistic and cognitive effects" at the University of Leeds. She introduced her project that seeks to understand how structural and...

Prague Workshop on Bilingualism

20 March 2019

Tuesday 25 September 2018 Professor Ianthi Tsimpli gave a presentation "Literacy, numeracy and cognition in multilingual children from underprivileged contexts: a study of primary school children in India" at the Prague workshop held at the Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Jan Palach Square, Prague. The Prague workshop...

CCD Conference 2018, Australian Research Council

14 August 2018

Friday 27th July 2018 Professor Theodoros Marinis gave a keynote speech at the CCD Conference "Current Issues in Child Bilingual Development" , organised by the Australian Research Council at Macquarie University.

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Connect’M Conference 2018

7 August 2018

Saturday, 17 July 2018 Professor Lina Mukhopadhyay was invited by the Connect Malaysia (Connect’M) to give a talk on " Creating translangauging: classrooms in EFL contexts " at the 2nd Connect`M International Conference, 16 - 19 July 2018.

ESRC-DFID Programme Research Lead at St Antony's College, University of Oxford

3 July 2018

Tuesday 6th March 2018 Professor Tsimpli gave a talk in the seminar series , organised by the ESRC-DFID Programme Research Lead at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. She presented some preliminary data from Delhi on numeracy and Raven's. See the video here .

A collaborative impact activity with NNEdPro

3 July 2018

Monday 5th February 2018 Professor Ianthi Tsimpli introduced the project in a collaborative impact activity with NNEdPro, the University of Cambridge and the Remedy Clinic Study Group. Her presentation sparked questions and discussion about the impact of nutrition on children's learning.

South Asia Panel of the Language and Development Conference 2017, Dakar

3 July 2018

Saturday, 26 November 2017 Dr. Lina Mukhopadhyay, EFLU gave a presentation on the project rationale and task design at the South Asia Panel of the Language and Development Conference 2017, Dakar

Language Sciences Research Forum, Education in Challenging Contexts

19 June 2018

Wednesday 16 May 2018 Professor Ianthi Tsimpli was invited by Language Sciences Research Forum at the University of Cambridge. She presented the preliminary findings from her ESRC-DFID project (May 2016-April 2020). She explained why some children in India do not benefit from the “bilingual advantage” in attention and...

Irish Research Network in Childhood Bilingualism and Multilingualism

19 June 2018

Thursday 3 May 2018 Professor Ianthi Tsimpli was invited to give a Keynote talk by the Irish Research Network in Childhood Bilingualism and Multilingualism. Her talk explained how multilingualism can be an advantage for both language and cognition. Research on bilingual children in Europe and the US reveals cognitive...