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Our recent publication chosen as the cover of the journal "Languages"

17 April 2020

Thursday, 14 April 2020 Our recent publication " Linguistic Diversity, Multilingualism, and Cognitive Skills: A Study of Disadvantaged Children in India " was chosen as the cover of the journal Languages .

Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism, University of Reading

7 March 2020

Thursday, 6 February 2019 Dr Lina Mukhopadhyay (Co-investigator at Hyderabad) was invited to give a talk " Does translanguaging in narrative retelling reveal differences in L1 & L2 learning? " at the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism, University of Reading.

2nd International Conference on Indigenous Languages (ICOIL-2), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

6 March 2020

Friday, 14 February 2020 Vasim Tamboli, Kankan Das and Lina Mukhopadhyay (Co-investigator at Hyderabad) gave a presentation " Inference generation as part of a child’s Theory of Mind: A study of Indian primary grade learners " at the 2nd International Conference on Indigenous Languages (ICOIL-2), IIT Madras, Chennai.

International Symposium on Bilingualism and Cognition, University of Hyderabad

6 March 2020

Saturday, 1 November 2018 The Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Dept. of Biological Sciences at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus and Centre for Neural and Cognitive Sciences (CNCS) at the University of Hyderabad jointly organized a 3-day International symposium on "Bilingualism and Cognition" from 1 to 3 November, 2018. The...

2nd Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium (BMRS2019), University of Edinburgh Holyrood Campus.

6 March 2020

Saturday, 21 September 2019 The 2nd Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium (BMRS2019) was held on Saturday 21st September 2019 at the Outreach Centre, University of Edinburgh Holyrood Campus. Around 80 researchers from around the world attended, giving wide-ranging oral and poster presentations on the latest research into...

14th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition conference (GALA 14), University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

5 March 2020

Thursday, 12 September 2019 Professor Theo Marinis (Co-investigator at University of Reading) gave a keynote speech Multilingual Education in India: Effects of Language of Instruction on the development of Literacy and Mathematical Skills at the 14th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition conference (GALA 14) on...

Conference on Multilingualism 2019 (COM2019), Leiden University (The Netherlands)

5 March 2020

Tuesday, 3 September 2019 Professor Theo Marinis (Co-investigator at University of Reading) gave a keynote speech Multilingual Education in India: Effects of Language of Instruction on the development of Literacy and Mathematical Skills at the Conference on Multilingualism 2019 (COM2019) on 3rd September 2019. The...

MultiLila Workshop, 28-29 November 2019, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

29 October 2019

The MultiLila Workshop will be held in November 28-29, 2019, at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. The workshop will be open to academics and researchers from India and the UK to discuss issues regarding multilingualism in India and the UK educational contexts. See the program here. To register (free): mamindia@...

13th Language and Development Conferences, Bangkok, Thailand

15 October 2019

Tuesday, 24 September 2019 Professor Lina Mukhopadhyay was invited by the Asia-Pacific Multilingual Education Working Group to give a talk on " Translanguaging practices in developing primary grade school skills: Evidences from challenging Indian contexts " at the 6th International Conference on Language and Education and...

SLEG seminar at Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

20 March 2019

Monday 22 October 2018 Professor Tsimpli presented some preliminary findings of the project in the SLEG seminar . She illustrated the norm of multilingualism in India. However, learning outcomes for many school children appear low and hard to improve. Focusing on the comparison between children from urban slums with those...