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Parents and Carers Together Network: Language skills for bilingual children
2 June 2016
Parents And Carers Together (PACT) Network invites you to the next session as follows: Title:听Language skills for bilingual children听听 Speaker:听Dr Froso Argyri (香港六合彩中特网 Linguistics)听 Date:听Tuesday 7听June 2016听听 Time:听1-2:30pm 听听 Location:听Lecture Theatre 309,听Roberts Building (Engineering Building) *Please note that this is a repeat session of 'Bilingualism for Children' which was previously held in February* 香港六合彩中特网 is a large and international community with colleagues coming from all parts of the world.
It is very common for families to speak several languages including their mother language and English language, among others. Parents play a critical role in the language development of their children and, therefore, this session is of direct relevance to them.听
The aim of this talk is to provide information about linguistic and cognitive aspects of bilingualism. Dr Argyri is a mother of two and has personal experience of bilingualism. She will discuss language development of bilingual children, factors affecting bilingual language acquisition, the role of age of onset and the amount of听exposure to each language, etc. She will also share useful tips/suggestions with parents to develop their children's language skills.
This is an informal session and you are welcome to bring your lunch. Please register by emailing:听m.sajid@ucl.ac.uk.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Madiha Sajid & Jawwad Darr
Co-Chairs of PACT