Asha

ASHA 2018

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The American Speech, Language, Hearing Association annual convention is coming up this November in Boston, MA. There are a bunch of seminars, technical talks, and posters focused on bilingualism throughout the day of the convention. Here is the listing of those sessions.  See you there!

Asha 2011

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We have several posters and talks at Asha this year by HABLA lab faculty, alums, and students along with collaborators from other universities:

  • Kai Greene, Lisa Bedore, Elizabeth Peña: The Lexical Code-Switching Patterns of English-Spanish Bilingual Preschoolers
  • Li Sheng, Lisa Bedore, Elizabeth Peña: Semantic Development in Spanish-English Bilingual Children
  • Ying Lu & Li Sheng: Lexical-Semantic Development in Mandarin-English Bilingual Children
  • Chistine Fiestas, Lisa Bedore, Elizabeth Peña & Li Sheng: The Definitional Skills of Bilingual Children: Age & Language Experience
  • Katie Squires, Ron Gillam, Mirza Lugo-Neris, Lisa Bedore, &  Elizabeth Peña:  Story Retelling of Bilingual Children with SLI
  • Connie Summers, Marcela Diaz, Elizabeth Peña, & Lisa Bedore:  Macrostructure Analysis of English & Spanish Narratives in Bilingual Children

Asha in New Orleans

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I’m off to the Asha meeting tomorrow (Tuesday). Committee day is Wednesday and I’m on the publications board. Then the convention starts early on Thursday. I’ll be hanging out at the posters most of the day, I find them probably most interesting and interactive. It’s a great time to see what’s new, talk to presenters, and run into friends.

Friday morning I’m thinking of having “office hours” over at Cafe du Monde. Probably the one at the Riverwalk Marketplace as that’s the one closest to the convention center– so, stop by and say hi– or come talk to me about graduate school, research, or whatever and have a cup of coffee. See you there.

Blogging and Hits

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So, it’s a good thing when people find your blog right? Yes, it is. It’s also a bit nerve-wracking, but that’s just temporary anxiety I think. It’s just that when you know people are reading your stuff you start to wonder whether you said it right or if you even have anything to say!!

The other day I was checking out the stats on the 2languages2worlds blog where I also post (along with other folks who do bilingualism research). It seems that the number of unique visitors had all of a sudden gone from about 20 or so a day to about 50 a day. I know that’s not a lot in the world of blogging, but we have a pretty small audience of people interested in bilingualism research (relatively speaking). Still, a little more than doubling of unique hits was pretty exciting! Continue reading →