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CCRC Colloquium: Jan Edwards (HESP)

CCRC Colloquium: Jan Edwards (HESP)

Maryland Language Science Center Wednesday, April 11, 2018 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Benjamin Building, 1121

12:20pm - lunch served
12:45pm - talk
1:30pm - Q&A

Title: Dialect Mismatch and Literacy Acquisition

Abstract: TBD 

Bio: Jan Edwards joined the University of Maryland Fall of 2016 as a faculty member in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and she also serves as an Associate Director of the Maryland Language Science Center. Her research centers on how preschool-aged children learn the sounds and words of language, how this relates to language skills, literacy and school success. She investigates how children learn to talk with a wide range of language experiences - multiple languages, cochlear implants, autism spectrum disorders, and mainstream and nonmainstream dialects of English. For more information on her research, please select the research tab, above.

Add to Calendar 04/11/18 12:30:00 04/11/18 14:00:00 America/New_York CCRC Colloquium: Jan Edwards (HESP)

12:20pm - lunch served
12:45pm - talk
1:30pm - Q&A

Title: Dialect Mismatch and Literacy Acquisition

Abstract: TBD 

Bio: Jan Edwards joined the University of Maryland Fall of 2016 as a faculty member in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and she also serves as an Associate Director of the Maryland Language Science Center. Her research centers on how preschool-aged children learn the sounds and words of language, how this relates to language skills, literacy and school success. She investigates how children learn to talk with a wide range of language experiences - multiple languages, cochlear implants, autism spectrum disorders, and mainstream and nonmainstream dialects of English. For more information on her research, please select the research tab, above.

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