@ EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY, SEOUL
We study how children learn language and also how language learning can break down. We take the perspective of language learning as part of a larger cognitive-linguistic learning profile. Thus, we examine how language learning and nonlinguistic cognitive processing are linked within fundamental learning mechanism and whether and how limitations in this mechanism potentially affect language difficulties in children. We invite both bilingual and monolingual children with and without language difficulties to help us answer our research questions. Our aim is to broaden our perspective on cognitive-linguistic theories of language learning and to achieve more accurate assessment and more effective intervention services for children who have language difficulties.
A set of cognitive processes that are necessary for the cognitive control and language learning
A specific impairment in the processing of linguistic information. including grammar, morphology, syntax, and the functional aspects of language, such as semantics and pragmatics
The use of two languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers
Evidence-based methods to improve speech and language skills
The process of measuring either the point of gaze or the motion of eyes for investigating the visual system
CLL did a workshop on fNIRS(functional near-infrared spectroscopy) to prepare for our upcoming research.
CLL had a joint workshop with Human centered Intelligent System lab at the POSTECH. We shared on our ongoing research projects and planned our continuous collaborations.
Dr. Yim's K-MOOC Children's outstanding language learning abilities-approach from bilinguals was selected as the best course and was awarded the blue ribbon for four consecutive years.
CLL is looking for research assistants who are willing to work on multiple projects in the areas of child language development.
Dr. Yim invited Dr.McMurray, an F.Wendell Miller professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa. The title of the talk was 'The slow development of real time spoken and written word recognition.'
Dr. Yim delivered a session at the Early Childhood Learning Center. She talked about language development and language characteristics of bilingual children to teachers at ECLC.
Dr. Yim gave a talk at Science Touch on Friday, which was hosted by the National Research Foundation and the Federation of Busan Science and Technology. The title of the talk was Characteristics of the brain that only humans possess-What are the cognitive domains that we need to learn a language?
Dr. Yim gave a talk at the Asia Pacific Society of Speech Language and Hearing's meeting. The title of the talk was Importance of Maintaining Mother Tongue in the Face of Bilingual Children's Dynamic Language Shift.
CLL had the year-end party at ISayLab. Current lab members and former members came. We shared gifts, and the latest news, and congratulated students graduating this semester. It was great to meet members in person and have time to catch up. Thank you, Professor Yim, for hosting the year-end party!
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