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SUMMARY:Can people with developmental disorders function successfully as b
 ilinguals? - Dr Napoleon Katsos\, Reader in Experimental Pragmatics &amp\;
  Dr Ozge Ozturk\, Postdoc at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Lin
 guistics\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20170118T103000Z
DTEND:20170118T113000Z
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CONTACT:Amber Ruigrok
DESCRIPTION:Among parents and professionals\, there is a common\, albeit e
 mpirically unsupported belief that bilingual exposure may be detrimental t
 o the language development of children with neurodevelopmental and other r
 elated disabilities (Griswold\, 2016). In this presentation we will first 
 report the findings from a recent systematic review on the impact of bilin
 gualism on the linguistic and social development of children with neurodev
 elopmental disabilities (Uljarević et al.\, 2016). We will then share som
 e findings from research with bilingual children with ASD and their compet
 ence with core language and pragmatics (Reetzke et al.\, 2015). The overal
 l conclusion is that while there are substantial gaps in research\, biling
 ualism does not seem to have an adverse effect on the development of child
 ren with neurodevelopmental disabilities\, while there are reasons to expe
 ct that it might even have a beneficial impact in certain respects. We wil
 l conclude by outlining a new project that will address some of the gaps i
 n the literature.
LOCATION:Large Meeting Room (groundfloor)\, Douglas House\, 18B\, Trumping
 ton Road
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