Ludovica Serratrice
@ludoserratrice
Linguist at large. Prof. @UniRdg_Psych and @LuCiD_Centre Prof. II @AcqVA_Aurora #bilingualism #devlangdis. Proud European 🇪🇺, dog lover 🐶
@Ally_Valentini and I are looking for a postdoc for a 31-month @UKRI_News project @UniofGreenwich on the inferential skills of multilingual children in spoken and written language. Please RT! 🙏🙏 The deadline for applications is 10th December. tinyurl.com/3xh75hsu
DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is a difficulty with understanding and using words and sentences. People with DLD can learn with support! Let's hear from Maisie (UK), Paula (Peru/US) and Selena, a mother with a child with DLD (China/Australia). @RADLDcam #DLDday
Students with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) often have ideas about what works tor them. We need to listen to them! #DevLangDis #DLDday
🗣️What works in lessons? 🗨️"I like it when they use a task plan so that I know what I need to do" #DLDday
There are excellent supervision opportunities in our School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences @UniRdg_Psych for linguistic, psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic PhDs. Get in touch!
Interested in a funded PhD in the social sciences at UoR for 2025? The ESRC SEDarc studentships are open for applications. Check out the opportunities at the University of Reading and how to apply reading.ac.uk/doctoral-resea… #fullyfunded #PhDScholarships #PhDposition #SocialSciences
Excited to share my article in @Languages_mdpi's special issue on Language Use in Multilingual Contexts. The open access article on the effect of contact with heritage/host communities on backward transfer in Indian immigrants in Glasgow is available at mdpi.com/2727662!
The post I made a couple of days ago on the differences between efficiency and productivity has been turned into a superb sketchnote & accompanying blog by @tnvora: qaspire.com/efficiency-and…. For those who couldn't open the original article by Avi Siegal, here's another link:…
As a change leader, I've spent a lot of my professional life in workshops. I've participated in many workshops that have resulted in outstanding insights leading to positive action. I've also been in workshops that were a waste of everyone's time. So I appreciated this new…
"When mothers consider heritage language maintenance their responsibility, they often believe language loss reflects poorly on their choices and practices as mothers" (Gudowska, 2024, p.7) #Languages #motherhood #HLM uk.bookshop.org/p/books/mother…
Remember when we said that evidence on the positive effect of exercise on cognition is inconclusive? Well, some people weren’t too happy about that. They came to us with some critiques, so we decided to roll up our sleeves and dive deeper. Spoiler: our conclusions still stand
Why we need a revolution in clinical research. New editorial @Brain1878 academic.oup.com/brain/article/… @NIHRresearch @The_MRC @UKRI_News @wellcometrust @wesstreeting
🗣️#PrimaryTeachers! Get ready for back-to-school season with our premium transition resources. ✅Quickfire icebreakers ✅Reading and writing for pleasure activities ✅A suggested read for the first week of term with discussion questions for book talk literacytrust.org.uk/resources/back…
TRUST book on Equitable Research Partnerships achieves a quarter million downloads! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
We still have some spots left for the upcoming VIRT2UE training, and the deadline for applications has been extended to the 28th of August! ⏰ If you want to become a trainer in #ResearchIntegrity then don't miss this opportunity! Sign up at the link below ✎
📢 NEW VIRT2UE DATES ANNOUNCED! 📢 If you are interested in becoming a trainer in #ResearchIntegrity then this is the training for you! For more information, see the flyer below 📷 To register, click this link 🔗 xendens.nl/p/31/diensten/…
Come work with a fabulous team of linguists in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Application deadline October 1st. Contact Martin Krämer for more information. jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…
This year's @UniRdg_CeLM summer school: An Introduction to #Bayesian Mixed-Effects Models Dr João Veríssimo (University of Lisbon). Registration details below
Our 7th research methods summer school is open for registration! If you're interested (@UniofReading students/staff only), sign up here: research.reading.ac.uk/celm/our-resea… Note you need experience using #R and mixed effect models to benefit from the course @UniRdg_Research @UniRdg_PhD
Job advert! Two new lectureships (assistant professorships) in #psychology (developmental, social, or forensic) at @UniofReading. Apply here by 16th September - Please RT 🙏 jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…
The Summer holidays are coming to an end, but there's still time to browse through our DLD diagnostic modules. Grow in skills and confidence with #DevLangDis diagnosis. FREE to all too. naplic.org.uk/diagnosing-dld…
Why did English end up with such a crazy spelling system? In new research funded by @LeverhulmeTrust we analysed 1000 years of English spelling to find out. Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/psya….
"Supporting home languages through a #multilingual #library": @hmking_linguist gives practical tips on how to build a multilingual collection of books which reflect the linguistic repertoires of students/children (264 books, 76 langs!). #school @MultilingLondon #SocialJustice
At the #AILA2024 symposium with @hmking_linguist @Naashia_M and Myra Garces-Bacsal yesterday, I mentioned free artwork. It can be downloaded here, part of my work on the multilingual children's library in Sheffield (together with other resources) multilingualism-in-schools.net/the-multilingu…
The next Bilingualism Matters Symposium will take place in Edinburgh on 24-25 March 2025. The call for papers is out and can be found here: bilingualism-matters.org/events/bilingu… Submit abstracts and encourage submissions! And plan to come to beautiful Edinburgh and attend in person.