Reading Acquisition Across Languages

Reading Acquisition Across Languages

Professor George Georgiou

Department of Educational Psychology
Faculty of Education                                                                    

University of Alberta, Canada

Date:       September 7, 2022 (Wednesday)   

Time:       9:30 – 10:45am (HKT) 

Chair:      Dr Patcy Yeung

The seminar will be conducted via ZOOM

Online Registration:https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=83801
(Please register by 5:00pm (HKT) on September 6, 2022 (Tuesday). The meeting ID and password will be sent to registrants by email.)

Abstract:

The question whether the predictors of reading acquisition are language specific or universal has been at the centre of research for almost two decades. To answer this question, I will be presenting evidence from a range of cross-linguistic studies including alphabetic languages varying in orthographic consistency as well as non-alphabetic languages (e.g., Chinese) and a range of cognitive-linguistic skills.  

About the speaker:

Professor George Georgiou is a full professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta, Canada. His research focuses on two related topics: (a) the development of reading acquisition across languages including its predictors, and (b) the remediation of reading difficulties. In the last two years, Professor Georgiou was seconded to Alberta Education to oversee the development of the new English Language Arts curriculum. He has received several national and international awards for his research including the Killam professorship in 2020, the Alberta Teachers' Association Educational Research Award in 2019, and the APA Div. 15 early career research award in 2015. Because of the impact of his research on the society, in 2018, he was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada. 

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