About Us
The Child Bilingualism Lab is a research lab group in the Department of Linguistics, English Language and Bilingualism at Bangor University. In this lab, postgraduate research students, led by Dr Eirini Sanoudaki, conduct research into various areas of childhood bilingualism, including:
- Acquisition and maintenance of languages
- Cognitive effects of bilingualism
- Bilingualism in individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions
- Experiences and considerations of childhood bilingualism by parents, education professionals, speech and language therapists (and others)
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Our Publications
A selection of recent publications from Child Bilingualism team is listed here, but for all the latest publications, please check individual pages linked above.
Ward, R., & Sanoudaki, E. (2023). Predicting language outcomes in bilingual children with Down syndrome, Child Neuropsychology, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2275331
Papastergiou, A., Sanoudaki, E., Tamburelli, M., & Chondrogianni, V. (2023). A study on the executive functioning skills of Greek–English bilingual children – a nearest neighbour approach. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 26(1), 78-94. doi:10.1017/S1366728922000335
Papastergiou, A., Pappas, V. & Sanoudaki, E. (2022). The executive function of bilingual and monolingual children: A technical efficiency approach. Behav Res 54, 1319–1345. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01658-7
Papastergiou, A. & Sanoudaki, E. (2022). Language skills in Greek-English bilingual children attending Greek supplementary schools in England, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25:8, 2834-2852, DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2021.1980496
Ward, R., & Sanoudaki, E. (2021). Bilingualism in children with a dual diagnosis of Down syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Clinical linguistics & phonetics, 35(7), 663–689. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2020.1818288
Ward, R., & Sanoudaki, E. (2021). Language profiles of Welsh-English bilingual children with Down syndrome. Journal of communication disorders, 93, 106126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2021.106126
Williams, M., & Cooper, S. (2021). Adult New Speakers of Welsh: Accent, Pronunciation and Language Experience in South Wales. Languages, 6(2), 86. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/languages6020086
Almehmadi, W., Tenbrink, T., & Sanoudaki, E. (2020). Pragmatic and Conversational Features of Arabic-Speaking Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Examining Performance and Caregivers’ Perceptions. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 63(7) https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-19-00265
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