Miss Bethan Collins
Qualifications
- MSc: Language Acquisition and Development
2018–2019 - BA: Linguistics
2015–2018
Publications
2024
- Accepted/In pressIaith a’r Celfyddydau: Fforio technegau creadigol er mwyn cymorth dysgu iaith newydd
Collins, B. & Sanoudaki, E., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Prifysgol Bangor University.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review - Accepted/In pressLanguage and the Arts: Exploring creative techniques to aid with learning a new language
Collins, B. & Sanoudaki, E., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Prifysgol Bangor University.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
Activities
2024
- Exploring bilingual advantages in executive functioning: insights from Greek-English and Welsh-English bilingual children in the UK
13 Oct 2024
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker) - Language and the Arts: Exploring creative techniques to aid with learning a new language
Oral presentation at the Symposium on Language Disorders and Bilingualism
Sep 2024
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
2023
- Cognitive and Language Skills in Emergent Bilingual Primary School Children in Wales
Presentation given at the 14th International Symposium on Bilingualism, held at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia
26 Jun 2023
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
2022
- Child Bilingualism: What do we know? How do we find out?
Two talks by Bangor University's Child Bilingualism Lab at the ESRC Festival of Social Science- Bangor 26/10/2022, Cardiff 03/11/2022. Members of the lab spoke about their individual research into childhood bilingualism in typically developing individuals, individuals with developmental disorders, and children who speak a heritage language.
26 Oct 2022 – 3 Nov 2022
Links:
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker) - Cyflwyniad Eisteddfod Labordy Dwyieithog Plant/Child Bilingualism Lab Eisteddfod Presentation
Talk given at the National Eisteddfod with the Child Bilingualism lab, on our research into the effects of bilingualism in children with Down syndrome, Rett syndrome, and executive functioning in bilingual typically developing children.
2 Aug 2022
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
2019
- What impact does early second language exposure have on Executive Functions? Evidence from Welsh-English children
Talk detailing findings from MSc Dissertation project investigating the impact of minimal exposure to second language Welsh on Executive Functions from primary school children aged 5-7 in North-East Wales, and comparing them to monolingual English speaking children in England.
26 Sep 2019 – 28 Sep 2019
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)