Talks and Conferences
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Recent Talks or Presentations
Luk, G. (2022, March 26). Shifting the discourse from deficit to difference: Understanding the cognitive neuroscience of learning in multilingual learners. Bilingualism Matters, University of South Carolina. Delivered online.
Luk, G. (2022, February 28). Multilingualism in development and learning. Readings I n Educational Psychology Seminar Series. University of Alabama, Delivered online.
Luk, G. (2021, November 25). Who is a Bilingual? [Invited talk]. Concordia Linguistics Student Association.
Luk, G. (2021, November 1). Embracing the value of language diversity through a transdisciplinary investigation of multilingualism. University of California Irvine Education Brown Bag Lecture Series, Irvine, CA, U.S. Delivered online.
Schellenberg, L., Hartwick, K., & Luk, G. (2021, October 25-26). Language and reading comprehension in multilingual adults. [Poster presentation]. Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2021. (Online). https://www.bilingualism-matters.org/events/bilingualism-matters-research-symposium-2021
Oh, J., Hartwick, K., Feng, J., Choi, S., & Luk, G. (2021, October 25-26). Association between parents’ judgement and objective proficiency measures in multilingual children and adolescents. [Poster presentation]. Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2021. (Online). https://www.bilingualism-matters.org/events/bilingualism-matters-research-symposium-2021
Hartwick, K., Oh, J., Feng, J., & Luk, G. (2021, October 25-26). The role of memory for speech in language and reading comprehension in multilingual children and adolescents. [Poster presentation]. Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2021. (Online). https://www.bilingualism-matters.org/events/bilingualism-matters-research-symposium-2021
Feng, J., Oh, J., Hartwick, K., & Luk, G. (2021, October 25-26). Inference-making and reading comprehension in multilingual children and adolescents. [Poster presentation]. Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2021. (Online). https://www.bilingualism-matters.org/events/bilingualism-matters-research-symposium-2021
Leon Guerrero, S., Whitford, V., Mesite, L. & Luk, G. (2021, July). Cross-linguistic syntactic skill modulates the relationship between text complexity and reading comprehension in bilingual middle-schoolers. [Paper presentation]. Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Annual Meeting. (Online).
Leon Guerrero, S., Mesite, L., Whitford, V., & Luk, G. (2021, July 10-14). Functional connectivity during a naturalistic language comprehension paradigm in English monolingual and Spanish-English bilingual adolescents. [Paper presentation]. 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Warsaw, Poland. (Online). https://isb13.wls.uw.edu.pl/programme
Leon Guerrero, S., & Luk, G. (2021, July 10-14). Multidialectal and multilingual experience modulate ERP responses in English sentence processing. [Paper presentation]. 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Warsaw, Poland. (Online). https://isb13.wls.uw.edu.pl/programme
Surrain, S., & Luk, G. (2021, July 10-14). Child-Initiated Codeswitches in Parent-
Child Interactions Before and After the Transition to Preschool. [Paper presentation]. 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Warsaw, Poland. (Online). https://isb13.wls.uw.edu.pl/programme
Schellenberg, L., Hartwick, K., & Luk, G. (2021, July 10-14). Onset age of active bilingualism and linguistic features in speech production among multilingual young adults. [Poster presentation]. 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Warsaw, Poland. (Online). https://isb13.wls.uw.edu.pl/programme
Feng, J., Hartwick, K., Montreuil, T., & Luk, G. (2021, July 10-14). Relationship between language use experience and emotional regulation among multilingual adults. [Poster presentation]. 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Warsaw, Poland. (Online). https://isb13.wls.uw.edu.pl/programme
Leon Guerrero, S., Smith, S. & Luk, G. (2021, July). Co-development of English and Spanish language proficiency in bilingual preschoolers. [Poster presentation]. International Association for the Study of Child Language 15th Congress. (Online).
Surrain, S., Rowe, M. & Luk, G. (2021, July). Dual language learners in transition from home to school: Understanding apparent “delays” in the context of parent input and child usage. [Paper presentation]. The International Association for the Study of Child Language. (Online).
Luk, G. (2021, April 23). Cognitive Neuroscience Meets Education: Understanding Learning in a Second Language. Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Oh, H.J.J., Luk, G., & Bertone, A. (2021, April). Contextual bilingual experience and executive functions among bilingual children and adolescents in a multilingual city. [Poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Virtual Biennial Meeting. (Online).
Leon Guerrero, S., Mesite, L., Whitford, V. & Luk, G. (2021, April). The role of vocabulary type and crosslinguistic component skills in dual language learners’ expository reading. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. (Online).
Luk, G. (2021, February 8). Shifting the discourse from deficit to difference: Understanding the cognitive neuroscience of learning in bilingual learners. Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. (Online).
Luk, G. (2020, October). Second language acquisition and learning: Insights from cognitive neuroscience. Second Language Research Forum 2020, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, U.S. More information.
Surrain, S., McAfee, A., Rowe, M. & Luk, G. (2020, October). Parental responses to child code-switching in 3 and 4-year-old Spanish-speaking dual language learners. [Poster presentation]. Many Paths to Language Workshop hosted by the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. (Online).
Luk, G. (2020, September). COVID-19 Inequities and Reading. Invited panelist in the public forum, National Academy of Education, U.S. More information.
Surrain, S., Rowe, M., & Luk, G. (2020). Features of Parental Input that Predict Home Language Skills in 3- and 4-year-old Spanish-speaking Dual Language Learners. Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland. (Online).
Oh, H.J.J., Luk, G., & Bertone, A. (2020). Bilingual experience and executive function of children and adolescents. [Poster presentation]. National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), Baltimore, MD.