Language and Literacy Development in Early Dual Language Learners - Agenda

Opening Remarks and Co-Chair Introductions
Ruben Alvarez, Ed.D., NICHD; Judith Cooper, Ph.D., NIDCD; Lisa Freund, Ph.D., NICHD; Elizabeth Peña, Ph.D., UT and Arturo Hernandez, Ph.D., UH

Keynote Address
Judith F. Kroll, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside Bilingualism: Consequences for Mind, Brain, and Society

Break

Session I: Variability in Bilingual Development

Erica Hoff, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University
Variability in Bilingual Development: Ages 2 to 5

Deborah Chen Pichler, Ph.D., Gallaudet University
Bimodal Bilingual Development

Discussants: Leah Fabiano-Smith, Ph.D., University of Arizona
Kerry Ebert, Ph.D., Rush University

Announcements and lunch

Session II: Assessment and Intervention

Elizabeth Peña, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
The Role of Assessment in Differentiating Language Impairment from Language Difference

Yuuko Uchikoshi, Ed.D., University of California, Davis
Literacy Development in Dual Language Learners

Discussants: Anny Castilla-Earls, Ph.D., University of Houston
Pui Fong Kan, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder

Break

Session III: Identification of Gaps in Our Knowledge

Group session led by co-chairs

Break

Session IV: Future Research Directions

Group session led by co-chairs

Adjourn for the day

Group dinner (optional)

Arturo Hernandez, Ph.D., University of Houston
A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Dual Language Development

Fumiko Hoeft, M.D., Ph.D., University of California San Francisco
The Neural Bases of Reading in Developing Bilinguals

Discussants: Ioulia Kovelman, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Jason Zevin, Ph.D., University of Southern California

Break

Session VI: Building a Research Agenda on Language and Literacy Development in Early Dual Language Learners: Summation

Group session led by co-chairs

Adjourn