2025

This talk explores the acoustic features of Infant-Directed Speech (IDS) in Tashlhiyt Berber, focusing on how variations in hyper-articulation and consonant neutralization by caregivers may affect language perception and phonological development in infants, while also testing theories related to the facilitative role of IDS in phonemic acquisition. Also on zoom https://uio.zoom.us/j/63633923986 

Jason Litzenberg discusses how language teaching and learning can survive and thrive with AI.

Kellie Rolstad and Jeff MacSwan will share insights into language ontology in multilinguals.

The presentation explores the role of English among kindergarten children in Norway.

Justin Brown will present metalinguistic reflections about Khoekhoegowab, or Nama language, among KhoeSan reclamation activists in Cape Town.

Madeleine Adkins explores adult learners’ experience in an  immersion program designed to create new speakers of Breton.

This presentation explores dual language programs in the U.S. and their potential to promote social justice for U.S. Latinos.

This presentation explores methodological and ethical approaches to researching family language policies in multilingual migratory contexts such as Switzerland, highlighting collaborative strategies for Spanish language maintenance in Swiss bilingual preschools.

Edina Krompák will present her ongoing research project on multilingual, multimodal and digital practices of Swiss young people.

In this talk, Pak Man Au presents his findings from his Master project on implicit bias in Norwegian educational spaces against foreign names.

Language Trajectory Drawings as a Biographic Method in Researching Sámi Language Reclamation in Families: Reflections and Experiences by Anette Briksdal

The talk will focus on the relationship between speech production and perception in early childhood and the role of pacifiers in language development.

What we talk about when we talk about Yiddish: Anita Christensen discusses revitalization, transvaluation and representation of Yiddish in contemporary Sweden

Camilla Lee presents preliminary findings from her PhD project on emotional self-regulating strategies and writing processes, and she discusses ways to conceptualize well-being in the context of second language writing.