Sign Language Acquisition and Assessment - Haifa, Israel, November 19-21, 2018
Welcome!
We are pleased to announce that the Sign Language Acquisition and Assessment Conference will take place in Haifa, Israel on November 19-21, 2018.
Theme
Sign Languages: Perspectives on Development and Assessment
The conference on Sign Language Acquisition and Assessment is envisaged as a meeting place for researchers working on the general, universal aspects of language acquisition and development, on the unique aspects of language acquisition in signing communities in Israel and abroad, and on the specific requirements of language assessment when working with signing communities in different countries.
Invited speakers:
Dr. Adam Schembri, University of Birmingham
Cross-linguistic Adaptation of Sign Language Assessment Tools
Prof. Bencie Woll, University College London
Priorities and Challenges in Assessing Sign Language Acquisition
Prof. Diane Lillo-Martin, University of Connecticut
Bimodal Bilingual Language Acquisition in the Context of Cochlear Implants: Knowns and Unknowns
Prof. Emeritus Ester Dromi, Tel Aviv University
A Clinical Model for the Assessment of Early Language
Dr. Katherine Rowley, University College London
Typically Atypical: Implications for Sign Language Assessment
Prof. Naama Friedmann, Tel Aviv University
Syntactic Impairments in Deaf and Hard-of-hearing and their Relations to Critical Age in Language Acquisition
Dr. Penny Boyes Braem, Zurich Center for Linguistics
Reflections on ‘Gesture’ and ‘Language’: Looking at Children and Adult Data
Prof. Rachel Mayberry, University of California, San Diego
Syntactic Acquisition in Late First-Language Learners of Sign Language
Prof. Richard Meier, University of Texas at Austin
Lessons on Child Language Development from the Study of Signed Languages
Prof. Emeritus Robert Hoffmeister, School of Education, Boston
Bridges and Barriers in Developing Signed Language Assessments
Prof. Emeritus Ruth Berman, Tel Aviv University
Universal and Particular in Language Development
Prof. Virginia Volterra, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies
Reflections on ‘Gesture’ and ‘Language’: Looking at Children and Adult Data
Prof. Wendy Sandler, University of Haifa
Language Emergence and Language Acquisition
Organizing committee:
Dr. Rama Novogrodsky, University of Haifa
Dr. Bracha Nir, University of Haifa
Prof. Irit Meir, University of Haifa
Prof. Paul Miller, University of Haifa
Abstract submission: June 30, 2018
Notification of acceptance: July 31, 2018