Expand your knowledge on younger people with a stroke, the language gap between secondary school and first-year undergraduate students and how for instance intonation interacts with other components involved in language processing? Bring your lunch and enjoy the first edition of Bite-Sized Insights.
Bite-Sized Insights is a quarterly lunchtime event in a relaxed setting, where attendees (both scientists and non-scientists) can enjoy three 'snackable' presentations by PhD candidates. The first edition will take place on February 4th 12:00-13:00 at the Common Ground, and welcomes to stage Rosemarije Weterings, Michelle Czajkowski and Morgane Peirolo.
Our speakers
- Rosemarije Weterings, who investigates the executive-control demands of language use in people who suffered from a stroke at a relatively young age (<50 years). Within this group the impact of the stroke is huge - around half of all young-stroke patients present with cognitive impairment and around a quarter with aphasia - but the literature is mostly based on data from individuals older than 50 years. How to apply these findings to the growing population of younger people with a stroke?
- Michelle Czajkowski, who investigates the predictive validity of a diagnostic language test that all incoming first-year undergraduate students take at Radboud University. How well does performance on this test predict academic success or difficulty in a student's study program? How well is the test aligned to the academic language skills needed in a changing academic landscape? How can language policies best support students in an internationalized and bilingual university?
- Morgane Peirolo, who investigates the interaction between prosody and other components of language processing.nHer thesis centers on the critical question: when do speakers plan prosody? Although prosody has gained more attention, it remains largely absent from most established models of speech planning.
Moderator: Edoardo Gornetti.
Learning experience for all of us
The concept of Bite-Sized Insights is part of the journey PhD candidates make, learning how to present their research. In practice, these presentations are usually aimed at an audience of peers, but there will also be occasions where they present to a more general audience. Bite-Sized Insights challenges them to present the research in a way that captivates the audience and makes it understandable, without compromising on quality and depth.
Mark your calendars and join us!
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