Vocabulary, inference making and children's listening and reading comprehension

Seminar held by the research project Language and Cogni­tion – Perspectives from Impairment (LaCPI), financed by The Danish Council for Independent Research|Culture and Communication, The Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen and the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen.

The language of the seminar is english.

Program

13.00-14.10     Kate Cain, Lancaster University:  

Reading and listening comprehensiondevelop­ment and difficulties: the contribution of vocabulary and inference making skills.

See slides here 

14.10-14.30     coffee/tea

14.30-15.25     Nicola Pooley, Lancaster University:                       

Children’s inference generation from 6 to 10 years: the role of memory and vocabulary knowledge

15.25-15.45     coffee/tea - what is left

15.45-16.40     Hanne Trebbien Daugaard, University of Copenhagen: 

Reading comprehen­sion in 12-year old children: Vocabulary supports inference making and in­ference making supports comprehension

Read abstracts here.

Practicalities

Participation is free and registration is not needed.

• Place for the seminar: University of Copenhagen, Njalsgade, room 15A.0.13 (the room is to the right for the main entrance, at the side of the building facing opposite of Njalsgade).

Further information: Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen (eep@hum.ku.dk).