ISBPAC 2024

The 5th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC 2024) took place on 23rd – 24th May 2024 at Swansea University, UK.

On this page you will find the relevant information about ISBPAC 2024.

  1. Keynote Speakers of ISBPAC 2024
  2. The Organization
  3. Important Dates
  4. Program

Keynote Speakers of ISBPAC 2024

Gwennan Higham, Swansea University, UK
Holger Hopp, TU Braunschweig, Germany
Christos Pliatsikas, University of Reading, UK
Sharon Unsworth, Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands

The Organization

Vivienne Rogers and colleagues

Important Dates

Abstract SubmissionDecember 10th, 2023
Pre-Conference WorkshopsMay 22nd, 2024
Conference DateMay 23rd and May 24th, 2024

Program

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024 (pre-conference workshops)

8:30-11:30Latent Variable Modelling  
Emily Lowthian (Swansea University) G037
14:00-16:00How to Engage the Public with (Language) Science
Sharon Unsworth (Radboud University) RP122

Thursday, May 23rd, 2024

08:15-08:45Registration
08:45-09:00Welcome
09:00-10:00Plenary 1: Gwennan Higham
Developing personal integration projects through a multilingual Welsh language provision for adult migrants
Datblygu prosiectau integreiddio personol drwy ddarpariaeth Gymraeg amlieithog i fewnfudwyr
10:00-10:30Coffee break
10:30-12.00
Carrie N. Jackson and Theres Gruter:
Whether prediction and adaptation lead to learning among beginning L2 learners

Serge Minor and Natalia Mitrofanova:
Crosslinguistic influence in child bilingual acquisition: A Visual World eye-tracking study on grammatical case and aspect processing by German-Russian and Spanish-Russian bilinguals

James Turner and Lewis Baker:
Phonological effects in predictive processing of syntax: eye-tracking evidence from L1 Mandarin speakers in the UK
12:00-13:00Lunch break (+ optional Welsh class in the lecture theatre)
13:00-14:30Poster session 1
14:30-15:30Adel Chaouch-Orozco and Fernando Martín-Villena:
Network science tools unveil the early stages of L1 lexical attrition

Wanyin Li, Bene Bassetti, and Steven Frisson:
The effects of changing the word order of collocations on L2 sentence processing: an eye-tracking study
15:30-16:00Coffee break
16:00-17:00Trisha Thomas, Andrea Takahesu Tabori, Antje Stoehr, and Ying Xu:
The impact of bilingual language proficiency on automatic speech recognition accuracy in children

Anamaria Bentea and Theodoros Marinis:
Wh-questions in Romanian Child Heritage Speakers – Investigating the Use of Differential Object Marking and Number Agreement in Comprehension and Production
17.00-18.00Plenary 2: Holger Hopp
How Sentence Processing can support L2 Learning: Evidence from Structural Priming
Sut y gall Prosesu Brawddegau gefnogi Dysgu L2: Tystiolaeth o Breimio Strwythurol
18:30-21:00Conference dinner  

Friday, May 24th, 2024

9:00-10:00Plenary 3: Christos Pliatsikas
Bilingualism and Neuroplasticity: Taking stock and moving forward
Dwyieithrwydd a Niwroblastigedd: Ystyried a symud ymlaen
10:00-10:30Coffee break
10:30-12.00
Alex Sheehan, Doug Saddy, and Christos Pliatsikas:
Bilingualism modulates domain-general functional connectivity: insights from resting-state electroencephalogram

Chih Yeh, Caroline F. Rowland, and Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares:
How bilingualism influences language processing in the developing brain: A systematic review of the neurobiological evidence

Ioannis Iliopoulos and Claudia Felser:
Linking offline judgements and ERP responses in the L1 and L2 processing of filler-gap dependencies
12:00-13:00Lunch break (+ optional Welsh class in the lecture theatre)
13:00-14:30Poster session 2
14:30-15:30Liz Smeets:
Crosslinguistic influence can affect L1 feature representations: evidence from CLLD

Chantal van Dijk, Gerrit Jan Kootstra, and Sharon Unsworth:
Cross-linguistic priming of relative clause comprehension in English-Dutch and German-Dutch bilingual children: Evidence for cumulative priming
15:30-16.00Coffee break
16.00-17.00Ilaria Venagli, Theo Marinis, and Tanja Kupisch:
Biliteracy and L2 proficiency modulate reading strategies and reading-related skills in late L2 learners with and without dyslexia

Floor van den Berg, Raoul Buurke, Jelle Brouwer, Hanneke Loerts, Remco Knooihuizen, Martijn Bartelds, Martijn Wieling, and Merel Keijzer:
The relationship between bilingual engagement and cognitive aging in regional minority-majority language contexts: A Lifelines study
17:00-18:00Plenary 4: Sharon Unsworth
Priming cross-linguistic influence and predicting priming: Evidence from bilingual children
Preimio dylanwad trawsieithyddol a rhagfynegi preimio: Tystiolaeth gan blant dwyieithog
18:00-18:15Conference closing