Upcoming Talks or Presentations
International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB-14; June 26-30)
Luk, G.(2023, June 26-30).Using standardized assessments to assess language and literacy: Considerations for linguistic diversity and school closures due to COVID [Symposium].International Symposium on Bilingualism 14, Sydney, Australia. [Online].
Sorin, C. (2023, June 26-30).Reading and Language Production in Adolescents with Diverse Language and Reading Experiences [Symposium].International Symposium on Bilingualism 14, Sydney, Australia. [Online].
Feng, J., Cho, S., & Luk, G. (2023, June 26-30). Assessing Theory of Mind in bilinguals: A scoping review on tasks and study design [Poster presentation]. International Symposium on Bilingualism 14, Sydney, Australia. [Online].
Past Talks or Presentations
Luk, G., Partika, A., Johnson, A., Martin, A., & Horm, D. (2023, March 23-25). Considering language and literacy outcomes in children with diverse language experiences. [Flash talk presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.
Feng, J., Oh, J., Hartwick, H., Schellenberg, L., & Luk, G. (2023, March 23-25). Social inference ability predicts reading comprehension in multilingual adolescents but not in children [Poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) 2023 Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.
Oh, J., Hartwick, K., Feng, J., Schellenberg, L., & Luk, G. (2023, March 23-25) Developmental consideration for simple view of reading in bilingual children and adolescents. [Flash talk presentation] Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) 2023 Biennial Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.
Luk, G. (2023, May 16). Multilingualism as a developmental and learning experience. Centre for Research on Bilingualism Higher Seminar Series. Stockholm University. [To be delivered online]
Luk, G. (2023, January 27). Examining multilingualism in the intersection of psychology, neuroscience and education. Invited speaker at the CogTalk series. Centre for Neural and Cognitive Sciences. University of Hyderabad. [To be delivered online]
Luk, G. (2023, January 11). Are standardized assessments equitable for children with diverse language and/or learning experiences? Bilingualism as a Human Capital. Invited panelist for the University of Florida Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere. Gainesville, FL, U.S.
Luk, G. (2022, August 4-5). The many faces of multilingualism in development and learning. Plenary speaker at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children, Tromsø, Norway.
Luk, G. (2022, June 1). Embracing language diversity in schools and societies. Plenary speaker at the Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2022, National Institute of Education, Singapore. Delivered online.
Luk, G.(2022, March 26).Shifting the discourse from deficit to difference: Understanding the cognitive neuroscience of learning in multilingual learners.Bilingualism Matters, University of South Carolina. Delivered online.
Luk, G.(2022, February 28).Multilingualism in development and learning.Readings I n Educational Psychology Seminar Series. University of Alabama, Delivered online.
Luk, G. (2021, November 25).Who is a Bilingual?[Invited talk]. Concordia Linguistics Student Association.
Luk, G.(2021, November 1).Embracing the value of language diversity through a transdisciplinary investigation of multilingualism.University of California Irvine Education Brown Bag Lecture Series, Irvine, CA, U.S. Delivered online.
Schellenberg, L., Hartwick, K., & Luk, G. (2021, October 25-26).Language and reading comprehension in multilingual adults.[Poster presentation]. Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2021. (Online).
Oh, J., Hartwick, K., Feng, J., Choi, S., & Luk, G. (2021, October 25-26).Association between parents’ judgement and objective proficiency measures in multilingual children and adolescents. [Poster presentation]. Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2021. (Online).
Hartwick, K., Oh, J., Feng, J., & Luk, G. (2021, October 25-26).The role of memory for speech in language and reading comprehension in multilingual children and adolescents. [Poster presentation]. Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2021. (Online).
Feng, J., Oh, J., Hartwick, K., & Luk, G. (2021, October 25-26).Inference-making and reading comprehension in multilingual children and adolescents. [Poster presentation]. Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2021. (Online).
Leon Guerrero, S., Whitford, V., Mesite, L. & Luk, G. (2021, July).Cross-linguistic syntactic skill modulates the relationship between text complexity and reading comprehension in bilingual middle-schoolers. [Paper presentation]. Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading Annual Meeting. (Online).
Leon Guerrero, S., Mesite, L., Whitford, V., & Luk, G. (2021, July 10-14).Functional connectivity during a naturalistic language comprehension paradigm in English monolingual and Spanish-English bilingual adolescents. [Paper presentation]. 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Warsaw, Poland. (Online).
Leon Guerrero, S., & Luk, G. (2021, July 10-14).Multidialectal and multilingual experience modulate ERP responses in English sentence processing. [Paper presentation]. 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Warsaw, Poland. (Online).
Surrain, S., & Luk, G. (2021, July 10-14).Child-Initiated Codeswitches in Parent-
Child Interactions Before and After the Transition to Preschool. [Paper presentation]. 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Warsaw, Poland. (Online).
Schellenberg, L., Hartwick, K., & Luk, G. (2021, July 10-14).Onset age of active bilingualism and linguistic features in speech production among multilingual young adults. [Poster presentation]. 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Warsaw, Poland. (Online).
Feng, J., Hartwick, K., Montreuil, T., & Luk, G. (2021, July 10-14). Relationship between language use experience and emotional regulation among multilingual adults. [Poster presentation]. 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Warsaw, Poland. (Online).
Leon Guerrero, S., Smith, S. & Luk, G. (2021, July).Co-development of English and Spanish language proficiency in bilingual preschoolers. [Poster presentation]. International Association for the Study of Child Language 15th Congress. (Online).
Surrain, S., Rowe, M. & Luk, G. (2021, July).Dual language learners in transition from home to school: Understanding apparent “delays” in the context of parent input and child usage. [Paper presentation]. The International Association for the Study of Child Language. (Online).
Luk, G. (2021, April 23).Cognitive Neuroscience Meets Education: Understanding Learning in a Second Language.Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference,National Institute of Education,Singapore
Oh, H.J.J., Luk, G., & Bertone, A. (2021, April).Contextual bilingual experience and executive functions among bilingual children and adolescents in a multilingual city. [Poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Virtual Biennial Meeting. (Online).
Leon Guerrero, S., Mesite, L., Whitford, V. & Luk, G. (2021, April). The role of vocabulary type and crosslinguistic component skills in dual language learners’ expository reading. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. (Online).
Luk, G.(2021, February 8).Shifting the discourse from deficit to difference: Understanding the cognitive neuroscience of learning in bilingual learners.Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. (Online).
Luk, G. (2020, October).Second language acquisition and learning: Insights from cognitive neuroscience.Second Language Research Forum 2020, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, U.S.
Surrain, S., McAfee, A., Rowe, M. & Luk, G. (2020, October).Parental responses to childcode-switching in 3 and 4-year-old Spanish-speaking dual language learners. [Poster presentation]. Many Paths to Language Workshop hosted by the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. (Online).
Luk, G. (2020, September).COVID-19 Inequities and Reading. Invited panelist in the public forum, National Academy of Education, U.S.
Surrain, S., Rowe, M., & Luk, G.(2020).Features of Parental Input that Predict Home Language Skills in 3- and 4-year-old Spanish-speaking Dual Language Learners.Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland. (Online).
Oh, H.J.J., Luk, G., & Bertone, A. (2020). Bilingual experience and executive functionof children and adolescents.[Poster presentation]. National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), Baltimore, MD.