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Shijie Zhang

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Researcher in Psycholinguistics πŸ’« https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/shijie-zhang

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Looking for something to do in the school holidays? Our team at the University of Manchester is investigating how 4.5-5.5-year-old children learn to understand English sentences in different orders. Interested in this ONLINE study? Please email shijie.zhang@manchester.ac.uk.

28.07.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brains over bots: why toddlers still beat AI at learning language Even the smartest machines can’t match young minds at language learning. Researchers share new findings on how children stay ahead of AI - and why it matters.   If a human learned langua...

According to published by the Max Planck Institute, toddlers are far ahead of AI when it comes to learning language.

In fact, if humans learned at the same pace as tools like #ChatGPT, mastering a language would take about 92,000 years.

πŸ”— www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

#langsky #linguistics

27.06.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Constructing language: A framework for explaining acquisition. New paper published by @carorowland.bsky.social‬ et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.ti....

25.06.2025 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our media coordinator recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Elena Lieven, Emeritus Professor at the University of Manchester and one of the recipients of the IASCL's 2024 Roger Brown Award. Watch the interview here: youtu.be/sXwfJLnwJsM

05.06.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We just need a few more participants for this fun, ONLINE, Zoom study! πŸ’»If you are interested in child development and have a 4 year old, your little scientist could take part in this research from the comfort of your own home 🧠🏠
#transgression #children #childdevelopment #psychology #research

03.06.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come and play with us! We have online studies too; you can register an interest here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/child-study-...

27.05.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mind the Gap: Language Development is Key for Inclusive Education and Wellbeing This conference will set the agenda to increase understanding of language development during late childhood and adolescence across populations.

Presentations available from Mind the Gap conference. Mine was on day 2 from about 2hrs10. On target identification & intervention for grammatical difficulties in DLD
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti... #DevLangDis

25.04.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The role of iconicity in children's production of adverbial clauses Young children's comprehension of adverbial clauses is significantly affected by iconicity, which refers to whether the order of information in the se…

Check out our latest paper on the role of iconicity in children's production of adverbial clauses! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

23.03.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are looking for Mandarin-English bilingual adults to participate in an eye-tracking sentence comprehension study at the UoM Child Study Centre. Email me at shijie.zhang@manchester.ac.uk for more information ✨

18.03.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A advert for a University of Manchester Child study Centre study! Join our study! Is your child between the ages of 3 to 4.5 years? Get involved in our study investigating child development! This 30 minute study involves a fun, game-based activity using stickers and blocks!

A advert for a University of Manchester Child study Centre study! Join our study! Is your child between the ages of 3 to 4.5 years? Get involved in our study investigating child development! This 30 minute study involves a fun, game-based activity using stickers and blocks!

Is your child 3- to 4.5-years-old? Take part in our study to help our understanding of language development! This 30-minute study will use a fun, game-based activity using stickers and blocks. To find out more information, please email: dania.elayan@student.manchester.ac.uk.

13.03.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Amazing *free* online course on conducting child language research in understudied communities: Expanding Research in Language Development (WERLD). By the incredible Marisa Casillas with a line up of fabulous guest lecturers. chatterlab.uchicago.edu/werld2025/

19.02.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Next Meeting EPS Meeting:Β Lancaster University. 2nd – 4th April 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Jennifer Rodd (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jo …

The meeting programme for EPS Lancaster in April is now live!

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

17.02.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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We are currently looking for people with DCD/Dyspraxia who would like to know more about motor control to take part in a study at the University of Manchester.

Please see the attached image for details and contact Theofaneia Ntounia if interested (theofaneia.ntounia@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk)

23.01.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
CHILD LANGUAGE SYMPOSIUM 2025 University of Reading, September 8th - 10th, 2025

The Child Language Symposium 2025 will be hosted by the University of Reading on September 8th-10th.

Our call for papers is now open and will close on 28th February. Submit your abstract for a poster, an oral presentation, a symposium, or a lightening talk. Pls RT

research.reading.ac.uk/cls2025/

15.01.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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