@shijiezhang.bsky.social
Researcher in Psycholinguistics 💫 https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/shijie-zhang
Currently recruiting 3 year olds and 4&5 year olds for two fun studies investigating child development. Contact childstudycentre@manchester.ac.uk to take part. 🧠
22.10.2025 16:03 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
1/2 🔉LISTEN to this new podcast from @storiesofimpactseries with our own @bahar_kym, as she discusses her research around how children learn to think together. 👧👦 www.storiesofimpact.org/dr-bahar-koy...
This research was funded by Templeton World Charity Foundation.
🧠 New research from @OfficialUoM shows that where teachers teach affects how they talk to children — and that matters for language development. #ChildDevelopment #LanguageResearch #EarlyYears #MuseumLearning #UoMResearch #LuCiD
08.10.2025 10:31 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1This is a public service announcement...
Allow us to reintroduce ourselves...
#jayz #childdevelopment #research #signup #littlescientistswanted
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 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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.
🔗 www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#langsky #linguistics
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 — 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
We just need a few more participants for this fun, ONLINE, Zoom study! 💻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
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 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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
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 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 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!
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 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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 — 👍 16 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1
The meeting programme for EPS Lancaster in April is now live!
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
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)
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/
