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May 31, 2022Good night at 4 pm?! Time Expressions in Different Cultures: Q&A with Dr. Vered Shwartz
Natural language understanding requires the ability to map language such as color descriptions, spacial instructions and gradable adjectives to real-world physical properties. In the paper, 'Good Night at 4 pm?! Time Expressions in Different Cultures', Dr. Vered Shwartz focuses on temporal…
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May 4, 2022An Examination of French and English Reading Comprehension in Canadian French Immersion Programs: Q&A with Dr. Stefka H. Marinova-Todd
Parental level of education, instruction time, and amount of language practice that children receive have enhanced our understanding of how bilingual and multilingual children learn to comprehend text. Guided by the simple view of reading and the interdependence hypothesis, the study, 'A…
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May 4, 2022New Platform for Deep Learning Training Launches
Assistant Professor, Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Mageed, and his team at the Deep Learning & Natural Language Processing (DLNLP) Group at UBC have recently launched Learnera.ai, a new educational platform for Deep Learning training. Learnera will focus on offering hands-on Deep…
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May 3, 2022Language Science Members Awarded 2021-22 CUES Funding
Congratulations to Language Sciences members, Dr. Jiaying Zhao, PhD Candidate Marianne Huijsmans, Dr. Christine Schreyer and Dr. John Lyon for receiving 2021-22 Community University Engagement Support (CUES) funding! CUES funding reduces financial barriers and prioritizes reciprocal, inclusive…
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March 31, 2022Embracing Superdiversity: New book highlights the importance of students' cultural, linguistic and racial backgrounds
The new book, ‘Superdiversity and Teacher Education: Supporting Teachers in Working with Culturally, Linguistically, and Racially Diverse Students, Families and Communities,’ challenges existing teaching and learning paradigms, shifting away from the current Eurocentric, monolingual and…
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March 7, 2022LSURC: Providing unique opportunities for undergraduates through language research
For the past six years, the Language Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (LSURC) has been providing undergraduate students with the opportunity to explore language and communication research, and practice the skills required for presenting and speaking publicly in a formal academic setting. …
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February 16, 2022Exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted gaps in research about the transmission of respiratory diseases: Q&A with Dr. Nicole Bouvier
The COVID-19 pandemic has made research into virus transmission a top scientific priority. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be spread through virus-infected saliva droplets and particles. The details of how far and fast saliva droplets and particles disperse through the air, and…
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February 11, 2022UBC Language Sciences members make list of top scientists in the world
A huge congratulations to the many UBC Language Sciences members being recognized as some of the top scientists in the world! Stanford University has recently published a list representing the top two percent of the world’s most-cited scientists in various disciplines, with many UBC…
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February 9, 2022Exploring the role of talking in airborne disease transmission: Q&A with Dr. Sima Asadi
The COVID-19 pandemic has made research into virus transmission a top scientific priority. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be spread through virus-infected saliva droplets and particles. The details of how far and fast saliva droplets and particles disperse through the air, and…
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February 1, 2022Communication through collaboration: speech-language pathology and physical therapy students work together to enhance communication outcomes
A communication app created out of a collaboration between UBC Speech-Language Pathology and Physical Therapy students changed how one stroke patient is able to communicate, and dramatically impacted the treatment he received. The UBC School of Audiology and Speech Sciences…