How does multilingualism affect our mind in early childhood and later? And is it true that older people who speak more languages get dementia later than others?  The laboratory researchers at MultiLing will address these and similar questions in short lectures at the event “The multilingual mind across the lifespan”. After the lectures there will be an opportunity for discussion and questions. The event will be held in English and Norwegian.

Program

13.00-13.10:      Introduction (Elizabeth Lanza)

13.10-13.50:      Growing up multilingual: Advantages and challenges (in English)

The Multilingual Baby Mind (Liquan Liu)

The Advantages of Language Switching (Elisabet Garcia Gonzalez)

Anxiety in the Multilingual Mind (Yesim Sevinc)

13.50-14.00:      Discussion

14.00-14.10:      Break/pause

14.10-14.50:      Flerspråklig aldring: hva skjer med språkene våre, og hvordan forsker vi på det? (på norsk)

Hanne Gram Simonsen, Monica Norvik, Ingeborg Sophie Ribu

14.50-15.00:      Discussion

 

Av smittevernhensyn (covid-19) er arrangør ansvarlig for å holde oversikt over hvem som er til stede på arrangement for å kunne bistå kommunen i evt. smittesporing, og har derfor gratisbilletter for registrering. The event will be streamed live here.