Talks

Children and Adult Multilinguals (Plenary Speaker) University of Mexico, Mexico City May 25, 2019

Linguistic Reasons Why Learning Multiple Languages Gets Easier (Plenary Speaker) Athens, Greece 1st Conference on Language Education and Research September 28-29, 2019

Fernández-Berkes, É. & Flynn, S. Complementation patterns in the acquisition of English by native German speakers: Subject control, object control and object raising. EuroSLA 29, Lund, Sweden August 28-31, 2019

Lust B, Flynn S, Sherman JC, Henderson C. On the architecture of the language faculty: Experimental studies of language in healthy aging vs. mild cognitive impairment implicates the conceptual-intentional (C-I) interface. DESPOC Conference on Brain, Learning and Language, Siena, Italy. September 26-28, 2019

C. Yu, H, Shane, A. O’Brien, R. Schlosser, A. Allen, S. Flynn. Evaluation drives intervention: Predictors of successful implementation for children with moderate to severe autism. American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), Orlando, FL in November, 2019

Comparison of Patterns of Acquisition of Complement Structures in L3 English by L1 Hungarian/L2 German and L1 Hungarian/L2 Spanish Learners. (invited colloquium speaker) Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) August, 2019

Report of Collaborative Research Project with MIT and the University of Tokyo on the “Acquisition of L3 Learners of Kazakh by L1 Japanese/L2 Spanish Learners.” University of Tokyo in August 2019

Invited Lecture to Dedham Public School System, “How to Raise Bilingual Children.” April 2019

Umejima, K., Flynn, S. & Sakai, K. L.: Distinct brain activation changes between multi- and bi-linguals during newly acquiring syntactic structures. Program No. 4O04m-01. NEURO2020 Meeting Planner (2020).

(With D. Eng.) November 2018) “Language assessment: Children who are deaf or hard of hearing acquiring two or more languages. (November 2018). Presentation at the Annual American speech and hearing association (ASHA). Boston, MA.

(With C. Yu, H. Shane, A. Allen, A. O’Brien.) The efficacy of using the Amazon echo show to deliver visual supports just-in-time (JIT). (November 2018). Poster Presentation at the Annual American speech ad hearing association (ASHA). Boston, MA.

(With C. Yu, H. Shane, A. O’Brien). Dynamic assessment of individuals with autism: Visual immersion system-dynamic framework (VIS-DF). (2018). Presentation at the Annual American speech and hearing association (ASHA). Boston, MA.

(with O’Brien, A., O’Brien, M., Schlosser, R. W., Yu, C., Allen, A. & Costello, J., Shane, H. C.) (2018). An overview of just-in-time supports to enhance communication: Clinical implications and demonstrations. Presentation at the International Society for Alternative and Augmentative Communication Conference. Gold Coast, Australia.

(with B. Lust, J. Sherman, J. Gair, C. Henderson, L. Shabo & M. Harrison). August (2018). “Last In, First Out: Does Language Loss Reverse First Language Acquisition?” Invited Colloquium speaker at Singapore University of Technology and Design.

(With Keita Umejima, Atora Yamada, Run Chen, Kuniyoshi L. Sakai. (July 2018). Syntax-related networks of newly acquiring a language for multilinguals Oral Sessions: 3O-02a1-3, Language and Communication (2)

(With  Fernández-Berkes, É). (2018) Development of subject vs object control structures in multilingual learners of English. Paper presented at 11th International Conference on Multilingualism and Third Language Acquisition (13-15

(With Fernández-Berkes, É.). (2018) Where syntactic development meets DLC. Contribution to the Thematic Symposium: Dominant Language Constellations in education and social contexts presented at 11th International Conference on Multilingualism and Third Language Acquisition (13-15 Sept.), Lisbon, Portugal.

“How to Enhance Multilingualism at the Middle and Secondary School levels.” October (2018). Presentation to the faculty and general public at Lincoln-Sudbury School System.

“Raising Bilingual Children.” November (2018). Lecture sponsored by the Work-Life Center at MIT as a part of their annual lecture series to the MIT community.

(With E.  Berkes). (2017) “The acquisition of long-distance wh-movement by two groups of multilinguals.” Paper presented at the ISB11-International Symposium on Bilingualism (12-16 June, 2017), Limerick, Ireland.

(With E. Berkes). (2017) “Syntactic development evidenced via DLC. Contribution to the Thematic Symposium: Dominant Language Constellations.” presented at the ISB11-International Symposium on Bilingualism (12-16 June, 2017), Limerick, Ireland.

(With Yow, & W.Q. September (2017). “Bilingual children’s code switching as a mark of linguistic competency.” Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Code-switching, Cambridge, UK.

“How to develop an educational program to teach multiple languages at the nursery school level.” (2017). Presentation to the faculty at Lesley Ellis Nursery School, Cambridge.

“How to enhance early bilingualism in the family.” (2017). Presentation to the parents of children at Lesley Ellis Nursery School, Cambridge.

“Raising Bilingual Children.” December (2017). Lecture sponsored by the Work-Life Center at MIT as a part of their annual lecture series to the MIT community.

(With E. Berkes) (2017). “L3 acquisition of D-linked and non-D-linked Wh relative clauses by Hungarian-German-English speakers.” Georgetown Roundtable, Washington, D.C. March.

2015 (February 4-7). Cohen Sherman, Flynn S., Henderson, C., Mancuso, S, Gair, J. Shabo, L., Capelli, K-L, Behrendt, J. and Lust, B., Pronoun Problems in MCI: New Research Begins to Reveal the Source of Difficulty”. 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS). Denver, Colorado.

2015 (March 12). Disintegration of the Syntax-Semantics Interface May Reveal Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease. Lust, B., Flynn, S., Cohen Sherman, J., Gair, J., Henderson, C., Shabo, L., Harrison, M and Mancuso, S. International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS). Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2014 (October 27). Raising Bilingual Children and Its Impact Beyond. Invited panel speaker, Swiss Consulate, Cambridge, Ma.

2014 (April 5-8). Linguistic Deficits Differentiate Mild Cognitive Impairment from Healthy Aging and Predict Default Network Integrity. Lust, B., Cohen Sherman, J., Flynn, S., Gair, J., Henderson, C., Cordella, C., Whitlock, J. and Marc Harrison. Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Boston.

2014. (April 3). Benefits and Chleenges Related to Bilingual Education. Invited speaker German International School, Boston., Ma.

2014 (February 14). Lust, B., Cohen Sherman, J., Flynn, S., Gair, J., Cordella, C., Henderson, C., Behrendt, J., Gutz, S., Whitmore, S., and Ramkumar, N. Three-word Bricolage : A new task distinguishes Mild Cognitive Impairment from Healthy Aging. International Neuropsychological Society, Seattle Washington.

Flynn, S., Berkes, É., Gair J., Foley, C. & J. Carroll (2014) A comparison of L2 and L3 acquisition. Contribution to the Thematic Symposium: Cross-linguistic influence presented at 9th International Conference on L3 Acquisition and Multilingualism (12-14 June), Uppsala, Sweden.

Research Seminar on bilingualism and language acquisition at SUTD. (Two week class). January 2014

Berkes, É., & Flynn, S. (2014) Economy in the development of complex sentences in English L3 acquisition by L1 Hungarian/L2 German learners. Paper presented at 9th International Conference on L3 Acquisition and Multilingualism (12-14 June), Uppsala, Sweden.

Szarkowski, A. Flynn, S. & Clark, T. (2014, Nov). Autism in children who are deaf and hard of hearing: Diagnostic complications & implications on early development. Poster presentation at the 5th Annual Aspen Brain Forum. Shaping the Developing Brain: Prenatal through Early Childhood. 11-13 Nov. New York, NY, USA.

Cohen Sherman, J., Flynn, S., Whitlock, J., Cordella, C., Henderson, C., Costigan, A., Gair, J., and Lust, B. 2013. New language tests reveal neuropsychological deficit in syntactic-semantic integration in amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Paper presented at 2013 American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) annual conference. 19-22 June 2013.

2013 (Feb 6-9). J. Cohen Sherman, S. Flynn, C. Henderson, J. Whitlock, C. Cordella, A. Costigan, S. Mancuso, J. Gair and B. Lust.) Do language changes differentiate prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AD) from Healthy Aging? International Neuropsychological Society. 41st Annual Meeting. Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Cohen Sherman, J., Flynn, S., Whitlock, J., Cordella, C., Henderson, C., Immermam, A., Costigan, A., Mancuso, S., Gair, J., and Lust, B. 2013. New tests of language help differentiate Mild Cognitive Impairment from Healthy Aging. Paper presented at Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center & the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center's 26th Annual Scientific Poster Symposium. 8 February 2013.

Flynn, S., Cohen Sherman, J., Whitlock, J., Cordella, C., Henderson, C., Chen, Z., Costigan, A., Gair, J., and Lust, B. 2013. The Regression Hypothesis revisited: New experimental results comparing child and dementia populations refute its predictions. Paper presented at Linguistic Society of America 87th Annual Meeting. 5 January 2013.

Berkes, É., & Flynn, S. (2013) "Economical" English L2 acquisition by L1 German and L1 Hungarian learners: mapping of grammatical functions in free relatives provides for structure dependent learning. Paper presented at the ISB9-International Symposium on Bilingualism (10-13 June, 2013), Singapore.

The Regression Hypothesis revisited: New experimental results comparing child and dementia populations refute its predictions. 2013. Paper presented at Linguistic Society of America 87th Annual Meeting. 5 January 2013. (with Cohen Sherman, J., Whitlock, J., Cordella, C., Henderson, C., Chen, Z., Costigan, A., Gair, J., and Lust, B.).

Linguistic Measures in Neuropsychological Testing of MCI: Assessing Language Components of the Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination - Revised (ACE-R). Poster presented at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2012. 16 July 2012. (With Whitlock, J., Cohen Sherman, J., Flynn, S., Henderson, C., Costigan, A., Cordella, C., Mancuso, S., Gair, J., and Lust, B.)

Dissociating Syntax and Semantics in Language Change in Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease: Production of Complex Sentences in MCI. 2012 Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 24th Annual Convention. (With Sherman, Janet Cohen, Whitlock, J., Henderson, C., Costigan, A., Cordella, C., Potapova, I., O'Neil, A., Mancuso, S., Gair, J. and Lust, B.)

Principles and new cybertools for interlinking data in the study of language acquisition: Leveraging the advantages of a digital environment. 2012. Paper presented at Georgetown University Roundtable in Linguistics 2012. (With Blume, M., Foley, C., Whitlock, J., and Lust, B.)

Creating Linked Data for the Interdisciplinary International Collaborative Study of Language and Use: Achievements and Challenges of a New Virtual Linguistics Lab. Paper presented at Linked Data in Linguistics Workshop. 2012. (With Blume, M., and Lust, B. 2012.

“ Primacy of Subject Relatives Revisited: No Empirical Evidence” Paper presented at the Biannual meeting of the Third Language Acquisition Society.” (With Eva Berkes). Warsaw, Poland

September 2011 “Working Memory Dissociates from Linguistic Processing in Mild Cognitive Impairment, Healthy Aging, and Young Controls.” Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science 23rd Annual Convention. (With Lust, B., Gair, J., Sherman, J.C., Immerman, A., Mancuso, S., Rak, D., Costigan, A. and Whitlock, J. May 2011

“New Research Results Dissociate Linguistic Deficit from Cognitive Decline in MCI.” Poster presented at A Map Through The Maze Poster Session. (With Sherman, J.C., Whitlock, J., Gair, J., Immerman, A., Rak, D., Mancuso, S., Costigan, A., and Lust, B.) May 2011

“Linguistic deficits in MCI relative to healthy elderly and young adults: Pilot results from a multi-center investigation. Poster presented at Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center Twenty-Fourth Annual Scientific Poster Symposium. (With Sherman, J.C., Gair, J., Immerman, A., Whitlock, J., Rak, D., Mancuso, S., Costigan, F., and Lust, B. March 2011

Organized Workshop: Language Disorders/Atypicalities: A new perspective for Linguistic Theories” for Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Society of America. (with F. Kata, Waseda University). Three hour session. January 2011

“Language in Aging and Dementia: A Pilot Study.” Paper presented to Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. (With Sherman, Janet Cohen, Gair, J., Immerman, A., Whitlock, J., Rak, D. and Lust, B. January 2011

“Simultaneous and sequential bilingual language acquisition: A comparative study of three types of relative clauses in Polish first language acquisition. International Symposium on Bilingualism ISB 8 (with M. Mroz). Oslo, Norway June 2011

“On the Ease of Acquiring Restricted Relative Clauses: A comparison of Bilingual Hunagarian/German speakers and Monolingual German speakers.” International Symposium on Bilingualism ISB 8(with E. Berkes). Oslo, Norway, June 2011

“Comparing L1, L2, and L3 Acquisition of Relative Clauses: Evidence for the Cumulative Enhancement Model for Language Learning.” Invited Annual Guest Lecture Series, TESOL graduate Program, Central Connecticut State University. May 2011

“Effects of Animation: A Comparison of two graphic symbol sets” Paper presented at annual Meeting of Association of American Speech and Hearing, San Diego, CA

(with R. Schlosser, Koul, R. K., H. Shane, J. Sorce, L.Hotz, K. Brock, R.Tempesta, D. Moerlein, S. Schneck, S. Flynn, E. Laubscher, J. Abramson, & H. Fadie ) November 2011

“Effects of a Visual Immersion Experience on Communication and Language in Autism” Paper presented at annual Meeting of Association of American Speech and Hearing, San Diego, CA (with H. Shane, E. Laubscher, J. Sorce, J. Abramson and R. Schlosser) November 2011

“Efficacy of Using a Visual Immersion Program to Enhance Language Development in Children with Moderate to Profound Autism” Paper presented at annual Meeting of Association of American Speech and Hearing, Philadelphia, PA (with H. Shane, E. Laubscher, J. Sorce, J. Abramson and R. Schlosser) November 2010

“Use of a Visual Language Program to Enhance Language Learning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” LIMoBIS Conference, University of Aalborg, Denmark, (with H. Shane, E. Laubscher, J. Abramson, J. Sorce & R. Schlosser) October 2010

“Assessing the Roles of Maturation and Learning: A Case Study of the Acquisition of English by a Young Korean Child” DGfs 2010Workshop, Humboldt University, Berlin February 2010 (with B. Lust, S. Yang, W. Park and Y. Yoon)

“Further Evidence Supporting the Cumulative-Enhancement Model for Language Acquisition: CP Structure Development in English by Hungarians with German as L2.” (with Eva Berkes). Paper presented at Oberman Summer Institute June 2010

Series of invited lectures throughout Japan Universities and Research Institutions, May 2010

“Raising a Bi/Multilingual Child.” Invited inaugural lecture for Lex-Hippo lecture series USA: Arlington, MA; January 2010

Series on “Bilingualism.” Invited lecture: Newbury, MA; February 2010

“Multilingualism: The Natural State of the Human Mind/Brain;” Series January 2010 of invited plenary lectures at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico and in Chihuhua, Mexico

“Nonverbal Event Processing and Language Impairment In Aphasia.” Poster presented at Annual American Speech and Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA (with E. Vaughan, M. Nichols, & P. Macaruso) November 2009

“Teaching Language Concepts to Children on the Autism Spectrum: An Empirical Test. Paper presented at ASHA, New Orleans, LA. (with H. Shane, J. Sorce, M. O’Brien, E. Laubscher, R. Schlosser) November 2009

“What a Mute Child Tells Us about Language: Commentary on K. Stromswold.” Presented at the Carol Chomsky Workshop December 2009

“Multilingualism and the Human Capacity for Language: Invited Plenary speaker at SICOLI-2009, Linguistic Interfaces, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. June 2009

“Neural and Cognitive Substrates underlying the Multilingual Brain/Mind” May 2009; Series of invited plenary university lectures throughout Japan (Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Nagoya, and Osaka)

“Pre-literacy Development: Bilinguals at Risk.” Paper presented at First and Second Language Conference, University of Oxford, UK (with M. Mroz) March 2009

“Understanding the Human Capacity for Language: Insights from L3 Acquisition.” Invited plenary to Workshop on Third Language Acquisition. University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. February 2009

“Neural and Cognitive Benefits to being Multilingual” Series of invited lectures at universities in Yokohama, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan. May 2008

“Off with their Heads: Learners Prefer their Relatives Headless.” Invited plenary lecture: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Relative Clauses, Cambridge U, UK, September 2007

“First Language Acquisition of Polish and Second Language Acquisition of June 2007 English by First Language Learners of Polish: A comparative Study. International Symposium of Bilingualism, (with M. Szulakowska) Hamburg, Germany

“Learning Next Languages: Some Generative Hypotheses.” Plenary speaker. Department of Linguistics, UniRitter University, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

“Language Acquisition within a Generative Framework.” Plenary speaker. Department of Linguistics, PUCRS, Porte Alegre, Brazil. March 2007

Dankook University, Seoul, Korea: Two plenary lectures: October 2006 i. “Learning Language: New Insights and Questions” ii. “ Multilingualism: One Human Language”

“Korean L2 Acquisition of English: Investigation of the Phonetics of Stress Reduction.” Poster presented at Boston University Language Development Conference 30. Boston University, October 2006

“Pragmatic Constraints on L2 Syntax: New Evidence from Brazilian-Portuguese.” Paper to be presented at Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition; November 2006

University of Calgary, Ca. (with S. Pacheco) April, 2006

“Multilingualism: Today’s World and Tomorrow’s Future. “Invited plenary speaker at Second International Conference on Foreign Language Learning, Shanghai International Studies University March 2006

“Syntax-Pragmatics Interface: Brazilian-Portuguese L2 Acquisition of English.” Poster presented at Linguistic Society of America annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM. (with S. Pacheco) January 2006

“Brazilian-Portuguese learners of L2 English: Insights into Interface Conditions.” Paper presented at Linguistic Studies of Spanish-Portuguese Conference, Penn St. (with S. Pacheco) November 2005

“Developmental Primacy of Free Relatives in First, Second and Third Language Acquisition: Implications for their Syntax and Semantics.” Paper presented at Linguistic Association of Great Britain, Cambridge University, Cambridge. (with C. Foley, B. Lust and J. Gair) August 2005

“Developing Adequate Documentation for Multi-faceted Cross Linguistic Language Acquisition Data.” Poster presented at conference on Language Documentation, Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute, Harvard University. (With B. Lust, E. Westerbrooks and T. Tobin) July 2005

“Searching Interoperability between Linguistic Coding and Ontologies for Language Description: Language Acquisition Data.” Paper presented at EMELD conference, Linguistic Sociery of America Summer Institute, Harvard University. (with B. Lust, M. Blume, J. Corson-Rikert, and B. Lowe). July 2005

“Why is There a Developmental Primacy of Free Relatives in Language Acquisition?” Invited speaker at Conference on Relative Clauses, Max Planck, Leipzig, Germany. June 2005

“Linguistic Issues in the Study of the Multilingual Brain.” Invited plenary paper presented at the International Conference on Bilingualism, Barcelona, Spain March, 2005

“MEG Results Isolate ELAN (early left anterior negativity) for Advanced L2 Speakers of English. Poster presented at Linguistic Society of America, San Francisco, CA. (with M.C. Cuervo, K. Jacobs, K. Lai and M. Schulz) January 2005

“Developmental Effects of Bilingualism: An MEG Study of the Bilingual Brain” Paper to be presented at the BIOMAG International Conference, Boston, Ma. August, 2004

“What makes a non-native accent?: A study of Korean-English.” Paper to be presented at ICSLP, Korea. October, 2004

“A Comparison of First, Second and Third Language Acquisition of Relative Clauses.” Invited colloquium speaker, Dept. of Linguistics, Kangwon National University, Kangwon, Korea. October 2004

"The Cumulative-Enhancement Model" for L3 Acquisition: Comparing Adults' and Children's patterns of development in first, second and third language acquisition of relative clauses." Paper presented at the Third International Conference on Trilingualism, Tralee, Ireland (with C. Foley and I. Vinnitskaya) September 2003

"L1 Acquisition of Kazakh vs. L2 Acquisition of Russian: A Minimalist Approach" Invited paper at the first International Conference of Psycholinguistics, University of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan. September 2003

“The Bilingual Brain.” Invited paper presented at Using Brain Research to Leave No Child Behind: Learning and the Brain. Cambridge, Ma. April 2003

“New Paradigm for the Study of Simultaneous vs Sequential Bilingualism.” Paper presented at the Fourth International Symposium on Bilingualism Arizona State University. (with C. Foley and I. Vinnitskaya) April 2003

"L1 vs. L2 vs L3 Acquisition of Free Relative Clauses in Russian and English," Psycholinguistics Colloquium, City University of New York October 2002

“The acquisition of relative clauses in a third language: Comparing adults and children.” Paper presented at Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA). University of Ottawa. (C. Foley and I. Vinnitskaya) March 2002

"Effects of L2 on L1," Invited workshop participant, Department of Linguistics, Essex University, Essex, England April 2001

"Acquisition of English as a Third Language by Kazakh Speakers: Results from Children," Paper presented at the University of Kentucky Conference on Language and Linguistics. (with I. Vinnitskaya and C. Foley) April 2001

"Grammatical Mapping in the Acquisition of a Third Language," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Society of America, Washington D.C. (with I. Vinnitskaya and C. Foley) January 2001

"Acquisition of Russian as an L2 by Adult L1 Speakers of Kazakh" Colloquium for Slavic Languages, Harvard University (with I. Vinnitskaya and C. Foley) December 2000

"Grammatical Mapping in the Acquisition of English L3 by L1 Kazakh and L2 Russian Speakers" Psycholinguistic Colloquium Speaker, University of Connecticut (with I. Vinnitskaya and C. Foley) November 2000

“Development of Unified Theories of Language Acquisition: Evidence from Multilinguals.” Invited Plenary speaker, Department of Linguistics, University of Neuquen, Neuquen, Argentina October 2000

Organizer with J. Littledoe of "Language for Seven Generations Conference," MIT June 2000

Organizer and Host of Biannual Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition, “The Bilingual Brain.” March. 2000

“Evidence for Grammatical Mapping from Second Language Acquisition," Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Society of America, Chicago, Ill. (with C. Foley and B. Lust) January 2000

Organizer and Speaker for Invited Colloquium, “Linguistics for Y2K”. Annual Meeting of Linguistic Society of America, Los Angeles, Ca. January 1999

“Testing Universal Grammar in Second language Acquisition: A Study of Chinese ESL High School Students’ Interpretation of Pronouns.” (with Y-C. Chien and B. Lust) Poster presented at 1999 SRCD Biennial Meeting. Spring 1999

“Mapping from the Initial to the Final State: UG at the Interface in L1 and L2 Acquisition”. (with C. Foley, B. Lust, and G. Martohardjono). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, New York, New York. January 1998

“Spanish/English Bilingualism in Children and Adults” Invited Colloquium speaker, University at San Sebastian, Spain May 1997

“What Are the Beginning and End States in L1 and L2 Acquisition?” (with S. Epstein and B. Lust). paper presented at EUROSLA, Barcelona, Spain June 1997

"L2 Solves the Paradox of UG in Acquisition" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society, University of Chicago, Chicago (with S. Epstein and B. Lust) Spring 1997

“Properties of the Initial State in Adult L2 Acquisition?” Plenary speaker. Second Language Research Forum, Cornell University. April, 1995

"The Initial State of L2 Learners." Paper presented as part of a Symposium, "Initial States", Second Language Acquisition Research Forum, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. October 1994

"Theory, Research and Practice: Fact of Folly?", paper presented at Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, Dublin, Ireland. June 1994

"Learning ESL in a Multicultural Environment - Combining Linguistic Theory and June 1994 Interactive Technology.", paper presented at Workshop on "Integrating Interactive Technologies into the Humanities Curriculum,", MIT, (invited) (with J. Dunphy, G. Martohardjono, and M. Roper)

"Recent Advances in the Study of Adult and child L2 Acquisition", "Is there a April 1994 Critical Period for Second Language Learning?", Linguistics and Cognitive Science Colloquium speaker. Cornell University

"Some Recent Advances in Second Language Acquisition Research." American Association of Applied Linguistics, Baltimore, MD. (invited) March 1994

"Acquisition of Syntactic Movement in Second Language Acquisition." Paper presented as part of the Symposium on "Recent Advances in Second Language Acquisition." American Association of Applied Linguistics, Baltimore, MD. (with G. Martohardjono) March 1994

"Contrasts and Similarities in Child and Adult SLA: Some Evidence from the Acquisition of Functional Categories: Paper presented at Boston University Language Conference. (with S. Epstein and G. Martohardjono) January 1994

"The Full Access Hypothesis in SLA: Some Evidence from the Acquisition of Functional Categories." Paper presented at International Association for Applied Linguistics (AILA), Amsterdam. (with S. Epstein and G. Martohardjono) June 1994

"Towards Theory - Driven Language Pedagogy." Paper presented at 22nd Annual University of Milwaukee at Wisconsin Linguistics Symposium. (with G. Martohardjono) October 1993

"Evidence for Functional Categories in Japanese Child and Adult Learners of English as a Second Language." Paper presented at Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), University of Pittsburgh. (with S. Epstein and G. Martohardjono) March 1993

"Marriage for Life: Theory, Research and Practice." Plenary speaker at Georgetown University Round Table, Georgetown University. (invited) March 1993

"Recent Advances in Generative Approaches to Second Language Learning." Organizer of Workshop at MIT. (with W. O'Neil and G. Martohardjono) January 1993

"The Strong Continuity Hypothesis in Adult L2 Acquisition of Functional Categories." Paper presented at Workshop on "Recent Advances in Generative Approaches to Second Language Learning." MIT. (with S. Epstein, G. Martohardjono) January 1993

"Mapping from the Initial State to the Final State: The Separation of Universal Principles and Language Specific Properties." Paper to Conference on Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition: Crosslinguistic Perspectives, Cornell University. (invited) (with G. Martohardjono) April 1992

Biological Bases of Language: Evidence from L2 Acquisition of Empty Categories." Linguistics Colloquium Speaker, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. (invited) March 1992

"Will the Marriage Last? Theory and Research." Colloquium speaker, Georgetown University. (invited) March 1992

"Age Related Effects in Adult L2 Learning." Co-organizer of Symposium presented at American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Seattle, Washington. (with G. Martohardjono) February 1992

"Is there a Critical Period for Adult Language Learning?" Paper presented as part of AAAL Symposium on Critical Periods. (with G. Martohardjono) February 1992

"Some Evidence Against a Critical Period Hypothesis in the Acquisition of Phonology." Paper presented as part of AAAL Symposium on Critical Periods. (with G. Martohardjono) February 1992

"Grammaticality Judgement Task and Elicited Imitation: Differences and Similarities in Evaluating Linguistic Competence." Paper presented at First Annual Applied Linguistics Conference at Michigan State, East Lansing, MI. (with E. Munnich and G. Martohardjono) October 1991

"What is Transfer in Adult Second Language Acquisition?" Paper presented at First Annual Applied Linguistic Conference at Michigan State, East Lansing, MI.(with G. Martohardjono) October 1991

"The Minimality Principle in Adult Second Language Acquisition." Paper presented at the First Annual European Conference on Second Language Acquisition, Salzburg, Austria. (with C. Foley and D. Lardiere) September 1991

"Theory, Practice and Research: Toward an Ideal Integration for Language Education." Plenary speaker. Korean Conference on Linguistics and Language Education, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. (invited) August 1991

"Evidence for Principles and Parameters in Adult Second Language Acquisition." Linguistics Colloquium speaker, University of Maryland. (invited) May 1991

"Linguistic Theory and Language Pedagogy: Debunking the Myths." Speaker, Georgetown University Roundtable 1991, Georgetown University. (invited) April 1991

"Are Adult Second Language Learners in Control?" Paper presented at Second Language Research Forum, University of Southern California. (with C. Foley and D. Lardiere) March 1991

"Adult Second Language Acquisition of 'Control': A Comparison with Child First Language Acquisition". Paper presented at American Association of Applied Linguistics, N.Y., N.Y. (with C. Foley and D. Lardiere). March 1991

"Critical Periods in Adult Second Language Acquisition." Organizer of Symposium presented at Annual American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC. (with B. Lust) February 1991

"How Critical is Age in Adult Second Language Acquisition?" Paper presented as part of AAAS Symposium on Critical Periods, Washington, DC. (with G. Martohardjono) February 1991

"Critical Periods in Adult Second Language Acquisition." Paper presented at International Association for Applied Linguistics, Thessaloniki, Greece. (with G. Martohardjono) April 1990

"Theory, Research and Practice: Strange or Blissful Bedfellows?" Speaker, Georgetown University Round Table. (invited) March 1990

"Acquisition of Infinitive Structures in Adult Second Language Acquisition." Linguistics Colloquium Speaker, Syracuse University. (invited) February 1989

"What Constitutes Evidence for UG in Adult L2 Learning?" Linguistics and Applied Psycholinguistics colloquium speaker, Boston University. (invited) May 1989

"Coordination vs. Subordination in Adult L2 Acquisition of English Anaphora." International Linguistics Association, New York, NY (with D. Lardiere and M. Babyonyshev). April 1989

"Interactions between Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory." Plenary speaker, 18th Annual Linguistics Symposium, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (invited) April 1989

"Age Dependent Effects in Second Language Acquisition: An Evaluation of Critical Period Hypotheses." Colloquium speaker at Second Language Research Forum, USC, Los Angeles, CA. (invited) February 1989

"First Language Constraints in Adult Second Language Acquisition." Colloquium speaker (Biological Bases of Language) at American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), San Francisco, CA. January 1989

"Three Kinds of Learning in Adult Second Language Acquisition." Speaker at Boston University Conference on Language. (invited) October 1988

"Integration of Linguistic Theory and Second Language Acquisition for Language Pedagogy." Speaker at the International Conference on Language Learning, Rockefeller Center, Bellaggio, Italy. (invited) June 1988

"Where Are We Now: Linguistic Theory and Second Language Acquisition." Colloquium speaker, Five College Lecture, Amherst, MA. (invited) March 1988

"The Learnability Problem for Adult Second Language Learning." Colloquium speaker, Dept. of Linguistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. (invited) January 1988

"Role of Parameters in a Theory of Second Language Acquisition." Invited speaker to Theoretical Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA July 1987

"Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition: Plenary speaker at Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Conference, Essex University, Essex, England. July 1987

"Language Teaching and Second Languages Acquisition: A Linguist's Perspective." Invited colloquium speaker, Hampshire college, Amherst, MA. April 1987

"Relevance of Universal Grammar for Language Teaching Curricula." Invited speaker at Approaches to Language Learning and Teaching Conference, U. Mass, Boston, MA. April 1987

"Role of Experience in Adult Second Language Learning." Invited colloquium speaker, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. March 1987

"Evidence of Structure Dependent Hypotheses in Adult Second Language Learners."Invited colloquium speaker, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY. March 1987

"Current Approaches to Adult Language Learning." Invited colloquium speaker, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. March 1987

"Conflation of Hypotheses about Anaphora by Adult Spanish, Japanese and Chinese Speakers Learning English as a Second Language." Paper presented at Second Language Research Forum, USC, Los Angeles, CA. February 1987

"Linguistic Theory and Bilingualism: Insights from Spanish Acquisition of English Relative Clauses." Invited speaker, Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Bilingualism, U. Mass., Amherst, MA. Nov. 1986

"Directionality Principle in Second Language Acquisition." Invited speaker, Conference on Systems Interaction in Bilingualism, LSA Summer Meeting, CUNY, NY. July 1986

"Theories of L1 and L2 Acquisition within a Universal Grammar Framework." Invited speaker, Sinte Gleska College, Rosebud, SD. March 1986

"What L2 Acquisition Can Tell Us about L1 Acquisition." Department of Linguistics, Brown University, Providence, RI. March 1986

"An Explanation of L2 Acquisition within a Universal Grammar Framework: Evidence from Spanish, Japanese and Chinese Speakers Learning ESL." Invited speaker at Research Colloquium, Bolt, Beranek, and Newman, Cambridge, MA. March 1986

"Acquisition of Relative Clauses by Adult L2 Spanish, Japanese and Chinese Speakers Learning ESL." Paper presented at LSA Winter Meeting, Seattle, WA. Co-Director and organizer of colloquium. Dec. 1985

"Interaction of Head-Direction Parameter and Acquisition of Pronoun Anaphora in Adult L2 Acquisition of English." Invited colloquium speaker, Dept. of Neuropsychology, Boston Veteran's Administration Hospital, Boston, MA. Feb. 1985

"Universal Grammar and Adult L2 Acquisition: Evidence form Spanish L2 Acquisition of English." Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Bilingualism, U. Mass., Amherst, MA. Nov. 1984

"Contrastive Analysis Redefined: Comparison of the Acquisition of Pronominal Anaphora by Spanish, Japanese and Chinese Adult L2 Learners of English." (with I. Espinal) Paper presented to World Congress of Applied Linguists, Brussels, Belgium. Aug. 1984

"Parameter Setting Model of L2 Acquisition." Invited paper, Language Acquisition Research Symposium (LARS), University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. July 1984

"Spanish and Japanese Speakers Acquisition of Complex Sentences in English." Boston Area Second Language Acquisition Research Group. May 1984

Several papers presented on second language acquisition. Boston University, Northeastern University, and Boston University Language Acquisition Conference. Fall 1983

"What do Standardized Tests Really Measure?" Presented at MATSOL Spring Conference, Boston, MA.