I am very excited for my guest today! It is my favourite SLP professor Dr. Stefka Marinova-Todd. She is a developmental psycholinguist with her main research interests being bilingual language development and second language acquisition. Dr. Marinova-Todd is an Associate Professor at the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences at UBC and is currently an Associate Editor at Applied Psycholinguistics, and is on the editorial board at Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools which is an ASHA journal.
We cover popular questions such as:
- When are you considered a bilingual? What does it mean to be bilingual?
- What are the benefits to learning a second language?
- Is bilingualism or learning a second language the reason why a child is a “late talker” or experiencing delays in their language development?
- When is it too late or is it never too late to learn a second language in childhood?
We also talk about language immersion schools, code-switching, milestones and tips for introducing a new language to your child.
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