Chapter 9 Language acquisition

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Web resources

http://www.lucid.ac.uk/
This webpage is linked to the ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development. Among other things, you can find blogs about latest research findings. You can access resources for researchers, policy makers, and parents. And you can see a program of seminars and workshops, most of which are open to the public.

https://childes.talkbank.org/
The CHILDES database (MacWhinney, 2000) contains recordings and transcriptions of child-caregiver interactions. You can find data from different languages (e.g., German, English, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic, Hungarian, etc.) as well as data from clinical groups (e.g. children with autism, children with Development Language Disorder) and data from bilingual children.

http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/heritage-language/
The Heritage Language 2 Consortium (HL2C) is an international university partnership that promotes the study of multilingualism, second language acquisition and teaching. The Consortium regularly organizes events, including research talks, summer schools, and conferences, that are often free for the general public to attend. Sign up for their mailing list or subscribe to the HL2C YouTube channel to access content.

https://www.iris-database.org/
IRIS is a free online platform where researchers share instruments, materials, stimuli, and data analysis tools used in their published studies. The focus is on second language research, mostly with adults. IRIS is easily searchable, so you can download existing materials and adapt them for use in your dissertation. This is a great way to connect your research to previous studies!