Workshop on Language Development in Typical and Atypical Populations A two-day workshop will be held at Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)

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1 Workshop on Language Development in Typical and Atypical Populations A two-day workshop will be held at Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) Run Run Shaw Lecture Hall, September 6 & 7, 2012. The workshop theme is the scientific study of language acquisition in typically developing children and in children with language disorders, including children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and children whose language deficits are associated with mental retardation or with hearing impairment. Invited Participants from Australia: Associate Professor Blake Johnson (Director, KIT-MQ Brain Research Laboratory, Macquarie University) Associate Professor Rosalind Thornton (Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science,Macquarie University) Dr Peng Zhou (Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University) Dr Paul Sowman (Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University) Professor Denis Burnham (Director, MARCS, University of Western Sydney) Professor Max Coltheart (Emeritus Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University) Dr Elisabeth Harrison (Director, Speech Pathology Program, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University) Invited Participants from China: Professor Liqun Gao (Center for Studies of Chinese as a Second Language, BLCU) Professor Mingle Gao (Dupty Director, Center for Linguistic Theory, BLCU) Professor Chunyan Ning (Tianjin Normal University) Professor Feng Shi (Tianjin Normal University) Prof. WAYE Mary Miu Yee (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Professor Fuzhen Si ( Foreign Language College, BLCU) Professor Fengying Wang (Beijing Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University) Dr. Denise Hsien Wu (National Central University, Taiwan) Professor Mei Wang (Special Education College of Beijing Union University) Professor HongYan Bi (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Science) Dr. Wen Yu (The Special Educational School of Haidian District in Beijing) Dr. Shuo Wang (Beijing Tongren Hospital of Capital Medical University) Keynote Speakers (International): Distinguished Professor Stephen Crain (Macquarie University; Director of ARC Center of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders) Professor Ovid Tzeng (Distinguished Research Fellow Academia Sinica, National Yang Ming University) Professor Maria Teresa Guasti (Professor of Psycholinguistics, University of Milano-Bicocca) Professor Helen Tager-Flusberg (Director, Lab of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Boston University) The workshop is sponsored by the Center for Studies of Chinese as a Second Language, the Center for Linguistic Theory, both at Beijing Language and Culture University, and also by a grant from the Australia China Science and Research Fund to Macquarie University. For more information, please contact Liqun Gao, chair of the organising committee, BLCU (phone +86 10 82303815, email gaolq@yahoo.cn) or Stephen Crain, Director, of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (email stephen.crain@mq.edu.au). gaolq@yahoo.cnstephen.crain@mq.edu.au

2 儿童语言习得国际学术研讨会 ----- 典型与非典型人群中的语言发展研究 2012 年 9 月 6 日和 7 日将在北京语言大学（ BLCU ）逸夫报告厅举行为为期两天的研讨会。此次研讨会的主题是关于正 常发育儿童和语言障碍儿童语言认知的科学研究，其中包括对特殊语言障碍（ SLI ）也称孤独症谱系障碍 (ASD) 和心 理迟缓或听觉损害儿童的语言习得研究。 澳大利亚特邀嘉宾： Blake Johnson 博士，澳大利亚 Macquarie 大学； 周 鹏 博士，澳大利亚 Macquarie 大学； Paul Sowman 博士，澳大利亚 Macquarie 大学； Rosalind Thornton 博士，澳大利亚 Macquarie 大学； Denis Burnham 教授，澳大利亚 Western Sydney 大学 Max Coltheart 教授，澳大利亚 Macquarie 大学； Elisabeth Harrison 博士，澳大利亚 Macquarie 大学； 中国特邀嘉宾 高立群 教授，北京语言大学对外汉语研究中心； 高明乐 教授，北京语言大学理论语言学研究中心； 宁春岩 教授，天津师范大学外国语学院； 石 锋 教授，南开大学文学院中文系； 韦妙宜 教授，香港中文大学生物工程系； 司富珍 教授，北京语言大学外国语学院； 王凤英 教授，首都医科大学北京宣武医院； 吴 娴 博士，台湾中央大学认知神经科学研究中心； 王 梅 教授，北京联合大学特殊教育学院； 毕鸿燕 教授，中国科学院心理研究所； 于 文 校长，北京海淀培智中心学校； 王 硕 博士，首都医科大学北京同仁医院。 大会主题发言人 Stephen Crain, 澳大利亚 Macquarie 大学杰出教授，认知与认知障碍研究中心主任，北京语言大学特聘客座教授； 曾志朗 (Ovid J. L. Tzeng) 台湾中央研究院院士，台湾阳明大学教授 Maria Teresa Guasti ，意大利 Milano-Bicocca 大学心理学系教授； Helen Tager-Flusberg ，国际自闭症研究学会主席，美国 Boston 大学认知神经学发展实验室教授 此次研讨会由北京语言大学对外汉语研究中心和理论语言学研究中心承办，并由澳大利亚 Macquarie 大学中国科学研 究基金会提供赞助。 如果您想获得关于本次研讨会更多信息，请与北京语言大学组委会主席高立群教授（ phone +86 10 82303815, email gaolq@yahoo.cn ）或者澳大利亚 Macquarie 大学认知与认知障碍中心主任 Stephen Crain 教授（ stephen.crain@mq.edu.au ）联系。gaolq@yahoo.cn stephen.crain@mq.edu.au