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FLaCIS - First Language Acquisition of Information Structure: the acquisition of topic and focus in French. KU Leuven

Karen Lahousse
Functional and Cognitive Linguistics: Grammar and Typology (FunC), Leuven
Information Structure (IS) concerns the way in which sentences are integrated into the information flow between speaker and hearer, it is a tool that guides speakers in the way they express their thoughts, and has an influence on the ordering of constituents in the clause. Although IS was already introduced in linguistics in the 60s, it is only in the last few decades that systematic research on IS has started. However, the way in which IS ...

Brain of words. The impact of form- and meaning-focused instruction on L2 lexical acquisition as measured by behavioral and neurocognitive indices KU Leuven

Piet Desmet
Comparative, Historical and Applied Linguistics, Kulak Kortrijk Campus, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kulak Kortrijk Campus

A fundamental question in research on instructed second language (L2) acquisition concerns the impact of form- or meaning-focused instruction on L2 learning. While substantial research has addressed the impact of those types of instruction on the acquisition of grammar, far fewer studies have compared their effectiveness for vocabulary acquisition. In addition, those studies have often exclusively assessed student’s acquisition of word ...

Developmental patterns and mechanisms in the acquisition of receptive grammar knowledge in a second language Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Alex Housen
Language and literature
The primary objective of the proposed research project is to broaden the scope of SLA research by investigating the dynamics of receptive grammar development. As a second objective, I will test the hypothesis that the pattern of receptive L2 grammar development, like productive L2 grammar development, is unaffected by first language (L1) background. Finally, by using cross-sectional and longitudinal data, I avoid the peril of drawing ...

Effects of second language acquisition on cognitive development: A longitudinal study Ghent University

Evy Woumans
Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication

A plethora of previous research has shown early beneficial effects of bilingualism and second language acquisition (SLA) on cognitive control (CC) (e.g. Crivello et al., 2016), working memory (WM), and intelligence (IQ) (e.g. Woumans et al., 2016). However, the reliability and validity of these so-called bilingual advantage effects is also disputed (Paap et al., 2015), and the reported between-group comparisons imply the risk for relevant ...

microBAT - MIcrofluidics Cartridge for RemOte Biofluids AcquisiTion KU Leuven

Jeroen Lammertyn
Mechatronics, Biostatistics and Sensors (MeBioS), Academic Center for General Practice
Decentralized sampling of biofluids plays a key role in an increasing patient centric vision of healthcare, by (i) reducing the economic burden, (ii) empowering personalized medicine, (iii) reaching patients in remote settings, (iv) improving chronic patients’ quality of life and (v) screening at population level. However, remote (self) sampling is not widely adopted in clinical practice as current solutions (e.g. dried blood spot (DBS) cards) ...

Developing and validating didactic teaching methods in chemistry education: focus on the (pedagogical) knowledge acquisition of students within the concept 'chemical reaction'. KU Leuven

Kris Geris
Department of Chemistry
This project has two aims:a. To conduct and report didactic research within the field of educating the concept ‘chemical reaction’.b.To develop and implement innovative, off- and online, experiments to be used by students in a secondary school (16-18 years old). Digital material, f.i. Pasco, will be used.Study days at the KULeuven are developed on the basis of the latest follow-up in the scientific literature and the social needs. During these ...

The role of general and domain specific language in the early acquisition of mathematical skills KU Leuven

Wim Van Dooren
Instructional Psychology and Technology, Methodology of Educational Sciences

Recent research has shown that mathematical abilities are not only associated with general vocabulary knowledge, but also with specific vocabulary knowledge about the relevant mathematical domain. In this research project, we want to investigate the relation between general and domain specific language abilities on the one hand and mathematical abilities on the other hand. We do this at a moment where we can expect large interindividual ...

A computational model of the usage-based acquisition of abstract constructions and grammatical categories. KU Leuven

Piet Desmet
Faculty of Arts, Kulak Kortrijk Campus, Comparative, Historical and Applied Linguistics, Kulak Kortrijk Campus

This project starts from an important insight gained from usage-based theories of language acquisition, namely that the ability of children to learn language is based on 2 general cognitive capacities: intention reading and pattern finding. Intention reading refers to the capacity of children to share attention, recognise gestures and understand the communicative intentions of their interlocutors. Pattern finding refers to the ability of ...

Developing and validating didactic teaching methods in chemistry education: focus on the (pedagogical) knowledge acquisition of students within the concept 'chemical reaction'. KU Leuven

Kris Geris
Department of Chemistry

This project has two aims: a. To conduct and report didactic research within the field of educating the concept ‘chemical reaction’. b. To develop and implement innovative, off- and online, experiments to be used by students in a secondary school (16-18 years old). Digital material, f.i. Pasco, will be used. Study days at the KULeuven are developed on the basis of the latest follow-up in the scientific literature and the social needs. During ...

Risk assessment kit: from data acquisition to risk visualization Ghent University

Greet Deruyter
Department of Civil engineering

The overal objective is to create a toolbox and methodology to produce useful and accurate risk maps

In the doctoral research of Hanne Glas, a flexible methodology for flood risk assessment in developing and data-poor regions was developed. Furthermore, the first steps were taken towards the creation of a risk mapping toolbox. In this project, the existing methodology will be extended to a comprehensive multi-hazard risk assessment ...