2021

Dyslexia, Bilingualism and the Stroop task: Evidence for a bilingual advantage that extends to dyslexia. Talk given at the Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium (online), 25-26 October 2021 (with Mirta Vernice).

Disentangling bilingualism and language impairment in early L2 children: best practices. Invited talk given at the Petite Enfance 2021 International Conference, Montpellier, 21-23 October 2021 (with Chiara Melloni).

Rapid naming skills in monolingual and bilingual children with and without developmental dyslexia. Talk given at the COM21 Conference on Multilingualism, Konstanz (online), 23-25 June 2021. (with Mirta Vernice and Chiara Melloni)

Metalinguistic awareness and bilingualism: A study involving Italian Primary School pupils. Poster presented at the TABU Dag 2021 Conference, University of Groningen (online), 10-11 June 2021 (with Francesca Festi).

A Technology for Assisting Literacy Development in Adults with Dyslexia and Illiterate Second Language Learners. Smart Education and e-Learning Conference, Kes Virtual Conference Centre (online), 14-16 June 2021 (with Matteo Cristani, Serena Dal Maso, Sabrina Piccinin,  Claudio Tomazzoli, and Marco Vedovato).

2019

Misurare gli usi linguistici degli scolari plurilingui (‘Measuring language use in bilingual students’). Secondo colloquio internazionale sul plurilinguismo (‘Second International Colloquium on Plurlingualism’). University di Udine, 13-14 November 2019 (with Maria Arici, Patrizia Cordin, Giovanna Masiero and Simone Virdia).

Playing with nonwords: morphological skills in dyslexia. ISMO (International Symposium on Morphology), University of Parigi-Diderot, 27 September (with Chiara Melloni).

Implicit learning, bilingualism and dyslexia: Assessing AGL with a modified Simon Task. Poster presented at BLL (Brain, Language & Learning), University of Siena, 26 September (with Diego Krivochen, Beth Phillips, Chiara Melloni, Doug Saddy e Denis Delfitto).

Implicit learning, bilingualism and dyslexia: Assessing AGL with a modified Simon Task. GALA (Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition), University of Milano-Bicocca, 14 September (with Diego Krivochen, Beth Phillips, Chiara Melloni, Doug Saddy and Denis Delfitto).

Morphological skills in developmental dyslexia. Talk given at GALA (Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition), University of Milano-Bicocca, 14 September (with Chiara Melloni).

Phonological skills across child populations: How bilingualism and dyslexia interact. Talk given at ISMBS (International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech), Chania, Creta, 27-30 August 2019 (with Chiara Melloni e Denis Delfitto)

Bilinguismo e dislessia evolutiva: effetti linguistici e cognitivi (‘Bilingualism and developmental dyslexia: linguistic and cognitive effects). Poster presented at CLASTA (Communication & Language Acquisition Studies in Typical and Atypical populations, May 11 (with Denis Delfitto and Chiara Melloni).

2018                                                    

Nonword repetition in bilingualism and dyslexia. Talk given at the ICPC (International Child Phonology Conference), Institute for Bilingual and Monolingual Speech, Chania, June 18 (with Chiara Melloni).

Clitic production: How bilingualism and dyslexia interact. Talk given at the TALV workshop (“Transdisciplinary approaches to language acquisition”), University of Tromsoe, April 19 (con Chiara Melloni and Denis Delfitto).

Input e usi linguistici dei bambini con background migratorio (‘Input and language use of migrant children’). Talk given during the Festival delle Lingue (‘Languages Festival’), Rovereto, March 8 (with Patrizia Cordin and Simone Virdia).

How Bilingualism and Dyslexia interact: The Case of Clitic Production. Talk given at the “Verona & Nova Gorica AThEME Workshop”, Verona, January 25.

2017                 

Identifying SLI in child second language learners. Talk. ISB, 11 (International Symposium on Bilingualism), University of Limerick, 13 June (with Antonella Sorace, Maria Garraffa and Maria Teresa Guasti)

Bilingualism is beneficial to dyslexia: The Case of Morphological Awareness. Talk. ISB, 11 (International Symposium on Bilingualism), University of Limerick, 13 June (with Federica Mantione, Shenai Hu, Silvia Savazzi, Denis Delfitto e Chiara Melloni

Clitic Production: How bilingualism and Dyslexia interact. Talk. Workshop on Syntax Processing, Rovereto (University of Trento), 5-6 June. (with Denis Delfitto, Federica Mantione e Chiara Melloni).

Effects of dyslexia on the production of complex Wh-Questions. Talk. Workshop on Syntax Processing, Rovereto (University of Trento), 5-6 June (with Denis Delfitto, Federica Mantione e Chiara Melloni).

Bilingualism is beneficial to dyslexia: The Case of Morphological Awareness. Talk. GASLA, 14 (Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition), University of Southampton, April 9 (with Federica Mantione, Shenai Hu, Silvia Savazzi, Denis Delfitto e Chiara Melloni).

Bilingualism is beneficial to dyslexia: The Case of Morphological Awareness. Talk. Convegno PRIN, University of Siena, 4-6 April (with Federica Mantione, Denis Delfitto e Chiara Melloni).

Effects of dyslexia on the production of complex Wh-Questions. Talk. Convegno PRIN, University of Siena, April 4-6 (with Federica Mantione, Denis Delfitto e Chiara Melloni).

Dislessia Evolutiva e strategie di apprendimento (‘Developmental Dyslexia and Learning Strategies’). Invited Talk. “Studenti con DSA e altre difficoltà nelle università del Triveneto” (‘Students with learning disorders and other disabilities at the University’). University of Padova, February 16.

2016

Dyslexia, Foreign Language Learning and Bilingualism. Talk. TESOL, Convention 2016. University of Roma Tre, 18 November.

Asymmetries in the comprehension of affirmative and negative sentences in young Chinese poor readers. Talk. 42° Incontro di Grammatica Generativa (IGG42) (with Shenai Hu, Gaetano Fiorin and Denis Delfitto), 19 February.

2015                            

Developmental Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning. Talk. TESOL, Convention 2015. University of Roma Tre, University of Roma, 18 November. 

Child L2 learning and Specific Language Impairment: superficially similar but linguistically different. Talk. IGG41, Workshop MorLang, More than one language in the brain: acquisition and coexistence (with Maria Teresa Guasti, Maria Garraffa, Antonella Sorace), University of Perugia, February 25.

2014

When two languages are not enough. The role of linguistic input’s quality for children with an immigration background. Talk. 3rd LINEE+ International Conference: Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Space and Time, Dubrovnik, (with Patrizia Cordin), April 28-30.

Individuazione del DSL nei bambini bilingui con Italiano L2 (‘Identifying SLI in bilingual children with Italian as a L2’). Talk, AITLA, University of Verona, February 8.

2009                            

The interpretation of scalar implicatures in developmental dyslexia. Talk. 2nd International Clinical Linguistics Conference, University of Madrid, November 13.

2008                            

The interpretation of pronominal expressions in dyslexic children. 1st Patras International Conference of Graduate Students in Linguistics, University of Patras (with Gaetano Fiorin), 28-30 March.