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SUMMARY: Public Lecture: Bilingual Babies with Dr. Janet Werker
DESCRIPTION:   Discover how the minds of babies work as they learn more tha
 n one language. Babies’ first words are often seen as a milestone of early 
 development. But enormous development has taken place before the first word
 s are even formed. Join Dr. Janet Werker\, one of the world’s leading devel
 opmental psychologists and director of UBC’s […]
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 er how the minds of babies work as they learn more than one language.</stro
 ng><br />Babies’ first words are often seen as a milestone of early develop
 ment. But enormous development has taken place before the first words are e
 ven formed.<br />Join Dr. Janet Werker\, one of the world’s leading develop
 mental psychologists and director of UBC’s Infant Studies Centre\, as she e
 xplores foundations of language learning\, including multi-language acquisi
 tion in infancy.<br /><em>Following the lecture\, guests are invited to a l
 ight reception and to see Dr. Werker's research first-hand in UBC’s Living 
 Lab at Science World.</em></p><hr /><p>Dr. Janet Werker is the recipient of
  the <a href="https://psych.ubc.ca/faculty-profile-dr-janet-werker-honoured
 -for-research-into-childrens-language-acquisition/">2015 Gold Medal Award</
 a> from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)\, the hi
 ghest honour bestowed by the organization\, in recognition of the pioneerin
 g discoveries Dr. Werker has made in early childhood language acquisition. 
 She is also a Canada Research Chair in Psychology at the University of Brit
 ish Columbia.<strong><br /></strong><br />In honour of Dr. Werker's 2015 SS
 HRC Gold Medal Award\, the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of Arts
  are hosting this special public lecture in recognition of her significant 
 achievements.<br /><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-9277" src="/wp-
 content/uploads/sites/2/2016/03/JanetWerkerSHHRCEventPromo.png" alt="JanetW
 erkerSHHRCEventPromo" width="700" height="339" /></p>
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