Fred Genesee is a Professor of psychology at McGill University. He specializes in second language acquisition and bilingualism research. In particular, his research examines the early stages of the acquisition of two languages in order to better understand this form of language acquisition and ascertain the neurocognitive limits of the child's ability to acquire language. Specific topics Genesee has investigated in his research include language representation (lexical and syntactic) in early stages of bilingual acquisition, transfer in bilingual development, structural and functional characteristics of child bilingual code-mixing, and communication skills in young bilingual children. In addition to this, Genesee has investigated in second language acquisition in school and the modalities for effective acquisition in school contexts.[citation needed]
fred, genesee, professor, psychology, mcgill, university, specializes, second, language, acquisition, bilingualism, research, particular, research, examines, early, stages, acquisition, languages, order, better, understand, this, form, language, acquisition, a. Fred Genesee is a Professor of psychology at McGill University He specializes in second language acquisition and bilingualism research In particular his research examines the early stages of the acquisition of two languages in order to better understand this form of language acquisition and ascertain the neurocognitive limits of the child s ability to acquire language Specific topics Genesee has investigated in his research include language representation lexical and syntactic in early stages of bilingual acquisition transfer in bilingual development structural and functional characteristics of child bilingual code mixing and communication skills in young bilingual children In addition to this Genesee has investigated in second language acquisition in school and the modalities for effective acquisition in school contexts citation needed Fred GeneseeNationalityCanadianOccupationPsychologistAcademic workDisciplinePsychologySub disciplineSecond language immersion bilingualism bilingual education bilingual first language acquisition 1 InstitutionsMcGill UniversityWebsite 1 Publications editParadis J and F Genesee 1996 Syntactic acquisition in bilingual children Autonomous or interdependent SSLA 18 1 25 References edit Fredad External links editFred Genesee s Homepage Faculty Bio Dr Fred Genesee Second Language Acquisition Expert Discusses Bilingualism CARLA 2004 Immersion Conference Fred Genesee Keynote Speaker nbsp nbsp This article on a Canadian linguist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fred Genesee amp oldid 1145478447, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
