Invitation to Guest Lecture by Patrick D. Thane (U. of Texas)

online via webex, Dec 3, 4 pm (ct)

 The Department of English invites you to the following guest lecture:
 
“Heritage Spanish, Linguistic Theory, and Access for the Bilingual Child” - 

by Patrick D. Thane, PhD (pdthane@utexas.edu, University of Texas at Austin)
 
on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
 
at 4 pm (c.t.) 

online via Webex (https://uni-siegen.webex.com/uni-siegen/j.php?MTID=m7c76c333f3e26ca20339e529412bbddd). 

In his talk, Patrick will elaborate on how US Spanish-speaking children acquire their heritage language and how this research improves our understanding of bilingual development and the identification of developmental language disorder (DLD). The talk highlights recent findings on grammar acquisition in bilingual settings and their implications for education and clinical practice.
  
We look forward to seeing you online!
 
Best,
Emine Aşcı