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This research topic stems from the "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Multilingualism" conference, which was hosted by the Language Research Centre at the University of Calgary. It was the first conference of its kind, which brought together the work of researchers, educators, and policy makers in the areas of first and second language acquisition from psycholinguistic and pedagogical perspectives. The goal was to provide an opportunity for participants to engage with the implications of multilingualism from a range of perspectives, including the effects of being bilingual from infancy to adulthood, the process and benefits of learning multiple languages, and the impact of multilingualism on society.

Multilingualism. --- Developmental psycholinguistics --- second language literacy development --- Multilingualism --- psycholinguistic research methods --- Second language pedagogy --- bilingualism --- Second Language Acquisition

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This research topic stems from the "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Multilingualism" conference, which was hosted by the Language Research Centre at the University of Calgary. It was the first conference of its kind, which brought together the work of researchers, educators, and policy makers in the areas of first and second language acquisition from psycholinguistic and pedagogical perspectives. The goal was to provide an opportunity for participants to engage with the implications of multilingualism from a range of perspectives, including the effects of being bilingual from infancy to adulthood, the process and benefits of learning multiple languages, and the impact of multilingualism on society.

Multilingualism. --- Developmental psycholinguistics --- second language literacy development --- Multilingualism --- psycholinguistic research methods --- Second language pedagogy --- bilingualism --- Second Language Acquisition

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The Meaning Makers is about children’s language and literacy development at home and at school. Based on the Bristol Study, “Language at Home and at School,” which the author directed, it follows the development of a representative sample of children from their first words to the end of their primary schooling. It contains many examples of their experience of language in use, both spoken and written, recorded in naturally occurring settings in their homes and classrooms, and shows the active role that children play in their own development as they both make sense of the world around them and master the linguistic means for communicating about it. Additionally, this second edition also sets the findings of the original study in the context of recent research in the sociocultural tradition inspired by Vygotsky’s work and includes examples of effective teaching drawn from the author’s recent collaborative research with teachers.

Children --- Language acquisition. --- Literacy. --- Language arts. --- Communication arts --- Language arts --- Communication --- Illiteracy --- Education --- General education --- Acquisition of language --- Developmental linguistics --- Developmental psycholinguistics --- Language and languages --- Language development in children --- Psycholinguistics, Developmental --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics --- Language. --- Study and teaching --- Acquisition --- Vocabulary --- Bristol Study. --- Vygotsky. --- child language development. --- child literacy development. --- classroom interaction. --- language at home and at school. --- meaning-making.

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Chronic diseases account for a considerable part of the strain on health care systems and are burdensome for each affected individual and their families. In recent years, the concept of health literacy has been substantially elaborated on, particularly regarding the development and implementation of interventions at different levels, efforts to improve its measurement, and the role of communities and organizations. While a range of advancements are uncontested, specific challenges still revolve around, for example, a thorough application of modern practices of health literacy that focus on societal support of health literacy strengths and response to health literacy challenges; developing, testing, and evaluating strategies for organizational health literacy responsiveness; and improving the co-design, local ownership, and integration of health literacy actions and interventions in communities experiencing vulnerability and disadvantage. This Special Issue showcases research addressing these and further aspects about developing health literacy - particularly among people with chronic diseases - by which we mean advancements in health practices, organizations, and policies that create enabling environments in which people have the necessary knowledge and feel confident accessing, understanding, and using health information and services.

health literacy --- fishermen --- co-design --- Borollos lake --- health literacy questionnaire (HLQ) --- health inequality --- Ophelia (optimising health literacy and access) process --- eHealth literacy --- chronic pain --- self-efficacy --- psychological function --- health literacy-sensitive communication --- patient–professional relationship --- HL-COM --- information needs --- patient survey --- health information sources --- focus groups --- people with chronic illness --- HLS-GER 2 --- Germany --- cardiac rehabilitation --- heart attack --- empowerment --- health literacy development --- health literacy measurement --- non-native English users --- Nepal --- Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing --- university students --- validation study --- HCP --- rehabilitants --- agreement --- HLQ --- intraclass correlation (ICC) --- physicians --- physiotherapists --- social workers --- nurses --- orthopedic --- allergy prevention --- health professionals --- qualitative methods --- midwives --- inequality --- intervention development --- health literacy responsiveness --- organizational health literacy --- pregnancy --- health promotion --- decision making --- values --- implant care --- ethical aspects --- health-literacy development --- cochlear implants --- glaucoma implants --- cardiovascular implants --- n/a --- patient-professional relationship

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This book discusses literacy development in heritage language speakers and presents the results of four different quantitative studies that investigate the transfer of literacy skills in bi- and multilingual language development. The empirical studies focus on different populations of pupils, most of them located in various parts of Switzerland, and emphasise the potential residing in shared or transferred resources between their heritage languages and the languages spoken in the region to which their family has immigrated. The goal of all studies was to gain an understanding of the factors, both linguistic and non-linguistic in nature, that contribute to the development of language skills in both the heritage and school languages. Theoretical assumptions are put to the test via hypothesis testing and the generally shared assumptions on bilingual education are questioned based on the data. Furthermore, methodological problems in the investigation of linguistic interdependence are discussed. This book contributes to the scholarly investigation of potential beneficial effects in academic proficiency across languages in migrant children.

Code switching (Linguistics) --- Code switching (Linguistics). --- Education, Bilingual. --- Heritage language speakers --- Immigrant children --- Interlanguage (Language learning) --- Interlanguage (Language learning). --- Language and languages --- Multilingual education. --- Multilingualism in children. --- Sociolinguistics. --- SLA. --- bilingual education. --- bilingualism. --- biliteracy. --- crosslinguistic influence. --- heritage language learning. --- heritage language maintenance. --- heritage language students. --- heritage language. --- interdependence. --- linguistic transfer. --- literacy development. --- literacy skills. --- literacy. --- multilingual language development. --- multilingualism. --- second language acquisition. --- transfer. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics. --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Children --- Education --- Multilingualism --- Language and languages Study and teaching --- Study and teaching --- Language and education --- Language schools --- Language acquisition --- Languages, Mixed --- Child immigrants --- Immigrants --- Heritage language learners --- Heritage speakers --- Persons --- Bilingualism --- Multilingual education --- Language shift --- Switching (Linguistics) --- Diglossia (Linguistics) --- Education. --- Study and teaching. --- Script switching (Linguistics)