In this talk, Dr. Kevin Wong will report research results regarding the effects of multimodal enhancement in relation to vocabulary learning among pre-primary dual language learners. Drawing on dual-coding theory, the lecture will consider potentials for literacy development on the incidental-intentional language learning continuum.

Gambrinus Fellow Professor Kevin Wong 黃浩文博士 is an assistant professor and chair of the MA in TESOL program at Pepperdine University. Dr. Wong's research is informed by his biracial, trilingual upbringing in Hong Kong where he was a public elementary/primary school teacher. Now at Pepperdine, he directs the Multilingual, Multiracial, Multicultural Education Research Group, examining raciolinguistic ideologies and identity among students (with a particular interest in multiracial individuals), language learning in ESL/EFL, dual language immersion, digital contexts, and humanizing pedagogies and methodologies in applied linguistics research.

This event is being held with the generous support of the Department for Language, Literature and Culture.

Refreshments will be served.

The lecture is open to the public. For further information please contact carolyn.blume@tu-dortmund.de