July 20, 2023

Statistical learning or phonological universals? Ambient language statistics guide consonant acquisition in four languages

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The following paper has just been published. Contreras Kallens, P., Elmlinger, S., Wang, K., Goldstein, M., Crowe, K., McLeod, S., & Ch...

Day 3: Graduation at Manchester Metropolitan University

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Today was graduation for the students in the Faculty of Health and Education at Manchester Metropolitan University. It was wonderful to cele...
July 19, 2023

Catching up with Grace Kelly in Manchester

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Grace Kelly worked with us at Charles Sturt University during 2021 and the beginning of 2022. She was our research assistant on the Say Ban...

Day 2: Presentations and meetings at Manchester Metropolitan University

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Today Prof Julie Marshall and I gave a MMU Communication Disability and Participation research webinar. We presented a hybrid seminar (onlin...
July 18, 2023

Congratulations Marie

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I have just finished reading through the final version of Marie Ireland's PhD by Prior Publication thesis that consists of 13 chapters. ...

Day 1: Presentations and meetings at Manchester Metropolitan University

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I am a Visiting Professor with Manchester Metropolitan University from March 2022 to March 2024. Today was the first time I actually visited...
July 17, 2023

Preparing for a week at Manchester Metropolitan University

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 On Sunday I visited my colleague Prof Julie Marshall, and we walked on the spectacular West Pennine Moors discussing the week ahead.

Conversations across Europe

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After the ICPLA conference I took some leave to travel across Europe and share time with colleagues and family. It has been fantastic to vis...
July 8, 2023

President of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA)

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 I am very honoured to report that while in Salzburg, I was nominated and elected as President of the International Clinical Phonetics and L...
July 6, 2023

ICPLA19 - Poster presentations

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Australians have presented three posters at the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA) symposium: Poster #17 ...

ICPLA19- Day2- Multilingual Children's Speech in 70+ languages

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Today, at the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference in Salzburg, I coordinated a wonderful panel titled ...

ICPLA19 - Day 2 - Sharing and learning with colleagues and friends

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  Dr Jill Titterington with Sharynne and David MISLToe International Panel led by Yvonne Wren and Joanne Cleland Colleagues from Germany and...
July 5, 2023

ICPLA19 in Salzburg has begun

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The 19th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Symposium has begun in Salaburg. What a fabulous venue overlooking For...
June 29, 2023

Just published: Multilingual speech acquisition by Vietnamese-English–speaking children and adult family members

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JUST PUBLISHED:  McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Margetson, K., Tran, V. H., Wang, C., Phạm, B., To, L., & Huynh, K. (2023). Multilingual speech...

ISB14 conference dinner at the NSW Art Gallery

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June 28, 2023

Fascinating conversations and people at ISB14

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I love face-to-face conferences for the lunch/coffee break conversations. Some of the excellent conversations I have had have included with ...

People with disability in Australia 2022 - Statistics about communication disability

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IMPORTANT DATA FROM:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) People with disability in Australia 2022 , catalogue number DIS 72,...
June 27, 2023

Child Language Teaching and Therapy editorial board meeting

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Tonight I attended the 2023 editorial board meeting for Child Language Teaching and Therapy . I have been on the board since 2007. In 2022 t...

International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB14) - presentations from CSU

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There were three presentations from CSU at this week's International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB14) at Macquarie University in Sydney...