Ms Rebecca Day
Email: elu743@bangor.ac.uk
Overview
Rebecca Day is a PhD candidate in Bilingualism in the department of Linguistics, English Language and Bilingualism. Her research focuses on the language development of bilingual individuals with Rett syndrome. Rebecca also works with the charity Rett UK to help individuals with Rett syndrome and their families to implement Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
Research interests: Rett syndrome; bilingualism; language acquisition and development; neurodevelopmental conditions; Alternative and Augmentative CommunicationÂ
Qualifications
- BA: Linguistics
- MSc: Language Acquisition & Development
- MA: Bilingualism
Publications
2024
- Accepted/In press
Sanoudaki, E., Awawdeh, M., Beauchamp, J., Caulfield, G., Collins, B., Cooper, S., Day, R., Maguire, L., Papastergiou, A., Parry, F., Ward, B., Williams, J. & Williams, M., 22 Jul 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Gwerddon Fach.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
2024
Oral presentation at the Symposium on Language Disorders and Bilingualism
Sep 2024
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)Delivered a guest lecture to Speech and Language Therapy students on the module PCHN20100 Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics at the University of Manchester
22 Apr 2024
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)Lecture given to a mixture of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the module QXL-3316/4416 Language Disorders and Bilingualism in the Department of Linguistics, English Language and Bilingualism at Â鶹Íø
11 Mar 2024
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)2024 →
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
2023
Talk given at the 2023 Rett UK conference: This talk provides a brief exploration of bilingual language development in individuals with Rett syndrome, offering insights into the challenges and strategies for supporting their linguistic growth in multilingual environments.
2 Nov 2023
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Talk given at the 1st North Wales Speech and Language Exchange in collaboration with colleagues from Â鶹Íø and the NHS Wales Electronic Assistive Technology service on the current state of bilingual AAC provision for Welsh, current usage, and the need to develop bilingual AAC
17 Oct 2023
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)Bilingual Language Development in Rett syndrome
26 Jun 2023
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)2023
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
2022
Two talks by Â鶹Íø's Child Bilingualism Lab at the ESRC Festival of Social Science- Â鶹Íø 26/10/2022, Cardiff 03/11/2022. Members of the lab spoke about their individual research into childhood bilingualism in typically developing individuals, individuals with developmental disorders, and children who speak a heritage language.
26 Oct 2022 – 3 Nov 2022
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Talk given at the National Eisteddfod with the Child Bilingualism lab, on our research into the effects of bilingualism in children with Down syndrome, Rett syndrome, and executive functioning in bilingual typically developing children.
2 Aug 2022
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
2021
Gave a lecture on Rett syndrome to a mixture of undergraduate and postgraduate students in Â鶹Íø's QXL-3316/4416 Language Disorders & Bilingualism module
22 Nov 2021
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)Poster: Longitudinal Development of Language in a Bilingual Individual with Rett syndrome
14 Jul 2021
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QXL-4417 Child Language Acquisition
20 Apr 2021
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2020
Is Bilingual Language Development Possible in an Adolescent with the Preserved Speech Variant of Rett syndrome?
22 Sep 2020
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)Bilingual Language Development in Rett Syndrome
4 Aug 2020
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)