Stefka H. Marinova-Todd
Assistant Professor
B.A. (York University)
M. Ed., Ed.D. (Harvard University)
Contact
Phone: (604) 822-0276
Fax: (604) 822-6569
E-mail: stefka(at)audiospeech.ubc.ca
Profile
My main research focus is on bilingual language development and second language acquisition. Currently, there are two lines in my research program. In the first line I am interested in investigating the language and cognitive development of bilingual children, both typically-developing and children with autism. My main goal is to establish what bilingual children can do in each one of their languages, and whether bilingual children with autism are different from monolingual children with autism. In my second line of research I have focused on the language and literacy development of children who are learning English as a second language (ESL-learners), and my aim is to establish the levels of language proficiency in each language of different groups of ESL-learning children (e.g., from Chinese and Filipino background). I anticipate that my research will ultimately assist speech-language pathologists, teachers and other educators in distinguishing language differences from learning disorders in the growing multicultural population of Metro Vancouver.
Research Interests
Bilingual language and cognitive development: Metalinguistic awareness, language proficiency in both languages of bilingual children, language capacities of bilingual children with autism
Language and literacy development in ESL-learners: Language proficiency in the home and school language, effects of oral language on literacy skills
Second Language Acquisition: Ultimate attainment, learner capacities and factors affecting second language acquisition
Bilingualism Lab
Select Publications
Ohashi, J. K., Mirenda, P., Marinova-Todd, S.H., Hambly, C., Fombonne, E., et al. (2012). Comparing early language development in monolingual- and bilingual-exposed young children with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6 (2), 890-897.
Marinova-Todd, S.H. (2012). ”Corplum is a core from a plum”: The advantages of bilingual children in the analysis of word meanings from verbal context. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 15 (1), 117-127. DOI: 10.1017/S136672891000043X [View]
Uchikoshi, Y., & Marinova-Todd, S.H. (2011). Vocabulary and early literacy skills of Cantonese-English bilinguals in the U.S. and Canada. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. [Online first] DOI: 10.1007/s11145-011-9347-2. [View]
Bérubé, D. & Marinova-Todd, S. H. (2011). The development of language and reading skills in the second and third languages of multilingual children. International Journal of Multilingualism. [iFirst online] DOI:10.1080/14790718.2011.631708.
Petersen, J., Marinova-Todd, S.H, & Mirenda, P. (2011). An exploratory study of lexical skills in bilingual children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. [Online first] DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1366-y. [View]
Marinova-Todd, S.H, Siu, C., & Jenstad, L. (2011) Speech audiometry on non-native speakers of English. Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 35(3), 220-227. [View]
Marinova-Todd, S.H., & Uchikoshi, Y. (2010). The Role of L1 on the oral language development in English: The case of Chinese and Spanish. In A. Durgunoglu & C. Goldenberg (Eds.), Language and Literacy Development in Bilingual Settings (p. 29-60). New York, NU: Guilford Press.
Marinova-Todd, S.H., Zhao, J., & Bernhardt, B. (2010). Phonological awareness skills in the two languages of Mandarin-English bilingual children. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 24 (4-5), 387-400.
Malabonga, V. & Marinova-Todd, S.H. (2007). Tagalog speech acquisition. In Sharynne McLeod (Ed.), The International Guide to Speech Acquisition (p. 340-350). Florence, KY: Thomson Delmar Learning.
Marinova-Todd, S.H. (2003). Know your Grammar: What the Knowledge of Syntax and Morphology in an L2 Reveals about the Critical Period for Second/Foreign Language Acquisition. In M.P. Garcia-Mayo & M.L. Garcia-Lecumberri (Eds.), Age and the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language: Theoretical Issues and Field Work (p. 59-73). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Marinova-Todd, S.H., Marshall, D.B., & Snow, C.E. (2000). Three Misconceptions about Age and Second Language Acquisition. TESOL Quarterly, 34, 9-34.
RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Marinova-Todd, S.H., Bérubé, D. (July 2012). A comparison of language and reading skills in two groups of French Immersion students from Anglophone and multilingual homes. Geva, E., Genesee, F., & Savage, R. (Organizers), Invited symposium on Second Language Reading Acquisition in Diverse Contexts – Canadian Perspectives, 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), Montreal QC.
Marinova-Todd, S.H. & Bérubé, D. (April 2012). Vocabulary and Reading Skills of Cantonese and Filipino ELLs and English Monolinguals in Canada. Uchikoshi, Y., & Marinova-Todd, S.H. (Organizers), Symposium on Words, Palabras, 詞/词: Effect of Vocabulary on Literacy of ELLs from Pre-K through Grade Two. 2012 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.
Uchikoshi, Y. & Marinova-Todd, S.H. (July 2011). Oral Proficiency and Reading Comprehension in Cantonese-speaking ELLs in Canada and the U. S. Invited festschrift symposium in honour of Catherine Snow. 2011 Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language. Montreal, QC.
Bérubé, D. & Marinova-Todd, S.H. (July 2011). Dire, lire et écrire: The development of language and reading skills in French and English of multilingual and English monolingual Grade 4 children in French immersion. 2011 Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language. Montreal, QC.
Marinova-Todd, S.H. (April 2011). Oral proficiency and reading in the two languages of Cantonese-English bilingual children in Canada. Kuo, Li-Jen, & Uchikoshi, Y. (Organizers). Symposium on Reading Across Languages: Literacy Development of Chinese-English Bilinguals in the US, Canada and Taiwan. 2011 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Wales, K., & Marinova-Todd, S.H. (October 2010). The spelling errors of monolingual and two groups of bilingual children. 2010 British Columbia Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Annual Conference. Burnaby, BC.
Marinova-Todd, S.H. (June 2010). Language and literacy development in ESL-learning children: Advantages and challenges. J. Paradis, & F. Genesee (Organizers), Invited symposium on ESL-learning children, Conference of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, Montreal, Canada.
INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
Marinova-Todd, S.H., “Jumpeth like[s] drinking ice”: The equivalent language abilities of bilingual and monolingual children with autism. Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism (CIRCA), UBC, April 2012.
Marinova-Todd, S.H., “Dire et lire: Language proficiency and reading in multilingual children in French immersion”. Second Language Acquisition Cluster at the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies, UBC, Feb, 2012.
Keynote panellist, Talking about Speaking: Multiple Perspectives. Annual Research Symposium of the Centre for Intercultural Language Studies. Vancouver, BC. May 2011.
Marinova-Todd, S.H., Words, mots, 詞/词: Vocabulary skills of bilingual children. Centre for Intercultural Language Studies, UBC, Vancouver, BC. April 2011.
Teaching
AUDI 516 Discourse Analysis
AUDI 530C Research Methods II
AUDI 575 Language Development and Disorders in the School Years
AUDI 585 Language Development Across the Lifespan
