The Multilingualism Lab Laboratoire sur le multilinguisme
Our research team also works closely with Concordia Prof. Andrew Ryder and his group in the Culture, Health & Personality Lab.
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Norman Segalowitz, Professor, Psychology, Concordia University.
Also: Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology and Counseling, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. norman.segalowitz (at) qut.edu.au
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B.Sc., McGill University (1968); D.Phil., Oxford University (1972)
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1966-67 at Moscow State University under the mentorship of Prof. A. R. Luria
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1973 joined the Department of Psychology at Concordia University in Montreal
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1977-80 and 1990-93 served as Chair, Department of Psychology
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Research focus: cognitive, linguistic, and social processes underlying adult acquisition of second language skills. Special interest in the barriers adults often face when learning second languages.
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Has published extensively in many of the leading journals and handbooks in the field
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His book Cognitive Bases of Second Language Fluency (2010, Routledge) won the Modern Language Association of America's Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize (2012).
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Is a founding member of the interuniversity/interdisciplinary research group HCALM-Network which studies barriers in health care access for linguistic minorities.
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Current main research focus: L2 acquisition & instruction, the role of language in acculturation, and language barriers in access to healthcare services.