Dr. Melanie Brouillard

- TAKE-HOME: Good news, bilingual parents provide high-quality reading interactions to children in both languages, regardless of book format! ✅ Find the full paper here: doi.org/10.1080/152358… No access? Find the preprint here: psyarxiv.com/3vf8s Happy reading! 📚

- Using a bilingual book: Non-dominant language reading was boosted here 🥈(compared to the dominant-lang. book🥉), but not as much as it was with the non-dominant language book🥇.

📚Curious about how bilingual parents read to their children in 2 languages? Keep reading! ⬇️ @Erin_N_Quirk, @Krista_BH & I's newest paper on bilingual book reading is now OUT! Find the full paper here: doi.org/10.1080/152358…

Our meta-analysis examining the validity of dynamic assessments of word reading skills for diverse school-aged children is OUT #OpenAccess in @SIGPerspectives! ✅ If you assess PA&decoding&letter-sound with bilingual&at-risk students-consider reading!📚 pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.10…

@susanballinger9 @ruthfielding10 That's so great — congrats! 👏

@aliciamduval Thank you for letting me talk your ear off about it! 🫣💛

@Mel_Brouillard @Krista_BH I’ve been waiting to read this since we talked about it!!

Curious as to whether bilinguals with ADHD have smaller vocabularies than typically-developing monolingual peers? 🤔 Check out @Krista_BH's and I's latest pre-print here: psyarxiv.com/ugnjs/ Our findings may surprise you! 😉

@andreasander12 @Krista_BH Wow, nice work!! 🤩

🚨 PRE-PRINT ALERT. We just submitted our newest research manuscript where @Krista_BH Rébecca Bisonnette and I, contrasted Family Language Strategies and Parents' individual language use as predictors of *bilingual* language exposure. 10.31234/osf.io/uv3tw

@CannwyllyCymry I thought so too – thank you! 🙏

@jelenaoreilly So kind of you, thank you! 🙏

Very interesting study!

@LVKremin @ISB14MQ Thank you!!🙏 And I love that, talk about prime supporting anecdotal evidence, ha!👌

@Mel_Brouillard @ISB14MQ Awesome job Mel!! Shared this with my PL-EN bilingual, ADHD boyfriend, and he just said "indubitably"

Thanks to those who came to my talk on the interaction of ADHD & bilingualism in affecting adult vocabulary size at @ISB14MQ! If you missed it, here’s a short recap – including our shocking findings 😱: [Find my slides & poster version here: melaniebrouillard.com/updates/2023] 1/8

As promised, find a brief recap (with a link to the talk slides & a poster version of the talk) here: twitter.com/Mel_Brouillard… 😀

Looking forward to presenting at @ISB14 later today on how ADHD & bilingualism interact with vocabulary size! 🔍 Don’t miss this talk, the results may shock you 😱(and no this isn’t third-rate clickbait!) #ISB14 📍Join me at 12:35 PM AEST // 12:35 AM EST in Room 207/ Stream 4

📌 IN SUM: good news! There is no double disadvantage. Adults with ADHD, bilingual or not, can match and even surpass peers’ vocabulary size! ✅ 8/8

Future studies should examine other linguistic abilities, other bilingual populations, potential mechanisms, and avenues for using this effect to support those with ADHD. 7/8