Bilingualism London CEN

**Save The Date**

We’re super excited to share that Nisha Veerd will be presenting her amazing work at our next #Bilingualism CEN CPD event (on Zoom)!

More details will be shared but in the meantime, please save the date and time:
Date: 19th November 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm

Join us! 😀

If you’re a #student or #SLT2B interested in sharing your #research on #bilingualism with a friendly group of members from our Bilingualism Clinical Excellence Network, please get in touch - bilingualismlondoncen@gmail.com

All our CPD events are online and they’re usually at lunch time (12-1pm).

me and @snelljulia.bsky.social are doing a joint keynote at this UKLA/NEU conference, talking about futures of linguistic justice and designing linguistically just schools 💜

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Oracy, deficit thinking, and linguistic in/justice Dr Ian Cushing et al Senior Lecturer in Critical Applied Linguistics Manchester Metropolitan University MMU logo

the London Association for the Teaching of English conference is on Saturday 5 July and is all about oracy. i am giving keynote on oracy, deficit thinking, and linguistic in/justice 🌸 londonenglishteachers.com/about/forthc...

This is a very exciting initiative to get involved with #BskySpeechies #DevLangDis - A new network for UK professionals who work with adults with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) 🦋

Thanks so much Jo 🙏🏽

Does anyone know of any Polish speaking SLTs who work with adults or any support organisations in London? @rtslt.bsky.social

Our next #Bilingualism CEN #CPD event is on
“Using Dynamic Assessments in diagnosis of language disorders in multilingual children.” Join us with Emily Hunt 😀

Date: 27th Feb
Time: 9am

Please drop us an email bilingualismlondoncen@gmail.com for the zoom link & to be added to our CEN mailing list.

Another one just off to the printer! Assessment Case Studies of Multilingual Children addresses uncertainties in relation to assessment and differential diagnosis for multilingual clients and is an essential tool for all SLTs working with these clients. #Multilingualism #SLT

Thanks so much for inviting us! Very proud of Chirag Girish Kiran for presenting his MSc research with such aplomb. Here is the Kannada version of the City Gesture Checklist that he developed, freely available via OSF: osf.io/9tmb5/ @universityofessex.bsky.social @abracabadger.bsky.social

All of the handy websites, assessments, session/lessons plans and CPD I've used, I collate on this spreadsheet- feel free to check it out. Aimed mainly at educators and Speechies
#MySLTDay #Wespeechies docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Thank you for joining us 😀🙏🏽

Our next CEN CPD event is on 22nd January (12pm-1pm) - @SymplifyApp by Vanessa Woollard. This session will include some tips and tricks for using Symplify with multiple languages. Email us at bilingualismlondoncen@gmail.com to be added to our CEN mailing list and for the Zoom meeting link.

A MASSIVE Thank You to all our speakers for sharing their amazing research work at our #Bilingualism #CEN CPD event today! 🙏🏽
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Chirag Girish Kiran presented his brilliant MSc dissertation project on ‘Translation and Cultural Adaptation of City Gesture Checklist to Kannada for the Indian Context.’

The #Kannada version of the CGC can be downloaded from Open Science Framework.
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Analisa Pais highlighted the importance of following a rigorous procedure in cultural and linguistic adaptation.
#CulturalAndLinguisticDiversity
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It was so interesting to hear from Anna and Abi Roper about how the City Gesture Checklist (CGC) was developed as a quick screening tool to assess gestures in clinical practice.
You can download the City Gesture Checklist here: lnkd.in/eJus2AxX
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Brilliant Bilingualism CEN session today on the City Gesture Checklist and its adaptation into Kannada. Thank you!

Here’s an overview 👇🏽
@abracabadger.bsky.social

About the speakers:
Dr Anna Caute, Lecturer at University of Essex
Dr Abi Roper, Research Fellow at City, University of London
Mr Chirag Kiran, MSc SLT graduate from University of Essex
Dr Analisa Pais, Visiting Lecturer at University of Greenwich, and University of Essex

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Our next #Bilingualism #CEN #CPD event on 11th December (12pm-1pm) is on ‘Using City Gesture Checklist with bilingual people’ with Dr Anna Caute and colleagues. Please drop us a message at
bilingualismlondoncen@gmail.com for the zoom link/to be added to our CEN mailing list. 😀🙏🏽

2) 27th February (9am-10am) - Dynamic Assessments with @EF_Hunt
Emily will be presenting on the evidence for the use of dynamic assessment in diagnosis of language disorder in multilingual children.

Both sessions will be on Zoom. There are no registration fees. Join us!
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**Save The Dates** for our #Bilingualism CEN #CPD events for 2025!!
1) 22nd January (12pm-1pm) - @SymplifyApp by Vanessa Woollard. This session will include some tips and tricks for using Symplify with multiple languages.
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We are super excited to announce our next CPD events for this year!
1) 18th November (12pm-1pm) - #AAC and bilingualism with @AlishaHixsonSLT
2) 11th December (12pm-1pm) - Using City Gesture Checklist with #bilingual people with @AnnaCaute, Analisa Pais, Chirag Girish Kiran and colleagues. 1/2

@q-bexproject.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky! Please follow and share if interested in research on bilingual language experience and a questionnaire aimed for researchers, educators and speech and language therapists working with bilingual children!

Hello 👋🏽 😀