Poorani Vijayakumar

Research Student -  PhD 

Thesis Title

Bilinguals' Speech Perception: Investigating Language Rhythm.

Research Project

This research project aims to looks at how language rhythm can affect bilinguals' perception of speech.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), James Cook University

Publications

Vijayakumar, P., Steinkrauss, R, & Sun, H. (2020). Entering into the weak version of translanguaging: Teachers’ English use in children’s Tamil language classes in Singapore. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. doi: 10.1080/01434632.2020.1808003

Ng, S. C., Vijayakumar, P., Yussof, N. T., & O’Brien, B. A. (2021). Promoting bilingualism and children’s co-participation in Singapore language classrooms: Preschool teacher strategies and children’s responses in Show-and-Tell. Policy Futures in Education, 19(2), 216–241. doi: 10.1177/1478210320960864

Sun, H., Yussof, N., Vijayakumar, P., Lai, G., O’Brien, B. A., & Ong Q. H. (2019). Teacher’s Code-switching and Bilingual Children’s Heritage Language Learning and Cognitive Switching Flexibility. Journal of Child Language, 47(4), 817-843. doi:10.1017/S030500091900059X

Bautista, A., Moreno-Núñez, A., Vijayakumar, P., Quek, E., & Bull, R. (2019). Gross Motor Teaching in Preschool Education: Where, What, and How do Singapore Educators Teach? / Enseñanza de la motricidad gruesa en educación infantil: ¿Dónde, qué y cómo enseñan las maestras en Singapur? Infancia y Aprendizaje/ Journal for the Study on Education and Development. doi: 10.1080/02103702.2019.1653057

O’Brien, B., Yussof, N. T., Vijayakumar, P., Mohamed, M. B. H., & Leong, X. E. R. (2019). Exploring Characteristics of Quality in Language Teaching & Learning: The Mother Tongue Adapted Coding Scheme (MACS). Early Childhood Research Quarterly (ECRQ), 53, 586-600. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.07.003

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