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Johanne Paradis

ResearcherBilingualism and Second Language LearningUniversity of Alberta

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Johanne Paradis

Researcher

Bilingualism and Second Language Learning

Social Sciences and Humanities

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 SSHRC), most recently in 2022.

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Research

child bilingualism speech language and communication disorders child L2 acquisition minority language acquisition French immersion students with special education needs child second language acquisition

Latest papers

Bullying victimization, language proficiency, and school belonging among Syrian refugee early adolescents in Canada: A cross‐lagged and random‐intercept cross‐lagged panel study
Journal of Research on Adolescence · 2026
Are Bilingual Children With Speech, Language, and Communication Needs More at Risk for Heritage Language Attrition Than Their Typically Developing Peers?
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2026 · senior author
English Second-Language Input and Vocabulary Development in Bilingual Autistic and Neurotypical Children: To What Extent Do Autistic Bilinguals Form a Distinct Group?
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2026 · first author

All 16 publications

Latest funding

Bilingual Development in Children with Special Education Needs: Minority and Majority Language Contexts
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$35,119
Bilingual Development in Children with Special Education Needs: Minority and Majority Language Contexts
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$176,661
The bilingual development of immigrant children in Western Canada: Predictors and outcomes of cross-linguistic influence
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$59,281

All 15 grants and awards

16 publications.

Bullying victimization, language proficiency, and school belonging among Syrian refugee early adolescents in Canada: A cross‐lagged and random‐intercept cross‐lagged panel study

Vitoroulis I, Wang S, Al‐Janaideh R, Corominas AS, Paradis J, Georgiades K, Gottardo A, Chen X, Jenkins J

Journal of Research on Adolescence2026

DOI: 10.1111/jora.70239

Are Bilingual Children With Speech, Language, and Communication Needs More at Risk for Heritage Language Attrition Than Their Typically Developing Peers?

Lin Y, Paradis J

Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1044/2026_jslhr-25-01074 PMID: 42765881

English Second-Language Input and Vocabulary Development in Bilingual Autistic and Neurotypical Children: To What Extent Do Autistic Bilinguals Form a Distinct Group?

Paradis J, Duncan TS

Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2026First author

DOI: 10.1044/2026_jslhr-25-00524 PMID: 42139658

Predictors of cross-linguistic influence in school-age child and adolescent heritage speakers: The case of wh-fronting in Mandarin.

Xia VY, Daskalaki E, Lam HB, Paradis J

Journal of child language2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s0305000926100609 PMID: 41988821

The role of age of arrival and language environment factors in Arabic heritage language development: A longitudinal study.

Paradis J, Soto-Corominas A, Daskalaki E, Al Janaideh R, Chen X, Gottardo A

Journal of child language2025First author

DOI: 10.1017/s0305000924000679 PMID: 39789767

Sources of individual differences in the dual language development of heritage bilinguals.

Paradis J

Journal of child language2023First author

DOI: 10.1017/s0305000922000708 PMID: 36722256

Developmental language disorder in sequential bilinguals: Characterising word properties in spontaneous speech.

Ní Chéileachair F, Chondrogianni V, Sorace A, Paradis J, DE Aguiar V

Journal of child language2023

DOI: 10.1017/s0305000922000241 PMID: 35470790

Sources of variation at the onset of bilingualism: The differential effect of input factors, AOA, and cognitive skills on HL Arabic and L2 English syntax.

Soto-Corominas A, Daskalaki E, Paradis J, Winters-Difani M, Janaideh RA

Journal of child language2022

DOI: 10.1017/s0305000921000246 PMID: 34034835

Home language environment and children's second language acquisition: the special status of input from older siblings.

Sorenson Duncan T, Paradis J

Journal of child language2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s0305000919000977 PMID: 32223763

Narrative abilities of bilingual children with and without Developmental Language Disorder (SLI): Differentiation and the role of age and input factors.

Govindarajan K, Paradis J

Journal of communication disorders2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2018.10.001 PMID: 30408604

Bilingual Development in Children with Special Education Needs: Minority and Majority Language Contexts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Paradis, Johanne C.

Keywords: child bilingualism; speech; language and communication disorders; child L2 acquisition; minority language acquisition; French immersion; students with special education needs

$35,119

Bilingual Development in Children with Special Education Needs: Minority and Majority Language Contexts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Paradis, Johanne C.

Keywords: child bilingualism; speech; language and communication disorders; child L2 acquisition; minority language acquisition; French immersion; students with special education needs

$176,661

The bilingual development of immigrant children in Western Canada: Predictors and outcomes of cross-linguistic influence

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Daskalaki, Evangelia

Keywords: bilingual development; immigrant children; syntax; morphology; linguistic typology; individual differences

$59,281

Understanding children's processing of reference in interaction

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Järvikivi, Juhani

Keywords: child language processing; psycholinguistics; language acquisition; reference; multimodal language comprehension; discourse processing; eye tracking; pronoun resolution

$224,245

Child and youth refugee research coalition (CYRRC): using research to inform best practices for language, literacy, learning, social integration, and child and family wellbeing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: Syrian child refugees; youth refugees; refugee families; immigrants; services; resilience; language; literacy; learning; literacy; social integration; wellbeing

$2,500,000

Canada-Germany research collaboration

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Ungar, Michael T.

$25,000

Measuring the language and learning integration of Syrian Refugee Children and Youth Workshop

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Ramos, Howard

Keywords: refugees; migration; Germany; Canada; children; youth; education; language; learning; longitudinal methods; survey methods

$24,974

Canadian Refugee Child, Youth and Family Research Coalition: using research to inform best practices for language, literacy, learning, social integration, and child and family wellbeing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: Syrian child refugees; youth refugees; refugee families; immigrants; services; resilience; language; literacy; learning; literacy; social integration; wellbeing

$20,000

Age effects in child English second language acquisition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Paradis, Johanne C.

Keywords: child second language acquisition; child bilingualism; English language learners; age of acquisition; input; morphology

$306,891

Longitudinal perspectives on child English second language acquisition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Paradis, Johanne C.

Keywords: second language acquisition; bilingual development; English language learners; child language development

$146,200

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: child bilingualism Dear Professor Paradis, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Bullying victimization, language proficiency, and school belonging among Syrian refugee early adolescents in Canada: A cross‐lagged and random‐intercept cross‐lagged panel study" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Bilingual Development in Children with Special Education Needs: Minority and Majority Language Contexts" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Johanne Paradis

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Bullying victimization, language proficiency, and school belonging among Syrian refugee early adolescents in Canada: A cross‐lagged and random‐intercept cross‐lagged panel study

Are Bilingual Children With Speech, Language, and Communication Needs More at Risk for Heritage Language Attrition Than Their Typically Developing Peers?

English Second-Language Input and Vocabulary Development in Bilingual Autistic and Neurotypical Children: To What Extent Do Autistic Bilinguals Form a Distinct Group?

Predictors of cross-linguistic influence in school-age child and adolescent heritage speakers: The case of wh-fronting in Mandarin.

The role of age of arrival and language environment factors in Arabic heritage language development: A longitudinal study.

Sources of individual differences in the dual language development of heritage bilinguals.

Developmental language disorder in sequential bilinguals: Characterising word properties in spontaneous speech.

Sources of variation at the onset of bilingualism: The differential effect of input factors, AOA, and cognitive skills on HL Arabic and L2 English syntax.

Home language environment and children's second language acquisition: the special status of input from older siblings.

Narrative abilities of bilingual children with and without Developmental Language Disorder (SLI): Differentiation and the role of age and input factors.

Bilingual Development in Children with Special Education Needs: Minority and Majority Language Contexts

Bilingual Development in Children with Special Education Needs: Minority and Majority Language Contexts

The bilingual development of immigrant children in Western Canada: Predictors and outcomes of cross-linguistic influence

Understanding children's processing of reference in interaction

Child and youth refugee research coalition (CYRRC): using research to inform best practices for language, literacy, learning, social integration, and child and family wellbeing

Canada-Germany research collaboration

Measuring the language and learning integration of Syrian Refugee Children and Youth Workshop

Canadian Refugee Child, Youth and Family Research Coalition: using research to inform best practices for language, literacy, learning, social integration, and child and family wellbeing

Age effects in child English second language acquisition

Longitudinal perspectives on child English second language acquisition

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