Carla Hudson Kam, University of British Columbia

Research

language acquisition, second language acquisition, language teaching, gesture, meaning word learning causal language wh-questions input child development

Latest funding

Learning what why means: Characterizing the input to children learning American English
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$51,620
Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and Digital World
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,065,000
Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and Digital World
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$713,000

All 6 grants and awards

Learning what why means: Characterizing the input to children learning American English

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hudson Kam, Carla

Keywords: word learning; causal language; wh-questions; input; child development

$51,620

Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and Digital World

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: literacy; reading; language learning; culture; technology; new media; behaviour; neuroimaging; computational modeling; Indigenous; immigrant; Canada's official languages

$1,065,000

Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and Digital World

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: literacy; reading; language learning; culture; technology; new media; behaviour; neuroimaging; computational modeling; Indigenous; immigrant; Canada's official languages

$713,000

Language Acquisition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Hudson Kam, Carla

Keywords: language acquisition, second language acquisition, language teaching, gesture, meaning

$500,000

Factors contributing to conventionalization in the emergence of new languages

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Hudson Kam, Carla L.

Keywords: language acquisition; Creole languages; language emergence; conventionality; child cognition

$154,923

Canada Research Chair in Language Acquisition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Hudson Kam, Carla

Keywords: language acquisition, second language acquisition, language teaching, gesture

$500,000

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: language acquisition, second language acquisition, language teaching, gesture, meaning Dear Professor Hudson Kam, 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]. Your research on language acquisition, second language acquisition, language teaching, gesture, meaning 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 "Learning what why means: Characterizing the input to children learning American English" (2023), 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]