Fataneh Farnia, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Late-Emerging Developmental Language Disorders in English-Speaking Monolinguals and English-Language Learners: A Longitudinal Perspective
Journal of Learning Disabilities · 2019 · first author
Higher order language competence and adolescent mental health
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · 2013

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Fostering resilience in youth transitioning into high school: a partnership between the guiding stars SickKids and beyond 3:30 TFSS programs
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$24,970
Development of Test of Higher Order Language: Tryout Testing and Final Item Selection
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$63,726
The process of learning to read in English: the unique challenges faced by Chinese-English speaking learners
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$295,932

All 8 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Late-Emerging Developmental Language Disorders in English-Speaking Monolinguals and English-Language Learners: A Longitudinal Perspective

Fataneh Farnia, Esther Geva

Journal of Learning Disabilities201919 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1177/0022219419866645 PMID: 31387462

02

Higher order language competence and adolescent mental health

Nancy J. Cohen, Fataneh Farnia, Nancie Im‐Bolter

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry201357 citations

DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12060 PMID: 23451725

Fostering resilience in youth transitioning into high school: a partnership between the guiding stars SickKids and beyond 3:30 TFSS programs

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Farnia, Fataneh

Keywords: youth transitioning to adolescence; resilience; mental health; peer mentoring; facilitation; school-based programs

$24,970

Development of Test of Higher Order Language: Tryout Testing and Final Item Selection

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Farnia, Fataneh

Keywords: (1) Figuarative Language; (2) Language ambiguity; (3) Metaphor; (4) Hyperbole; (5) Personification; (6) Idioms; (7) Higher order language; (8) Higher order thinking; (9) Pragmatics; (10) Semantic-Pragmatic

$63,726

The process of learning to read in English: the unique challenges faced by Chinese-English speaking learners

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gottardo, Alexandra

Keywords: literacy; second language; adolescents

$295,932

Number without language: developmental pathways among language, numeracy, and executive function

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Im-Bolter, Nancie

Keywords: early numeracy; oral language; executive function; early childhood education; cognitive development

$395,302

11 years later: academic achievement and peer relationships of children adopted from China

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Cohen, Nancy J.

Keywords: academic achievement; peer relationships; children adopted from China; developmental trajectories; preadolescence; early childhood experiences

$188,437

Altering the academic achievement trajectory of recent adolescent immigrants: an after school community-based intervention targeting language and reading related strategic knowledge

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Geva, Esther

Keywords: adolescent immigrants; academic vocabulary; reading strategies; ESL; systematic intervention; tutoring

$159,717

Models of reading comprehension in older elementary students who learn to read their second language, English: a comparison of simultaneous or sequential biliteracy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Gottardo, Alexandra

Keywords: reading comprehension models; reading development; English as a second language

$116,098

The relationship between language and literacy: examining models of development

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Im-Bolter, Nancie

Keywords: literacy development; oral language development; language impairment; reading disability; phonological processing; processing capacity; executive function

$113,164

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke, Brain Canada and the New Frontiers in Research Fund.

Frequent collaborators

Esther Geva

Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Nancie Im-Bolter

Department of Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2013

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Farnia, 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 "Late-Emerging Developmental Language Disorders in English-Speaking Monolinguals and English-Language Learners: A Longitudinal Perspective" (2019), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]