Luigi Girolametto, University of Toronto

Research

bilingualism individual differences statistical learning language development

Latest papers

A replicable, low-burden mechanism for observing, recording, and analysing mother-child interaction in population research.
Child: care, health and development · 2018
Associations between maternal responsive linguistic input and child language performance at age 4 in a community-based sample of slow-to-talk toddlers.
Child: care, health and development · 2018
English Verb Accuracy of Bilingual Cantonese-English Preschoolers.
Language, speech, and hearing services in schools · 2017 · senior author

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Statistical learning ability as an indicator of individual differences in dual language learning
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$223,932
Second language learning in Chinese-speaking children learning English or Italian
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$74,948
Effects of emergent literacy programs
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$106,906

All 6 grants and awards

13 publications.

01

A replicable, low-burden mechanism for observing, recording, and analysing mother-child interaction in population research.

Levickis P, Reilly S, Girolametto L, Ukoumunne OC, Wake M

Child: care, health and development2018

DOI: 10.1111/cch.12615 PMID: 30125386

02

Associations between maternal responsive linguistic input and child language performance at age 4 in a community-based sample of slow-to-talk toddlers.

Levickis P, Reilly S, Girolametto L, Ukoumunne OC, Wake M

Child: care, health and development2018

DOI: 10.1111/cch.12600 PMID: 30043426

03

English Verb Accuracy of Bilingual Cantonese-English Preschoolers.

Rezzonico S, Goldberg A, Milburn T, Belletti A, Girolametto L

Language, speech, and hearing services in schools2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1044/2017_lshss-16-0054 PMID: 28679000

04

Effects of coaching on educators’ vocabulary-teaching strategies during shared reading

Namasivayam AM, Hipfner-Boucher K, Milburn T, Weitzman E, Greenberg J, Pelletier J, Girolametto L

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology201514 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2014.979871

05

Peer-mediated intervention for pre-schoolers with ASD: Effects on responses and initiations.

Katz E, Girolametto L

International journal of speech-language pathology2015Senior author

DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2015.1024166 PMID: 25882445

06

Oral narratives in monolingual and bilingual preschoolers with SLI.

Rezzonico S, Chen X, Cleave PL, Greenberg J, Hipfner-Boucher K, Johnson CJ, Milburn T, Pelletier J, Weitzman E, Girolametto L

International journal of language & communication disorders2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.12179 PMID: 26215148

07

Maternal behaviors promoting language acquisition in slow-to-talk toddlers: prospective community-based study.

Levickis P, Reilly S, Girolametto L, Ukoumunne OC, Wake M

Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP2014

DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000000056 PMID: 24748010

08

Facilitating emergent literacy: efficacy of a model that partners speech-language pathologists and educators.

Girolametto L, Weitzman E, Greenberg J

American journal of speech-language pathology2012First author

DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2011/11-0002)PMID: 22230181

09

Peer interactions of preschool children with and without hearing loss.

DeLuzio J, Girolametto L

Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/10-0099)PMID: 21173389

10

Using case study methods to investigate the effects of interactive intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders.

Girolametto L, Sussman F, Weitzman E

Journal of communication disorders2007First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2006.11.001 PMID: 17169368

Statistical learning ability as an indicator of individual differences in dual language learning

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Girolametto, Luigi E.

Keywords: bilingualism; individual differences; statistical learning; language development

$223,932

Second language learning in Chinese-speaking children learning English or Italian

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Girolametto, Luigi E.

Keywords: linguistics; children; bilingualism; finite verb morphology; direct object clinics; subject weak pronouns

$74,948

Effects of emergent literacy programs

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Girolametto, Luigi E.

Keywords: literacy; preschoolers; early childhood education; day care; family literacy; professional development; parent training

$106,906

Group language and literacy intervention for preschool children

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Girolametto, Luigi E.

Keywords: language development; language intervention; preschool children; prevention; early childhood education; early literacy skills

$159,732

Language intervention in context: training teachers and peers to stimulate language development in integrated day cares

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Girolametto, Luigi

Keywords: Day care; teacher training; peer interaction; language intervention

$80,000

Effects of an interactive model of language stimulation on preschoolers with and without language delays in integrated daycares

Principal investigatorSSHRC1997Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Girolametto, Luigi

Keywords: preschoolers; daycare; teacher training; language delay; intervention

$60,000

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

Frequent collaborators

Rehabilitation Science
Bilingual Education, Second Language Education
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Xi Chen

Bilingual Education, Second Language Education

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald

Rehabilitation Science

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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