Email: elpd38@bangor.ac.uk

• PhD: Bilingualism
  2020–2024
• MA: Bilingualism
  2017–2018
• BSc: Speech and Language Therapy
  2010–2014

Module Co-ordinator & Lecturer:

QXL-3303 Introduction to Speech and Language Therapy

Graduate Teaching Assistant:

QXL-1110 Introduction to Language (2021, 2022)

QXL-4416 Language Disorders & Bilinguals (2021)

QXL-1020 Introduction to English Grammar (2021)

Guest Lecturer:

QXL-3317/4417 Child Language Acquisition (2021)

Working PhD project title: Teachers' identifications of language disorders in bilingual children: A study of attitudes

Supervisors:

Dr Eirini Sanoudaki (School of Arts, Culture and Language)

Dr Nia Young (School of Educational Sciences)

Research Interests:

• First and second language acquisition
• Bilingual language disorders
• Provision for pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL) in UK mainstream school settings
• EAL policies in UK schools
• Teacher (language) attitudes
• Speech and language therapy provision for bilingual populations

As I am currently completing my PhD, I am not able to supervise PhD projects.

2022

• Child Bilingualism: What do we know? How do we find out?

  Two talks by Bangor University's Child Bilingualism Lab at the ESRC Festival of Social Science- Bangor 26/10/2022, Cardiff 03/11/2022. Members of the lab spoke about their individual research into childhood bilingualism in typically developing individuals, individuals with developmental disorders, and children who speak a heritage language.

  26 Oct 2022 – 3 Nov 2022

  Links:

  • https://festivalofsocialscience.com/events/child-bilingualism-what-do-we-know-how-do-we-find-out/
  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

Conferences:

Parry, F. & Sanoudaki, E. (2021, July 14). Teachers’ identification of language disorders in bilingual children: A study of attitudes [Conference presentation]. International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB13) (Bilingualism in Flux), University of Warsaw, Poland [Online].

Parry, F. (2021, February 24). Teachers’ identification of language disorders in bilingual children: A study of attitudes [Conference presentation]. Postgraduate Forum on Applied Linguistics (Social Justice in Applied Linguistics), York St John University, England [Online].

Parry, F. (2020, November 21). Teachers’ identification of language disorders in bilingual children: A study of attitudes [Conference presentation]. NALDIC 28 Conference (Multilingual Britain: Successes, challenges and future directions), University of Edinburgh, Scotland [Online].

Parry, F. (2020, August 4). Teachers’ identification of language disorders in bilingual children: A study of attitudes [Conference presentation]. Aspiring Researchers Conference (ARC) (Celebrating Diversity), Bangor University, Wales [Online]. Award: Best Oral Presentation Award

Parry, F. & Sanoudaki, E. (2020, June 23-25). Teachers’ recognition of language disorders in EAL pupils: Exploring perceptions [Poster]. Conference on Multilingualism (COM), Centre for Multilingualism and Literacy, University of Reading, England [Online].

Parry, F. & Sanoudaki, E. (2019, November 16). The impact of teachers’ perceptions towards bilingualism on recognition of language disorders in EAL pupils [Poster]. NALDIC 27 Conference (Inclusive practices in multilingual classrooms: assessing and supporting EAL and SEND learners in the mainstream), King’s College London (KCL), England.