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Opportunities and challenges for language learning and education

Posted on Thursday, Aug. 20th 2009 |


Authors: Patricia Kuhl and Lila Gleitman
Institutions: University of Washington and University of Pennsylvania

Abstract: This document reports on the workshop entitled, “Opportunities and Challenges for Language Learning and Education,” held at the National Science Foundation Headquarters in Arlington Virginia on September 5-7, 2007. Scientific understanding of language learning is critical for three interrelated national priorities required for continuing American intellectual leadership and scientific innovation. The first of these is to understand the biology of language and its evolution in the learning infant. The second is the universal acquisition of literacy to create and maintain an educated citizen workforce. The third pertains to the design and fluent use of the human-machine interfaces required by the intelligent artifacts of the 21st century. The specific goal of the workshop was to explore fundamental research that can lead us toward these goals. An important and related goal was to integrate these research priorities with ongoing investigations at the NSF Science of Learning Centers (SLCs).

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