。Education

• 2018 to Present - University of Alberta

  Program: Combined MSc in SLP and PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences

  Supervisors: Dr. Karen Pollock and Dr. Fangfang Li

• 2015 to 2018 - Peking University

  Program: MA in Linguistics

  Supervisor: Prof. You-Jing Lin

• 2011 to 2015 - Peking University

  Program: BA in Chinese Linguistics

  Supervisor: Prof. Jiangping Kong

。Publications

• Papers

  Lin, Y., Pollock, K. E., Tucker, B. V., & Li, F. (2023). Acoustic analysis of Mandarin tones produced by bilingual elementary students in Canada. The 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 7-11, 2023. Prague, Czech Republic.

  Lin, Y., Pollock, K. E., MacLeod, A. A. N, & Li, F. (2023). A conceptual model of second language pronunciation in communicative contexts: Implications for children's bilingual education. Frontiers of Psychology, 14, 1125157. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1125157

  Lin, Y., Lin, Y-J., Wang, F., Wu, X., & Kong, J. (2020). The development of phonological awareness and Pinyin knowledge in Mandarin-speaking school-aged children. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22(6), 660-668.

  Lin, Y. & Nicoladis, E. (2018). Motion lexicalization in Chinese among Heritage Language Children in Canada. Heritage Language Journal, 15(3), 272-296.

  Lin, Y. (2016). Articulation characteristics of Dearing speech (in Chinese). Essays of Linguistics, 54, 323-341.

• Presentations (Refereed)

  Lin, Y., Pollock, K. E., & Li, F. (2022). Oral presentation: Teaching Mandarin pronunciation in Chinese-English bilingual schools in Canada. The 13th Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference (PSLLT), Brock University, ON, June 16-18, 2022.

  Lin, Y., Pollock, K. E., & Li, F. (2022). Oral presentation: Acoustic analysis of lexical tone development in children enrolled in a Chinese-English bilingual program in Canada. The International Child Phonology Conference (ICPC), Purdue University, IN, June 9-10, 2022. Awarded "Excellent Student Presentation."

  Lin, Y., Rose, Y., Pollock, K. E., & Li, F. (2021). Oral presentation: Development of Mandarin tones in children enrolled in a Chinese-English bilingual program. The International Child Phonology Conference (ICPC), Lethbridge, AB, June 17-19, 2021. Awarded "Excellent Student Presentation."

  Lin, Y., Pollock, K. E., MacLeod, A. A. N., & Li, F. (2021). Poster presentation: Children’s Chinese speech education and development in Chinese-English bilingual education programs: Teachers’ perspectives. Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language (CCERBAL) Conference, Ottawa, ON. April 29-May 1, 2021.

  Lin, Y., Limacher, S., & Pollock, K. (2019). Poster presentation: The relationship between perceptual ratings of foreign accent and prosodic features of the English speech of bilingual children in Canada. International Symposium on Bilingualism, Edmonton, AB. June 23rd-28th, 2019.

  Lin, Y., Lin, Y-J., Wang, F., Wu, X., & Kong, J. (2019). Oral presentation: The development of phonological awareness and Pinyin knowledge in Mandarin-speaking school-aged children. The International Child Phonology Conference, Montreal, QC. June 14th-15th, 2019. Awarded "Prix D’Exellence pour Communication Scientifique."

  Lin, Y., & Kong, J. (2014). Oral presentation: A study of pitch of ‘Dearing’ as emotional speech. International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, Singapore. September 12th-14th, 2014.

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