。Experiences

• 2025 to Present - University of Alberta

  Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

• 2023 to 2024 - University of Alberta

  Postdoctoral Fellow at the Bilingual Acquisition Lab of Alberta (BALA)

  Supervisor: Dr. Johanne Paradis

• 2018 to 2023 - University of Alberta

  Program: Combined MSc in SLP and PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences

  Supervisors: Dr. Karen Pollock and Dr. Fangfang Li

  Thesis: Learning to speak a minority language at school: Mandarin speech development of children in a Chinese-English bilingual program in Canada

• 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., & Li, F. (2025). Mandarin lexical tone accuracy of children in a Chinese-English bilingual school in Canada. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68(2), 435-455.【PDF】

  Lin, Y., Pollock, K. E., & Li, F. (2024). Pronunciation teaching in minority languages: Perspectives of elementary school teachers in a Chinese-English bilingual program in Canada. Cogent Education, 11(1), 2356432.

  Meckelborg, A., Luu, M., Nguyen, T., Lin, Y., Li, F., & Pollock, K. (2024). Acquisition of Mandarin tones by Canadian first graders: Effect of prior exposure to tonal and non-tonal languages. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155(2), 1608-1623.【PDF】

  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.【PDF】

  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.

  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.【PDF】

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

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