College of Human Sciences | |
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School of Arts | |
Department: Linguistics and Modern Languages | |
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Tel: | 012 429 6045 |
E-mail: | wilseac@unisa.ac.za |
Wilsenach, C., 2019, ‘Phonological awareness and reading in Northern Sotho – Understanding the contribution of phonemes and syllables in Grade 3 reading attainment’, South African Journal of Childhood Education 9(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajce.v9i1.647
Wilsenach, C. (2019). The development of cognitive-linguistic skills in multilingual learners: a perspective of Northern Sotho-English children. 14th Annual National LITASA Conference, UCT, Cape Town, 12-14 July 2019
Wilsenach, C. (2018). Phonemes and syllables in Northern Sotho reading – untangling their role. 13th Annual National LITASA Conference, NMU, Port Elizabeth, 5-7 October 2018.
Wilsenach, C. & Makaure, P. (2018). Gender effects on phonological processing and reading development in Northern Sotho children learning to read in English: A case study of Grade 3 learners. South African Journal of Childhood Education 8(1). https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/546
Wilsenach, C. (2016). Identifying phonological processing deficits in Northern Sotho-speaking children: the use of nonword repetition as a lanugage assessment tool in the South African context, South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 63(2), a145. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v63i2.145.
Wilsenach, C & Makaure, P. (2017). Gender effects on phonological processing and reading development in Northern Sotho-English bilingual children: evidence from Grade 3 learners. Paper presentation at the 12th Annual Conference of the Reading Association of South Africa, Unisa, Pretoria, 13-15 October.
Wilsenach, C. (2016). Identifying phonological processing deficits in Northern Sotho-speaking children: the use of nonword repetition as a language assessment tool in the South African context. Paper presentation at the LSSA/SAALA/SAALT Annual Conference, University of the Western Capte, 4-7 July 2016.
Wilsenach, C. & Makaure, P. (2016). Rapid naming revisited; the role of processing speed in emergent bilingual Northern Sotho-English children. Panel discussion at the LSSA/SAALA/SAALT Annual Conference, University of the Western Capte, 4-7 July 2016.
Wilsenach, C. (2015). The relationship between cognitive-linguistic skills and literacy development in emergent bilingual Northern Sotho-English children. Paper presentation at the 45th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL). Leiden University, 31 August – 1 September 2015.
Wilsenach, C. (2014). Receptive vocabulary and early literacy skills in emergent bilingual Northern Sotho-English children. Paper presentation at the Annual National RASA conference. Rhodes university, Grahamstown, 12-14 September 2014.
Wilsenach, C. (2013). Phonological Processing and Literacy in Northern Sotho. Poster presentation at the 38th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Boston, 1-3 November.
Wilsenach, C. (2012). Towards the early identification of reading failure in African languages. Can non-word repetition be used as an assessment tool in the South African context? Paper presentation at the Annual National conference of the Reading Association of South Africa, Durban, 12-14 October 2012.
Wilsenach, C. (2010). Phonological skills and literacy in Northern Sotho speaking children. Paper presentation at the annual conference of the Linguistics Society of Southern Africa, Pretoria, 27-29 September.
De Bree, E., Wilsenach, C. & Wijnen, F. (2005). Early phonology and morphosyntax in children with a genetic risk of dyslexia. Paper presentation, Xth International Congress for the Study of Child Language. Berlin, 25–29 July.
De Bree, E., van Alphen, P., Gerrits, E., de Jong, J., Wilsenach, C. & Wijnen, F. (2004). Early language development in children with a genetic risk for dyslexia: a longitudinal and prospective study. Paper presentation at the 11th annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Amsterdam, 26-30 June.
Wilsenach, C., Alphen, P. van, Bree, E. de, Gerrits, E., Jong, J. de & Wijnen, F. (2004). Early language development and precursors of dyslexia: early perceptual sensitivity to morphosyntactic pattern. Seminar at British Dyslexia Association, Warwick, 27-30 March.
Wilsenach, C. & Wijnen, F. Perceptual sensitivity to morphosyntactic agreement in language learners. A longitudinal investigation of Dutch children at risk for dyslexia. (2003). Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston (Mass), November.
Bree, E. de, Wilsenach, C. Gerrits, E. & Wijnen, F. (2003). In search of precursors of dyslexia: Phonological processing and working memory in children at risk for dyslexia and children with SLI. Poster presented at the Child Phonology Conference, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1-4 July.
Wilsenach, C., Gerrits, E. & Wijnen, F. (2002). Perceptual sensitivity to morphosyntactic agreement in language learners: evidence from Dutch children at risk for developing dyslexia. International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Madison, Wisconsin
2019-2021: The relationship between cognitive-linguistic skills and literacy development in African languages. A longitudinal investigation of literacy development in Northern Sotho, isiZulu and isiXhosa