Alexandra Gottardo

Wilfrid Laurier University — Canada

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Reading and Literacy Development(55), Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism(18), Language Development and Disorders(18), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills(15), Child Development and Digital Technology(14)

Publications77 total

The longitudinal development of L2 complex syntax in Arabic-English refugee children: sources of individual differences and comparison of measures of syntax
Bilingualism Language and Cognition·2025Open Access
Using the reading sciences and technology for teaching and learning in the Global South
Learning and Instruction·2025Open Access
The role of refugee children’s host country language in their resilience to resettlement: A longitudinal and within-family study on Syrian children’s early adaptation in Canada.
Developmental Psychology·2025
Acculturation and English proficiency among adult newcomer immigrant ESL learners in Canada across language instruction methods
International Journal of Bilingualism·2025Open Access
Parents as the first teachers: An exploratory study of parent perceptions and use of an online instructional vocabulary module for parents
First Language·2025Open Access
Learning About Alphabetics and Fluency: Examining the Effectiveness of a Blended Professional Development Program for Kenyan Teachers
Education Sciences·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The role of age of arrival and language environment factors in Arabic heritage language development: A longitudinal study
Journal of Child Language·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
How acculturation and well-being influence the English and Arabic proficiency of first-generation Syrian refugee children in Canada
Applied Psycholinguistics·2025Open Access
Kenyan teachers’ experiences of an online professional development program across rural, peri-urban, and urban settings
International Journal of Educational Technology and Learning·2024Open Access
The interplay between syntactic and morphological comprehension in heritage contexts: The case of relative clauses in heritage Syrian Arabic
Applied Psycholinguistics·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Second language acquisition and acculturation: similarities and differences between immigrants and refugees
Frontiers in Communication·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Age, Experience and Language and Literacy Skills in English-Arabic Speaking Syrian Refugees
Languages·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Assessing blended and online-only delivery formats for teacher professional development in Kenya
Cogent Education·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
The Role of Context in Learning to Read Languages That Use Different Writing Systems and Scripts: Urdu and English
Languages·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Morphology and Reading Skills in Arabic‐Speaking Syrian Refugee Children
Reading Research Quarterly·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
The Simple View of Reading: Language-specific and contextual characteristics related to Arabic speakers in Saudi Arabia and Canada
Learning and Individual Differences·2022· 3 cited
Editorial: Culture and second language (L2) learning in migrants
Frontiers in Psychology·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
The role of socioemotional wellbeing difficulties and adversity in the L2 acquisition of first-generation refugee children
Bilingualism Language and Cognition·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
The effects of second language literacy instruction on first language literacy: a comparison between Hindi–English and Urdu–English Canadian bilinguals
Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science·2022· 7 cited
Perceptions and pedagogical considerations in professional development training for integration of an early literacy program in Kenya
Oxford Review of Education·2022· 2 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Linda S. Siegel(10), Eileen Wood(7), Xi Chen(7), Esther Geva(7), Amy Grant(7), Keith E. Stanovich(6), Robert Savage(6), Adrian Pasquarella(6), Johanne Paradis(6), Penny Chiappe(5), Poh Wee Koh(5), Mary Ann Evans(4), Amna Mirza(4), Aline Ferreira(4), Fanli Jia(4), Redab Al‐Janaideh(4), Christine Javier(3), Adriana Soto‐Corominas(3), John W. Schwieter(3), Bernice Yan(2)