Olga Anatoli Smith

PhD student

Multilingual language acquisition and socialization

I research on multilingual language acquisition and socialization. Using videography and methods of interactional linguistics, I document children’s linguistic and social development in peer-centered and child-adult interactions, particularly in the institutional setting of preschools.

Publications

2018

2013

Research project

Learning to Communicate and Collaborate through Bodily Expression and Art

In this project artists and pedagogues engage in developing an innovative methodology that will empower young people who may be facing fewer opportunities and social exclusion, particularly those with minority or migrant background.

CV

2015-2018
Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2015
PhD, Applied Linguistics, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
2009
M.A. Asien-Afrika-Institut Hamburg University (Germany)
2006
B.A., Asian and African Studies, St. Petersburg State University (Russia)

Personal website

olgaanatoli.com

Research

Children’s language acquisition in preschool amid multilingualism

Teaching

Teaching courses and supervise students in the Master of Social Science in Child Studies programme.

Supervisor

Asta Cekaite

Professor

Organisation

Child Studies (TEMAB)

Education and research at Child Studies is about childhood and family with a focus on interaction and language, children's culture and consumption, and childhood over time and space, all to better see the perspectives of children and young people.