Name

Chrysoula (Lina) Vassiliu

College 

Magdalene

Email

cv335@cam.ac.uk

Supervisor

Professor Henriette Hendriks & Professor Zoe Kourtzi

 

Research Topic

Individual Differences in Multilingualism and Language Learning: Effects on Cognitive Flexibility and Structure Learning

 

About

Lina Vassiliu is a Postdoctoral Research Associate. She holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. She works on Psycholinguistics and is researching language learning, multilingualism and their relation to cognitive control.

 

Research

Multilingualism, Language Acquisition, Cognition, Executive Functions, Statistical Learning

 

Scholarships/Prizes

• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Studentship for Doctoral Studies
• Onassis Foundation Scholarship
• A.G. Leventis Foundation Scholarship
• Kate Bertram Prize for First Class Results in MPhil in Theoretical & Applied Linguistics
• Pan. Triantafyllidis Scholarship for Postgraduate (Master’s) Studies Abroad

 

Fellowships

Magdalene College Bye-Fellow (2021-22)

 

Teaching

Supervisor for Li3: Language, Brains and Machines, Li15: First and Second Language Acquisition.

 

Conference papers

• Vassiliu, C. et al. (2023). Language Switching Training Effects on Cognitive Flexibility in Singaporean English-Mandarin Bilingual Adults (35-55 years-old). BAAL 2023, York, UK, Aug 23-25.
• Vassiliu, C. et al. (2023). Effects of Emergent Bilingualism on the Cognitive Control of Four-Year-Old Children. ICLC16, Düsseldorf, Germany, Aug 7-11.  
• Vassiliu, C., Hendriks H., & Leong, V. (2022). Second-Language (L2) Training Effects on the Cognitive Control of Greek Preschool Children. Cambridge Language Sciences Annual Symposium 2022. Cambridge, UK, Nov 24.
• Vassiliu, C. (2022). Multilingual Diversity and Cognitive Skills: Comparisons across UK and Singapore samples. 16th LangUE, University of Essex. Essex, UK, June 9-10.
• Vassiliu, C., et al. (2022). Investigating L2 training effects on the cognitive skills of 4-year-old children. LELPGC 2022, University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, UK, June 6-8.
• Vassiliu, C., et al. (2019). Structural and pragmatic language in ADHD - factors contributing to development of pragmatic competence. ICGL14. Patra, GR,  Sept 5-8.
• Pata, P., Vassiliu, C., Marinis, T. (2019). L1 Syntactic Attrition in Greek Speakers living in the UK. ICGL14. Patra, GR, Sept 5-8.
• Vassiliu, C., et al. (2019). Evaluating Structural and Pragmatic Language Skills among Children with ADHD, DLD and Typical Development (TD). International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities (IARLD) Conference. Crete, GR, June 23-25.
• Vassiliu, C., et al. (2016). Oral Language Development: Contribution of Component Skills - 5th EDA. Modena, IT, Sept 22-24.
• Mouzaki, A., Karkania, V., Vassiliu, C., et al. (2015). Development of Narrative Speech in PreSchool-Aged Children. 1st PanHellenic Conference of School Psychology. Athens, GR, Nov 19-22.

 

Publications

Book Chapter: 

Mouzaki, A., Giazitzidou, S., Vassiliu, C., Simos, P. (2023). The contribution of morphological awareness to reading comprehension in Greek primary school students. In S. Tsesmeli & G. Manolitsis (Eds.), Morphological Processing in Written Language Acquisition for the Greek language. Thessaloniki: Epikentro Publications.

Articles: 

• Vassiliu, C., Leong, V., & Hendriks, H. (2024). The Influence of Multilingual Experience on Executive Function and Structure Learning: Effects in Young Adults in the UK and Singapore. Languages, 9(4), 136. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9040136
• Tong, K, …, Vassiliu, C., et al. (2024). The Development of Cognitive Flexibility and its Implications for Mental Health Disorders. Psychological Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724001508
• Vassiliu, C., …, Katsos, N. (2022). Development of structural and pragmatic language skills in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Communication Disorders Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401221114062
• Leong, V., …, Vassiliu, C., Kalaivanan, K., Chen, S. H. A., Robbins, T. W., Sahakian, B. J., & Kourtzi, Z. (2022). A New Remote Guided Method for Supervised Web-Based Cognitive Testing to Ensure High-Quality Data: Development and Usability Study. J Med Internet Res 2022;24(1):E28368. https://doi.org/10.2196/28368 
• Vassiliu, C., et al. (2021). Structural and Pragmatic Language in ADHD–Factors Contributing to Development of Pragmatic Competence. Proceedings of ICGL14, 1(1), 1445-1452.

 

Other activities and roles

Cambridge Processing and Acquisition of Language (CamPAL) co-organizer.

Magdalene College MCR Committee President (2021), Secretary (2020-21).