Courses 2025-2026

• Child bilingualism (MA)
• Societal Impact & Societal Impact I (MA)
• First Language Acquisition (MA)

Supervision

I regularly supervise theses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level on a variety of topics relating to bilingual and second language acquisition. I am currently (co-) supervising the following PhD students:

• Clara Kunst, on priming and cross-linguistic influence in bilingual English-Irish children, funded by IMPRS; Evan Kidd is co-supervisor and promotor, and Caroline Rowland is the second promotor.
• Joyce van Zwet, on Dutch as a heritage language in bilingual French-Dutch and German-Dutch children, funded by CLS; Joyce’s main supervisor is Eva Knopp and her promotor is Rob Schoonen.

Former students’ theses:

Internships

Our group regularly offers internships on various topics relating to bilingual (language) development, bilingual parenting, science engagement and related issues. Want to find out about current possibilities? Send me an email to sharon dot unsworth at ru dot nl.