- Fu, N.C., Chen, S., Polisenska, K., Chan, A., Kan, R. and Chiat, S. (2024). Nonword Repetition in Children With Developmental Language Disorder: Revisiting the Case of Cantonese. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
- Kapalková, S., Polišenská, K., Mentel, A. and Vencelová, L. (2022). Effects of oral language and decoding skills on reading comprehension performance across multiple assessments: a longitudinal study. Reading and Writing. doi:10.1007/s11145-022-10383-2.
- POLIŠENSKÁ, K., CHIAT, S., SZEWCZYK, J. and TWOMEY, K.E. (2021). Effects of semantic plausibility, syntactic complexity and n-gram frequency on children's sentence repetition. Journal of Child Language, 48(2), pp. 261–284. doi:10.1017/s0305000920000306.
- Polisenska, K., Chiat, S., Fenton, J. and Roy, P. (2020). Assessing young children from diverse backgrounds: Novel ways to measure language abilities and meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Languages, Society and Policy. doi:10.17863/CAM.54064.
- Polišenská, K., Kapalková, S. and Novotková, M. (2018). Receptive Language Skills in Slovak-Speaking Children With Intellectual Disability: Understanding Words, Sentences, and Stories. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61(7), pp. 1731–1742. doi:10.1044/2018_jslhr-l-17-0029.
- Chiat, S. and Polišenská, K. (2016). A Framework for Crosslinguistic Nonword Repetition Tests: Effects of Bilingualism and Socioeconomic Status on Children's Performance. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 59(5), pp. 1179–1189. doi:10.1044/2016_jslhr-l-15-0293.
- Łuniewska, M., Haman, E., Armon-Lotem, S., Etenkowski, B., Southwood, F., Anđelković, D. … Ünal-Logacev, Ö. (2016). Ratings of age of acquisition of 299 words across 25 languages: Is there a cross-linguistic order of words? Behavior Research Methods, 48(3), pp. 1154–1177. doi:10.3758/s13428-015-0636-6.
- Kapalková, S., Polišenská, K. and Süssová, M. (2016). The role of pictures and gestures as a support mechanism for novel word learning: A training study with 2-year-old children. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 32(1), pp. 53–64. doi:10.1177/0265659015585373.
- KAPALKOVÁ, S., POLIŠENSKÁ, K., MARKOVÁ, L. and FENTON, J. (2016). Narrative abilities in early successive bilingual Slovak–English children: A cross-language comparison. Applied Psycholinguistics, 37(1), pp. 145–164. doi:10.1017/s0142716415000454.
- Polišenská, K., Chiat, S. and Roy, P. (2015). Sentence repetition: what does the task measure? International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 50(1), pp. 106–118. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12126.
- Polišenská, K., Chiat, S., Comer, A. and McKenzie, K. (2014). Semantic effects in sentence recall: The contribution of immediate vs delayed recall in language assessment. Journal of Communication Disorders, 52, pp. 65–77. doi:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2014.08.002.
- Polišenská, K. and Kapalková, S. (2014). Improving Child Compliance on a Computer-Administered Nonword Repetition Task. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 57(3), pp. 1060–1068. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2013/13-0014).
- Polišenská, K. and Kapalková, S. (2014). Language profiles in children with Down Syndrome and children with Language Impairment: Implications for early intervention. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35(2), pp. 373–382. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2013.11.022.
- Kapalková, S., Polišenská, K. and Vicenová, Z. (2013). Non‐word repetition performance in Slovak‐speaking children with and without SLI: novel scoring methods. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 48(1), pp. 78–89. doi:10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00189.x.
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About
Overview
Kamila’s research focuses on the cross-linguistic aspects of language acquisition and processing in typically developing monolingual and bilingual/multilingual children and in children with language disorder. In her research, she focuses on distinguishing language difference from language disorder, by designing and evaluating novel assessment tools for linguistically diverse children.
Kamila’s research interests:
• Typical language development
• Bilingualism/multilingualism
• Developmental language disorder
• Language assessments, sentence repetition & nonword repetition
• Relationship between language and literacy
Kamila’s current collaborations:
• Dr Angel Chan (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
• Professor Shula Chiat (City, University of London)
• Dr Svetlana Kapalková (Comenius University)
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 2021
- PhD, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2011
- MA, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2006
Employment
- Senior Lecturer, City, University of London, 2023 – present
- Lecturer, University of Manchester, 2011 – 2022
Publications
Publications by category
Chapters (2)
- Chiat, S., Armon-Lotem, S., Marinis, T., Polišenská, K., Roy, P. and Seeff-Gabriel, B. (2013). Assessment of Language Abilities in Sequential Bilingual Children: The Potential of Sentence Imitation Tasks. Issues in the Assessment of Bilinguals (pp. 56–89). ISBN 978-1-78309-008-2.
- Chiat, S., Armon-Lotem, S., Marinis, T., Polisenska, K., Roy, P. and Seeff-Gabriel, B. (2013). The potential of sentence imitation tasks for assessment of language abilities
in sequential bilingual children. In Mueller-Gathercole, V. (Ed.), Issues in the Assessment of Bilinguals (pp. 56–89). UK: Mulitlingual Matters. ISBN 978-1-78309-008-2.
Journal articles (14)
Professional activities
Editorial activity
- Journal of Child Language, Associate Editor, 2020 – present.