Evelyn Bosma is Assistant Professor of Second Language Acquisition at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

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Fields of interest

• Multilingualism
• First language acquisition
• Second language acquisition
• Psycholinguistics

Research

Evelyn Bosma investigates the relationship between bilingualism and cognition among children and adults. Why is it so important to have a solid foundation in the first language? How do people learn a second language? And how could we give multilingualism a place in education? 

She wrote articles for Onze Taal and HP/De Tijd, and did interviews with the local radio and several newspapers, including Omrop Fryslân, Leeuwarder Courant, Leidsch Dagblad and Kennislink.

Grants and awards

2021: Keetje Hodshon Prize
2021: runner-up Gratama Science Prize
2020: Klokhuis Science Prize
2018: AVT/Anéla Dissertation Prize 
2017: Science Prize RUG/Campus Fryslân 
2017: Best Poster Award TABU-dag

Curriculum vitae

Evelyn Bosma studied Linguistics and Latin American Studies at Leiden University. In 2017, she defended her dissertation (Fryske Akademy/UvA) on the language and cognitive development of Frisian-Dutch bilingual children. She then started working as a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University, Utrecht University and the Fryske Akademy. In 2023, she was appointed Assistant Professor at Leiden University.

Selected publications

Bosma, E., Bakker, A., Zenger, L., & Blom, E. (2023). Supporting the development of the bilingual lexicon through translanguaging: a realist review integrating psycholinguistics with educational sciences. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 38(1), 225-247.

Bosma, E., & Pablos, L. (2020). Switching direction modulates the engagement of cognitive control in bilingual reading comprehension: An ERP study. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 55, 100894.

Bosma, E., & Nota, N. (2020). Cognate facilitation in Frisian–Dutch bilingual children’s sentence reading: An eye-tracking study. Journal of experimental child psychology, 189, 104699.

Bosma, E., Blom, E., Hoekstra, E., & Versloot, A. (2019). A longitudinal study on the gradual cognate facilitation effect in bilingual children’s Frisian receptive vocabulary. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 22(4), 371-385.

Bosma, E., Hoekstra, E., Versloot, A., & Blom, E. (2017). The minimal and short-lived effects of minority language exposure on the executive functions of Frisian-Dutch bilingual children. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1453.

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