Pui Fong Kan, M.A., CCC-S

Education

2003 - present	Doctoral Student	Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2002	MA	Communication Disorders University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1999	Postgraduate Certificate	Special Education: Speech and Language Difficulties (Distance Learning and on-site visits) University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K.
1995	MA	Speech Sciences University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K.
1990	BA	English and Linguistics National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

            

Experience

2006 - present	Research Assistant	Clinical Decision Making with Linguistically Diverse Learners: A National Web-Based Training Program
2006 - present	Teaching Assistant	Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences University of Minnesota, MN
2004 – 2006	Instructional Technology Fellow	Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences University of Minnesota, MN
2004	Guest reviewer	Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
2004	Presenter and Consultant	A series of three workshops as part of a grant awarded to Drs. Kohnert and Glaze titled Clinical Decision Making with Linguistically Diverse Learners: A Statewide Professional Training Model
2003 - 2004	Research Assistant	Department of Communication Disorders University of Minnesota, MN
2002 – 2003	Speech and Language Pathologist/Clinical Fellow	Garfield Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2001 – 2002	Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant	Department of Communication Disorders, University of Minnesota, MN

 

Publications and Presentations

 

Publications

Kohnert, K., & Kan, P. F. (in press). Lexical Skills in Young Children Learning a Second Language Methods, Results, and Clinical Applications. Chapter to appear in J. Centeno, L., L. Obler, & R. Anderson (Eds), Studying Communication Disorders in Spanish-speakers: Theoretical, Research, & Clinical Aspects. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters.

 

Kan, P.F., & Kohnert, K. (2005). Preschoolers learning Hmong and English: Lexical-semantic skills in L1 and L2. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48, 372-383.

 

Kohnert, K., Yim, D., Nett, K., Kan, P. F., Duran, L. (2005). Intervention with Linguistically Diverse Preschool Children: A Focus on Developing Home Language(s), Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 36, 251-263.

 

Kohnert, K., Kennedy, M., Glaze, L., Kan, P., & Carney, E. (2003). Breadth and Depth of Diversity in Minnesota: Challenges to Clinical Competency. American Journal of Speech- Language Pathology, 12, 259-272.

 

Kan, K., & Kohnert, K. (in preparation).  Lexical-Semantic Skills in Hmong-English Bilingual Preschool Children.

 

 

Presentations (*indicates invited presentations)

Kan, P. F., Kohnert, K., & Nelson, P. (2006, November). The Effect of Noise on Word Learning Skills in Sequential Bilingual Children. Poster submitted at 4th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Honolulu, HI.

 

Kan, P. F. & Kohnert, K. (2006, June). Language Sample Analysis with SALT in Hmong and English. Poster presented at Symposium on Research in Child Langage Disorders, Madison, WI.

 

Kohnert, K. & Kan, P. F. (2006, June). Links between Words and Grammar in a Second Language. Poster presented at Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

 

Kan, P. F., Kohnert, K., Nett-Cordero, K., Yim, D. (2005, November). Non-Word Repetition (NWR)  in Bilingual Hmong-English Speakers. Paper presented at ASHA Convention, San Diego, CA.

 

Kan, P. F., & Kohnert, K. (2005, June). Non-word repetition and fast mapping in L1 and L2 by young sequential bilinguals. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

 

Yim, D., Kan, P. F., & Kohnert, K. (2004, November). Clinical Implications of Cross-Linguistic Differences in Four Asian Languages. Paper presented at ASHA Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Kan, P.F., & Kohnert, K. (2004, November). Corpora Data in Understudied Languages: The Hmong project. Paper presented at annual conference of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, Philadelphia.

 

**Kan, P. F. (2004, November). A Case Study: The Language Skills in a Mandarin-English Bilingual Child with Brain Injury. Language/Literacy Assessment and Development in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations: African American, Asian, Native American, and Hispanic Children. Paper presented at ASHA Preconvention 2004, Philadelphia, PA.

 

**Kan, P. F. (2003, May). Preschoolers Learning Hmong and English: Lexical-Semantic Skills in L1 and L2. Paper presented in Clinical Decision Making With Linguistically Diverse Learners: A Statewide Professional Training Model. Minneapolis, MN.

 

Kan, P., & Kohnert, K. (2002, November). Lexical comprehension by Hmong preschoolers. Paper presented at annual conference of American Speech, Language, Hearing Association (ASHA), Atlanta, GA.

 

Kan, P., & Kohnert, K. (2002, July). Preschool Children Learning Hmong and English: Lexical-Semantic Production Skills in L1 and L2. Poster presented at the Joint Conference of the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders and International Association for the Study of Child Language, Madison, WI.

 

Research Grant

Graduate Research Partnership Program, University of Minnesota, $5600 [P. Kan & K. Kohnert].