Dr. Katherine Demuth

Professor

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Biography

Distinguished Professor Katherine Demuth is the founding Director of the Child Language Lab and Director of the Centre for Language Sciences at Macquarie University. Her research focuses on language acquisition, particularly the studies of perception and production. She is especially interested in the development of phonological, morphological, and syntactic representations in typically developing and language-impaired children as well as second language learners. Her work is cross-linguistic, utilizing insights from the structure of different languages to understand the mechanisms underlying the process of language acquisition. In 2013, she was awarded the ARC Laureate Fellowship for her research in child language acquisition. Over her career, she has received a total of 17 awards from various scientific institutions in Australia. Demuth has been involved in multiple research projects, including ones aimed at predicting language skills in infants with hearing loss and understanding the grammar learning process in children.

Research Interests

Requirements for Macquarie University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:94
PTE
Listening
Required:58
Reading
Required:58
Writing
Required:58
Speaking
Required:58
Overall
Required:65
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree from a recognised institution Minimum 3 years full-time equivalent work experience at a managerial/professional level
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Specialization Notes

Applied to Department of Business (MBA Program).