Esther Geva
Professor
Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
Dr. Esther Geva is Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the University of Toronto.
Research Interest
Dr. Geva's research interests include the development of literacy skills in children learning to read in a second language (L2); the relations between oral and written language skills in L2 learners; transfer issues in L2 literacy development; cognitive and linguistic processes and predictors of normal and problematic literacy development in L2 children, and selected topics in cross-cultural psychology pertaining to children's well-being such as parental attribution and concepts of wellness. In applied practice, she is interested in community-based approaches to prevention and intervention in minority groups, and options in assessment and intervention for ESL and other L2 learners.
