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Publications & Talks

An overview of my scientific publications, conference contributions, and presentations.

Publications

Journal articles, conference proceedings, and book chapters, listed in reverse chronological order.

2026

In press

Assessing Multilingual Children from a Usage-Based Perspective: The WUSCHEL Approach

In A. Quick, N. Koch, & S. Hartmann (Eds.), Usage-Based Approaches to Multilingualism: Language Acquisition, Language Contact, Language Attrition. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.

In press

Testauswertung und -interpretation

In J. Roche & S. Haberzettl (Eds.), Sprachstandsermittlung bei Vorschulkindern: Grundlagen, Methoden und empirische Ergebnisse der WUSCHEL-App. Heidelberg: Springer.

Automatic Prediction of Child Speech Fluency with Game-Based Data from German Preschoolers

Proceedings of the 15th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2026), Palma de Mallorca, pp. 5607–5616.

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Automatic Detection of Disfluencies in L1 and L2 Child Speech

Proceedings of the 37th Conference on Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV 2026), Eichstätt, pp. 208–215.

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2025

From Features to Fluency: Predicting Perceived Speech Fluency of Preschool Children for Language Proficiency Assessments

Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Speech and Language Technology in Education (SLaTE 2025), Nijmegen, pp. 118–122.

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Annotation of Disfluencies in Child Speech

Proceedings of the 36th Conference on Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV 2025), Halle (Saale), pp. 247–254.

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Best Student Paper Award

2024

Computergestützte Bestimmung des Sprechflusses bei Vorschulkindern

Proceedings of the 35th Conference on Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV 2024), Regensburg, pp. 62–69.

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Talks & Presentations

A selection of conference presentations, posters, and research talks.

2026

Automatic Prediction of Child Speech Fluency with Game-Based Data from German Preschoolers

15th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2026), Palma de Mallorca.

Online Poster Presentation

Automatic Detection of Disfluencies in L1 and L2 Child Speech

37th Conference on Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV 2026), Eichstätt.

Poster Presentation

2025

Sprechfluss als Indikator in Sprachstandserhebungen bei Vorschulkindern: Welche Merkmale beeinflussen seine Wahrnehmung?

21st Conference on Phonetik & Phonologie (P&P 2025), Leipzig.

From Features to Fluency: Predicting Perceived Speech Fluency of Preschool Children for Language Proficiency Assessments

10th Workshop on Speech and Language Technology in Education (SLaTE 2025), Nijmegen.

Annotation of Disfluencies in Child Speech

36th Conference on Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV 2025), Halle (Saale).

2024

Semiautomatic Support of Speech Fluency Assessment by Detecting Filler Particles and Determining Speech Tempo

20th Conference on Phonetik & Phonologie (P&P 2024), Halle (Saale).

Semiautomatic Support of Speech Fluency Assessment by Detecting Filler Particles and Determining Speech Tempo

Workshop "Prosodic Features of Language Learners", Leiden.

Computergestützte Bestimmung des Sprechflusses bei Vorschulkindern

Linguistischer Nachwuchsworkshop (LiNaWo 2024), Saarbrücken.

A Usage-Based Approach to Measuring Success in Language Learning

4th Conference on Constructionist Approaches to Language Pedagogy (CALP4), Erlangen.

Computer-Aided Assessment of Speech Fluency of Preschool Children

35th Conference on Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV 2024), Regensburg.

2023

Kommissar Wuschel – Sprachstandsdiagnose bei Vorschulkindern durch ein Serious Game

Linguistischer Nachwuchsworkshop (LiNaWo 2023), Warsaw.

Preschool Language Assessment for Multilingual Children: A Usage-Based Approach

16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC16), Düsseldorf.