Probably, you’ve noticed that sometimes BBC news have an embedded screen where a man or woman is waving their hands energetically. You probably know that this person is interpreting the presenter’s…
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The most effective way to integrate developmental language research into early years settings has long been a complex issue. The vital effects of language development on later life outcomes are clear…
Changes to the school curriculum usually offer up a number of challenges for teachers, parents and children alike. In 2014, along with quite sizeable changes to the English and Maths Primary National…
Language is the most complex communication system on earth, yet children master it before they learn to tie their shoelaces. How on earth do they manage it? Child language researchers have been…
Pre-school language development has a profound impact on life outcomes. We also know that the gap between children with poorer and better language skills when they arrive at school persists throughout
I am delighted to introduce my Master’s project in Developmental Psychology, which I carried out at Lancaster University in 2016. I was supervised by Dr Katie Twomey, whose research focuses on…