The Language 0-5 Project is almost at an end, and it is incredible how quickly the time has flown! Launched in 2014, we took on the ambitious task of following the language journeys of 80 children…
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A lot of research into children’s language development is on English. But English is a peculiar language when you compare it to the languages of the world. Unlike many languages in which the order of…
We know that babies learn language incredibly fast. One question that LuCiD is trying to answer is how they do it! We often think that to learn language infants have to figure out what words mean…
Last autumn (Oct 2018), I had the great opportunity to spend 3 weeks at the cognitive brain research unit (CBRU), Helsinki University, working with Dr Alina Leminen. This was made possible through a…
In July, I was given an amazing opportunity to visit the new Language Development Department at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, thanks to a travel award from LuCiD.
On November 14th I attended a ‘Summit’ convened by government to engage the business community, media organisations, academics, charities and others in a national effort to improve the way parents…