Supporting basic and applied research in language, literacy and numeracy, and facilitating links between research and practice.
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Deputy Director:Ìý, Lecturer in Psychology
The Centre for Language, Literacy and Numeracy: Research & Practice (LLNR&P) is a cross-departmental unit within IOE.
About usÌý
- Our aim
We draw on a wide range of expertise from psychology, education, and speech and language therapy, aiming to identify the ways in which language and literacy skills work together to support learning and attainment.
Our distinctive focus is on the link between theory and practice and the evaluation of interventions to support oral language, literacy and numeracy competencies.
- Our staff
Members
- ProfessorÌý, Professor Emerita of Psychology, Language and Education
- Professor, Professor of Psychology and Special Needs
- ,ÌýDirector of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Centre for Inclusive Education
- ,ÌýResearch Fellow
- Dr Claire Forrest, Research Fellow
- ProfessorÌý, ProfessorÌýin Psychology and Director of Multilanguage and Cognition Lab (MULTAC)
- Dr ,ÌýAssociate Lecturer (Teaching)
- Dr Julia Hofweber, Research Fellow
- Professor , Professor Emerita of Psychology of Education
- Professor , Professor of Psychology of Reading
- Dr , Associate Professor in Psychology and Special Educational Needs
- Dr ,ÌýAssociate Professor in Developmental Psychology,
Associates and visiting fellows
- Dr Barbara Arfè, EdPsyLab, DPSS, University of Padua
- ProfessorÌýEmeritusÌý, IOE
- Dr Ioanna Bakopoulou, IOE
- Dr ,ÌýUniversity of Poitiers
- Dr , Moor House School and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê
- Dr , IOE
- Dr Frances Hampson-Jones, Former PhD Student
- Angela Hobsbaum, Researcher
- Dr Karin Keller, University of Basel
- Dr Anna Llaurado, University of Barcelona
- , University of Gothenburg
- Dr Jeni Riley,ÌýIOE
- Professor , University of Reading
- Professor , Beit Berl College
- Professor , IOE
- Dr Joanna Vivash (DEdPsy), Cambridgeshire Community Educational Psychology Service, UK
- Professor , IOE
PhD and EdD students
- Liz Broadbent
- Terry Bennett
- Keeley Dobinson
- Fifi Haji Zailani
- Carolina Hernandez Jamasmie
- Jana Parolkova
Activities
- Our research
Projects
Upcoming and current projects
- The key to oral languageÌý(lead:ÌýJulie Dockrell, funded by Heather van der Lely Foundation)
- Empowering staff to enhance oral language in the early yearsÌý(lead:ÌýJulie Dockrell, funded by the Nuffield Foundation)
- (lead: ChloëÌýMarshall, funded by the Leverhulme Trust)
- (lead: Julie Dockrell and Emma Sumner, funded by the Heather van der Lely Foundation)
- Teaching Grammar for writing (lead: Dominic Wyse, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Learning & Leadership, funded by the Nuffield Foundation)
- Practice around Access Arrangements for Students with SpLDs (PASS) (co-leads: Emma Sumner and Catherine Antalek, funded by the Nuffield Foundation)Ìý
Past projects include
- (lead: Asimina Vasalou, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Knowledge Lab, funded by a European H2020 grant)
- Multilanguage acquisition across the lifespanÌý(lead: Roberto Filippi, funded by theÌýLeverhulme Trust)
- Flexible Phonics (lead: Professor Robert Savage funded by Education Endowment Foundation)
- Revision of the national curriculum for English
- - Watch (video)
- Involvement in the COST action "An integrated and inclusive approach to language and literacy in Europe".
Hear from our researchers
- (March 2022)
- (February 2022)
- Literacy in children and adults: not only cognition but also emotion and motivation (Summer 2021)
- Research updates and Q&As (Summer 2020)
PublicationsÌý
- Consultancy
Areas of expertise
Our members have considerable expertise in the following areas:
- Oral and written language development
- Psychological processes in reading and spelling
- Specific learning difficulties
- Speech, language and literacy difficulties
- Typical and atypical language development
- Numerical skills development and difficulties
- Language development in deafness and hearing impairment.
Projects
We are currently involved in the revision of the national curriculum for English, in the COST action "", in reviews for the nasen journals and in consultancy for the Educational Services of the Falkland Islands Government.
Julie Dockrell has been carrying a consultancy work in the Falklands Islands this February. This is quite a unique consultancy work commissioned by the Educational Services of the Falkland Islands Government. Julie spent two weeks advising the two schools of the island on their Special Educational Needs provision, assessing the needs and advising on appropriate arrangements.
Previous consultancy works include:
- Evaluation of (PDF, Education Endowment Foundation)
- Review of the independent report
Contact
For further information on our consultancy services, contactÌýProfessorÌýJulie Dockrell:Ìýj.dockrell@ucl.ac.uk
ResourcesÌý
- Tools for practitioners
Resources produced by members of our centre useful for professionals and researchers: