We have worked on various projects that aim to investigate how reading affects language development. For a blog on this topic for the Teacher Development Trust, click here
Reading to learn: we have investigated how children learn new words while they are reading. For relevant publications, see Jessie’s publication list by clicking here. In particular, see here and here.
Orthographic facilitation for vocabulary acquisition: we have shown that emphasising written words helps children to learn their spoken forms. For relevant publications, see Jessie’s publication list by clicking here. In particular, see here and here.
If you are interested in listening to Jessie and Dr Laura Mickes discuss orthographic facilitation over a drink then click here to listen to the pubcast.
We have also created an accessible poster summarising our original study, a pdf can be downloaded here: OF poster
We have also created another accessible poster summarising our orthographic facilitation in children with autism and specific language impairment study, a pdf can be downloaded here: ASD and SLI poster