Centre for Language, Literacy and Numeracy: Research and Practice

Director: Dr Emma Sumner, Associate Professor of Psychology and Special Education Needs

Deputy Director: Dr Miriam McBreen, Lecturer in Psychology

The Centre for Language, Literacy and Numeracy: Research & Practice (LLNR&P) is a cross-departmental unit within IOE.

On this page

• Our aim
• Our staff
• Resources
• Latest News
• Forthcoming Events 

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

• Professor Chloë Marshall, Professor Emerita of Psychology, Language and Education
• Professor Julie Dockrell, Professor of Psychology and Special Needs
• Gill Brackenbury, Director of the UCL Centre for Inclusive Education
• Catherine Antalek, Research Fellow
• Dr Claire Forrest, Research Fellow
• Professor Roberto Filippi, Professor in Psychology and Director of Multilanguage and Cognition Lab (MULTAC)
• Dr Rebecca Gordon, Associate Lecturer (Teaching)
• Dr Julia Hofweber, Research Fellow
• Professor Jane Hurry, Professor Emerita of Psychology of Education
• Professor Jackie Masterson, Professor of Psychology of Reading
• Dr Emma Sumner, Associate Professor in Psychology and Special Educational Needs
• Dr Jo Van Herwegen, Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology.

Associates and visiting fellows

• Dr Barbara Arfè, EdPsyLab, DPSS, University of Padua
• Professor Emeritus Richard Cowan, IOE
• Dr Ioanna Bakopoulou, IOE
• Dr Lucie Broc, University of Poitiers
• Dr Susan Ebbels, Moor House School and UCL
• Dr Lisa Fridkin, IOE
• Dr Frances Hampson-Jones, Former PhD Student
• Angela Hobsbaum, Researcher
• Dr Karin Keller, University of Basel
• Dr Anna Llaurado, University of Barcelona
• Ann Nordberg, University of Gothenburg
• Dr Jeni Riley, IOE
• Professor Rhona Stainthorp, University of Reading
• Professor Anat Stavans, Beit Berl College
• Professor Morag Stuart, IOE
• Dr Joanna Vivash (DEdPsy), Cambridgeshire Community Educational Psychology Service, UK
• Professor Dominic Wyse, IOE.

PhD and EdD students

• Liz Broadbent
• Terry Bennett
• Keeley Dobinson
• Fifi Haji Zailani
• Carolina Hernandez Jamasmie
• Jana Parolkova

Resources

Tools for practitioners

Resources produced by members of our centre useful for professionals and researchers:

• Children's printed word database
• Communication Supporting Classroom Observation Tool
• Talking time
• NeuroSENse Resources | Centre for Educational Neuroscience

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