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Supporting theoretical and applied research in the areas of spoken and written language and developing and understanding between language, literacy and numeracy.
Director: Professor Julie Dockrell
The Centre for Language, Literacy and Numeracy: Research & Practice (LLNR&P) is a cross-departmental unit within the UCL Institute of Education.
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
Director of Centre
Professor Julie Dockrell
Members
Professor Rob Savage, Professor of Psychology
Gill Brackenbury, SENJIT director
Dr Roberto Filippi, Associate Professor in Psychology and Special Educational Needs and Director of MULTAC
Professor Jane Hurry, Professor of Psychology of Education
Professor Chloë Marshall, Professor of Psychology, Language and Education, Director of the ALLICC lab
Professor Jackie Masterson, Professor of Psychology of Reading
Dr Emma Sumner, Lecturer in Psychology and Special Educational Needs
Dr Jo Van Herwegen, Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology
Dr Claire Forrest, Research fellowFind more about our researchers, publications, activities, groups and themes: UCL Research Portal, IRIS
Associates and visiting fellows
Dr Barbara Arfè, EdPsyLab, DPSS, University of Padua
Professor Richard Cowan, Professor of Psychology of Education, UCL Institute of Education
Ambra Fastelli, EdPsyLab, DPSS, University of Padua
Dr Ioanna Bakopoulou, UCL Institute of Education
Dr Jaime Balladares
Dr Lucie Broc, BCL, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
Dr Susan Ebbels, Moor House School and UCL
Dr Lisa Fridkin, Teaching Fellow
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 Julie Radford, Senior Lecturer, UCL Institute of Education
Dr Jeni Riley, Visiting Fellow, UCL Institute of Education
Professor Rhona Stainthorp, University of Reading
Professor Morag Stuart, Professor in the Psychology of Reading, UCL Institute of Education
Dr Joanna Vivash (DEdPsy), Cambridgeshire Community Educational Psychology Service, UK
Professor Dominic Wyse, Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education, UCL Institute of EducationPhD and EdD students
Keeley Dobinson
Jennifer Donovan
Fifi Haji Zailani
Carolina Hernandez Jamasmie
Nelly Joye
Maria Mengisidou
Jana Parolkova- Research
Projects
Upcoming and current projects:
- Empowering staff to enhance oral language in the early years (lead: Julie Dockrell, funded by the Nuffield Foundation)
- Breaking into sign language: the role of input and individual differences (lead: Chloe Marshall, funded by the Leverhulme Trust)
- Empowering staff to enhance oral language in the early years (lead: Julie Dockrell, funded by the Nuffield Foundation)
- iRead: Personalised reading apps for Primary school children (lead: Asimina Vasalou, UCL Knowledge Lab, funded by a European H2020 grant)
- Language-learning needs on school entry: profiling phonology, morphology and narrative (lead: Julie Dockrell and Emma Sumner, funded by the Heather van der Lely Foundation
- Multilanguage acquisition across the lifespan (Lead: Roberto Filippi, funded by the Leverhulme Trust)
- Teaching Grammar for writing (lead: Dominic Wyse, UCL Learning & Leadership, funded by the Nuffield foundation)
Past projects include:
- Revision of the national curriculum for English
- The Better Communication Research Project - Watch BCRP 1: What is the Better Communication Research Programme? (video)
- Involvement in the COST action "An integrated and inclusive approach to language and literacy in Europe" - see newsletters.
- The Early Years Measures database
Papers
Most recent papers include:
- Johnson, McNally, Rolfe, Ruiz-Valenzuela, Savage, Vousden & Wood, 2018. Teaching Assistants, Computers and Classroom Management: Evidence from a Randomised Control Trial, CEP Discussion Papers dp1562, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Dockrell, J. E & Hurry, J (2018). The identification of speech and language problems in elementary school: Diagnosis and co-occurring needs. Research in Developmental Disabilities.
- Joye, N., Broc, L., Olive, T. & Dockrell J. (2018). Spelling Performance in Children with Developmental Language Disorder: A Meta-Analysis across European Languages. Scientific Studies of Reading.
- Savage, R., Georgiou, G., Parrila, R., & Maiorino, K. (2018). Preventative Reading Interventions Teaching Direct Mapping of Graphemes in Texts and Set-for-Variability Aid At-Risk Learners. Scientific Studies of Reading, 1-23.
- Marshall, C. R., Jones, A., Fastelli, A., Atkinson, J., Botting, N. and Morgan, G. (2018). Semantic fluency in deaf children who use spoken and signed language in comparison with hearing peers. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders.
More information
- UCL Research Portal, IRIS for information about our researchers, publications, activities, groups and themes
- Featured research
- 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 "an integrated and inclusive approach to language and literacy in Europe", 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 Talk for Writing (PDF, Education Endowment Foundation)
- Review of the independent report Provision for Children and Young People with Dyslexia
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Contact
For further information on our consultancy services, contact Professor Julie Dockrell.
- 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
- Early Years Measures database
Publications
For further details see:
- UCL Research Portal, IRIS to find more about our researchers, publications, activities, groups and themes.
