Lancaster University Language and Literacy Unit
When a baby is born, a health visitor comes to visit the parents on a number of occasions. On at least one of these visits, the health visitor will speak to the parents about reading with their newborn. They will also gift the parents a baby book pack from the Read more…
If you’ve ever had the experience of your mouth being numbed at the dentist, then you’ll know how difficult it is to speak without being able to feel any tactile sensory feedback! A new theory suggests that developmental dyslexia may involve difficulties with processing how the mouth feels when producing Read more…
Systematic reviews are considered to be the gold-standard of medical research. The primary goal of a systematic review is to summarise all of the relevant studies in a particular area of interest, producing a convenient resource for readers to stay up-to-date with the latest research. Because systematic reviews aim to Read more…
Many journals are now requesting that authors submit a graphical abstract for original research papers. These are basically exactly what they sound like – short summaries of the paper in pictoral form. You would be forgiven for thinking that this is basically a paper in poster form – similar to Read more…
There is a saying that every cloud has a silver lining; that is to say that some positivity can always be taken from an unfortunate situation. In the time of a pandemic, it is more important than ever to keep this in mind. I’m sure that each person reading this Read more…
In this blog, we will publish content relating to the work that goes on in our group, articles about current projects our group is working on, and other items of interest in the world of language and literacy development. There will sometimes be posts relating to current events or news Read more…