Tim Yates, Author at Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism

SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE MAY HELP PROTECT COGNITIVE DECLINE IN MS PATIENTS

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16th January 202018th October 2021

Bilingual speakers may benefit from protection against cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis according to a new study. In the first paper of its kind to test the idea that speaking...Read More >

Minister’s quest for ‘simple solutions’ to social mobility misses the point – by Holly Joseph and Naomi Flynn

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31st August 201915th October 2021

Originally posted on the University of Reading’s Connecting Research blog “It is a persistent scandal that we have children starting school not able to communicate in full sentences, not able to read...Read More >

Linguistic Issues Surrounding Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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29th July 201926th August 2021

By Konstantina Olioumtsevits The Linguistic Issues Surrounding Refugees and Asylum Seekers was a one-day forum organized by the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism and the University of Reading. In essence,…Read More >