Blog Archives - Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism

CeLM Hosts Multilingual Storytime at the University’s First Community Festival

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30th May 202330th May 2023

By Professor Holly Joseph (CeLM Director- Institute of Education) On 13th May 2023, the University of Reading hosted its first ever Community Festival. The programme included music, research talks, workshops...Read More >

Professional Advice to Parents on Spoken Language Bilingualism in Deaf Children

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26th April 202226th April 2022

By Emily Wright (PhD Student - School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) There are more than 7000 deaf children in the UK with spoken language bilingualism. These children speak...Read More >

Early language, emergent literacy skills, and developmental language disorder: What can we learn from Arabic-speaking children?

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30th April 202126th April 2022

By Zakiyah A. Alsiddiqi (PhD Student – School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) Research has shown that early years’ experiences in children’s lives lay the foundation of their later learning...Read More >