Language@Leeds Webinar Presentation summary: Children from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds often start school with lower language skills than their more advantaged peers. This has significant impacts on their later learning and life outcomes. Evidence suggests that high quality early years provision can mitigate those impacts. The national expansion of childcare entitlements has the potential to increase...
Language@Leeds Webinar Language@Leeds invites you to join our webinar in November 2025 titled "Maximising the benefit of early years education for children’s language development", delivered by Prof Cat Davies Presentation summary: The Covid-19 pandemic adversely affected early childhood development across multiple domains, including physical, cognitive, socioemotional, and language skills. UK data indicates that a greater...
Prof. Ralf Thiede is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. He has research expertise in the areas of the language of children's literature, English Medieval Language and Literature, and the concept of harmony. While visiting the University of Leeds, he will speak on the topic of...
You are warmly invited to join us for the following research talk. All welcome. Speakers: Prof Cécile De Cat and Dr Elliot Holmes Using Q-BEx as a triage tool for flagging risks of language impairment in bilingual children Q-BEx (“Quantifying Bilingual Experience”) is an online questionnaire, available in 28 languages, which produces reports on children’s...
Dear students, researchers and colleagues, I'm delighted to invite you to this exciting talk/workshop delivered by Manar Hazzaa - an award-winning Arabic children’s book author. Manar is a PhD Researcher at LCS who has just started her research journey under the supervision of Professor Cat Davies and myself. Hazzaa received her recent Master of International...
Leverhulme Lectures (2024) by Leverhulme Visiting Professor Slava Kalyuga Host: Dr Ouhao Chen Slava Kalyugais Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the School of Education, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests are in cognitive processes in learning, cognitive load theory, and evidence-based instructional design principles. His specific contributions include detailed...
Leverhulme Lectures (2024) by Leverhulme Visiting Professor Slava Kalyuga Host: Dr Ouhao Chen School of Education Faculty of Social Sciences University of Leeds Slava Kalyugais Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the School of Education, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests are in cognitive processes in learning, cognitive load theory,...
Leverhulme Lectures (2024) by Leverhulme Visiting Professor Slava Kalyuga Host: Dr Ouhao Chen School of Education Slava Kalyugais Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the School of Education, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests are in cognitive processes in learning, cognitive load theory, and evidence-based instructional design principles. His specific...
Leverhulme Lectures (2024) by Leverhulme Visiting Professor Slava Kalyuga Host: Dr Ouhao Chen Slava Kalyugais Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the School of Education, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests are in cognitive processes in learning, cognitive load theory, and evidence-based instructional design principles. His specific contributions include detailed...
