Research: Speech, Language and Literacy: Development, Difficulties and Intervention
This multidisciplinary research group adopts both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to investigate the normal and atypical development of spoken and written language.
It draws on theory, research methodology and practice from a range of perspectives: linguistic, psycholinguistic medical, psychosocial and educational. Populations which have been a particular focus for investigation are children with:
- Normally developing speech, language and literacy
- Delayed, specific, persisting speech difficulties (e.g. phonological delay, apraxia of speech, and stammering)
- Specific language impairments (SLI)
- Literacy problems (e.g. dyslexia; hyperlexia)
- Medical conditions or syndromes (e.g. cleft lip and palate, Down syndrome)
- Auditory processing problems
- Disadvantaged backgrounds
In addition, adopting a developmental perspective enables the exploration of the unfolding nature of speech and language difficulties across the lifespan and what impact these have on educational achievement; social relationships and employment. Thus, projects with older children/adolescents and adults with developmental speech and language difficulties are included in this group's portfolio.
Training and intervention are also a key aspect of this group's work. Projects include detailed psycholinguistic case studies of the intervention process with children with specific speech and language difficulties and also group studies of how to promote spoken and written language skills in a classroom setting by working through education staff.
People
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Academic staff
- Dr Judy Clegg
- Dr Hilary Gardner
- Professor Sara Howard
- Professor Joy Stackhouse
- Dr Marcin Szczerbiński
- Ms Dilys Treharne
- Dr Maggie Vance
- Professor Bill Wells
Honorary Staff
- Dr Annette Fox
- Dr Michelle Pascoe
Research Students
- Lydia Ansorge
- Silke Fricke
- Tetsuya Jo
- Janet Lees
- Jenny Leyden
- Blanca Schaefer
- Jane Speake
- Sarah Spencer
- Pam Williams
- Lim Hui Woan
Research areas
Research areas in this cluster are organised in to four categories.
Spoken and Written Language Difficulties: Investigation, Identification and Prediction.