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group of UK researchers interested in all things literacy and language related

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We are all still basking in the memory of last week’s conference in Oxford… so many lovely faces here!!

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Hearing all about consistency and word learning from @QiuYani work w/@jotaylor2306

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Vocabulary and morphology in books that are popular with children. Fascinating work from Maria Korochkina and ⁦@Kathy_Rastle⁩ and colleagues

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Research priorities for the dyslexia community? Really interesting findings from @CManningPhD @drhollyjoseph #FRiLL2023

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@jotaylor2306 @QiuYani Thanks for the handle, couldn’t find it :-)

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Self-teaching for reading: Yano Qui at the @frill_reading summer conference. Work with @jotaylor2306

[Dr Jo Taylor @jotaylor2306]

We are seeking new associate editors for the Journal of Research in Reading - more info here! Please RT https://t.co/k1BNWHVVnK

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And @bjm_teacher to finish things up: survey of adolescent reading

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We start the final session of the day with @JaneOakhill who is telling us all about new work on mentalising and reading experience

[Kate Nation @ReadOxford]

Congratulations to *professor* @drhollyjoseph on her promotion. Fabulous news Holly - you now need to update your twitter handle 🍾💐🍾

[Jessie Ricketts, moving to @rickettslara.bsky @ricketts_lara]

As @SannevdKleij says: great to present this work, finally! Here is the paper: https://t.co/gHzRz5QmJs

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And now for @SannevdKleij who is talking about whether reading could play a role in theory of mind development @LaShaps1 @IanApperly @devine_mr_rory @ricketts_lara

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Historical variability in spelling, fascinating work from @AUlicheva and @Kathy_Rastle

[Dr Fiona Kyle @DrFionaKyle]

In person @frill_reading summer conference being kicked off by @ricketts_lara presentation on @_Love_to_read co-design study on reading motivation and reading engagement @Emily_EAL @DrSarahMcG

[Dr. Laura Shapiro @lashaps.bsky.social @LaShaps1]

Great talk from @amritabrains using a neat paradigm to gauge adults' interest in reading particular texts, and how that influences comprehension

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The next talk at our autumn meeting is new member @LenaMBlott from @TheWordLab @UCLPALS @EP_UCL trying to understand word ambiguity in in the English language e.g. bat: 🏏🦇

[Jasen Booton @JasenBooton]

To space or not to space - read on…

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And now for @amritabrains from @RHULPsychology to talk about her PHD work 👏

[Aston Institute of Health & Neurodevelopment (IHN) @Aston_IHN]

In the news 📰

IHN's Dr Laura Shapiro @LaShaps1 has recently featured in @tes discussing literacy levels and the challenges around raising reading levels.

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And all kicked off with a talk from Bonnie Chow on genetic and environmental influences on L1-L2 Chinese-English learning and development 🤩