Professor Kate Nation at The University of Oxford. Researching all things reading, especially how children learn to read.
Oxford, England
Joined April 2016
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Come shape the study of English language and communication at Oxford!
Come join us in Oxford! Or encourage your friends to apply, so you can visit them here! We are looking to fill the Professorship in Language and Communication, a senior professor position, based in @engfac and @WorcCollegeOx . my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
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Just published meta-analysis (open access): Morphology instruction is effective for improving reading and spelling outcomes, and spelling effects can transfer to untrained words – but we still need to learn more about why it works and how best to teach it doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-0…
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Registration is NOW OPEN! 🔓
Would you like to join the Inspire Critical Thinking Programme?
This year's theme is 'Why is language so powerful?'
If you are in YR 9-12 at a non-selective school in the UK, then register now!
🔗Sign up via the link in our bio
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In October, we’re celebrating the official reopening of the Old Library at St John’s.
Professor @william_whyte, Keeper of Historic Buildings, reveals the history of this ‘state-of-the-art’ sixteenth-century library.
Come join us @StJohnsOx!
Info below, and feel free to get in touch with me or @LHuntNeuro with any questions
Are you a psychologist or neuroscientist who completed your PhD after 1st October 2022, or about to submit your thesis? Consider applying for the **4-year Career Research Development Fellowship** in Psychology at St John's College, Oxford. Please share! sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vacanc…
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📣New preprint!! Do you know that book language contains a greater diversity of emotion words? Check out this preprint with @ReadOxford
osf.io/preprints/osf/zj5k7
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St John's is opening its doors and welcoming visitors on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 September.
The College President, Professor Lady Sue Black, invites you to join us.
#OxfordOpenDoors @OxfordPresTrust
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Interested in literacy, education, and well-being?
Join us for #OxfordOpenDoors at St John’s, where former College President, Prof. Maggie Snowling, will be talking about the myths and realities of dyslexia.
Register your interest here: eventbrite.com/e/91722710997…
ALT Headshot of Professor Maggie Snowling, standing in front of a wooden door.
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Feeling super inspired to hear so many interesting talks and posters at my intellectual home #CogSci2024. Thank you @cogsci_soc for such wonderful programs!
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Thank you for those who have already participated and given really useful feedback. Just need 2 more #Teachers or #TeachingAssistants who have worked with children with #selectivemutism to share their experience & feedback by the end of August 2024.
📣 Looking for #Teachers & Classroom Staff who have worked children with #selectivemutism in the UK to be part of this important research!!! @PookyH @Cathy_Creswell @ReadOxford @vjoffe @WordAware @InfoSmira ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Exposure to Language in Video and its Impact on Linguistic Development in Children Aged 3–11: A Scoping Review
Lovely work led by Anna Gowenlock with @lilacCourt @UCLPALS @EP_UCL
journalofcognition.org/artic…
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New preprint with @ReadOxford and @vmurphyox! We tested a semantic fluency task for author names (an "Author Fluency Task" or AFT) and found it out-performed an Author Recognition Test (ART) as predictor of L2 formulaic language. doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/dsx7…
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So this happened yesterday. Thrilled and honoured to be elected a fellow of @BritishAcademy_ Congratulations to all the other fellows, including the wonderful Eve Clark @Stanford and Catherine Snow @Harvard! @OxExpPsy @StHughsCollege
ALT Professor Asifa Majid FBA
The British Academy is delighted to welcome 86 new Fellows!
We are first and foremost a Fellowship organisation, going all the way back to our founding by Royal Charter in 1902 - our Fellows truly are the heartbeat of the Academy. thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
ALT Purple banner with white text reading: We are first and foremost a Fellowship organisation, going all the way back to our founding by Royal Charter in 1902 – our Fellows truly are the heartbeat of the British Academy. Our work – mobilising the social sciences and humanities in order to understand the world and shape a brighter future – is guided by the expertise and contributions of our Fellowship. Our Fellows enable us to support the leading researchers of the future. They mentor and support the next generation of leading scholars and provide crucial governance and guidance across all the work that we do.
The morning after the afternoon before and still buzzing from listening to @frankcottrell_b call to action
A Beveridge-inspired manifesto with happiness at its heart for all children to have the invisible privilege of being a reader
#ReadingRights @booktust #ChildrensLaureate
Huge challenge, huge opportunities. What an inspiration
#ReadingRights
theguardian.com/books/articl…
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Coming to #AlicesDay this Saturday? Don't miss our FREE Curious Creatures Trail! Pick up your trail map from The Story Museum, visit our friends @CoveredMarketOx to spot the curious creatures on display and return to claim your prize!🎁💫
Find out more: bit.ly/3vZbFmz
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Exciting opportunity at @StJohnsOx, in collaboration with The Story Museum, for Post-doctoral Research Assistant to work on project to investigate children's learning through books, audio books and oral storytelling. Pls share!
⏳Closing date: 12pm, 4 July
bit.ly/4bitXTC
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Looking for a way to talk about the election with children?
If I Were a Prime Minister by Trygve Skaug & @EllaOkstad featured in our latest #GreatBooksGuide and has a really child-friendly approach to politics.
And it reminds us of the power of children's voices and ideas, too!
ALT The front cover of If I Were Prime Minister
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Find out more about the ‘Ready to Read: Community-led reading initiatives in Whitley’ project that was runner up in this year's @UniofReading Research Awards External Collaboration and Innovation category.
Congratulations to @drhollyjoseph & Daisy Powell @UniRdg_IoE
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Alan Baddeley speaking 50 years after the Baddeley & Hitch model of working memory at #ICWM. Here with the latest iteration
