Lead supervisor:
Prof Sara Pons-Sanz 
Start date: September 2019
Award: General
Subject Pathway:
Linguistics and Bilingualism
Thematic Cluster:
Language, Learning and Behaviour Cluster
Child vocabulary development - Explicit etymology and morphology teaching at the transition from primary to secondary school
My research is in the field of vocabulary development. I have designed a morphology and etymology focused Vocabulary Development Programme, which explores whether explicit teaching of word parts, word history and vocabulary decoding skill could influence pupils’ ability to comprehend complex, unfamiliar academic vocabulary at the transition from primary to secondary school.