Professor Kate Nation

Kate Nation is Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford. Her research is concerned with how people learn and process language, with a particular focus on written language. She is interested in a range of questions concerning the nature of reading and its development, from how children begin to recognize words through to how meaning is extracted and constructed as people read.

For more information see www.readoxford.org and follow Kate on twitter @ReadOxford

The nature and content of children's book language: implications for language and literacy development

Hosted by the Eastern Melbourne Branch, in this webinar we have the opportunity to view Professor Kate Nation’s presentation from this year’s NAPLIC conference. Kate’s presentation focuses on book language and highlights the difference between spoken conversation language and the language found in children's books. It unpacks research findings relating to exposure to book language and how this drives language and literacy development.

After the presentation, Kate will be live online to answer any questions relating to book language and her research.

Wednesday, 25 August, 2021
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM AEST Melbourne Time

As this presentation involved the viewing of a recorded presentation courtesy NAPLIC, this session and its discussion were not recorded.

Click here to view an extensive list of useful references provided by Kate Nation and part of the Read Oxford blog.

Click here to read the open access article - Features of Lexical Richness in Children’s Books: Comparisons with Child-Directed Speech.

Kate Nation’s contact details:

kate.nation@psy.ox.ac.uk

@ReadOxford

Sketchnote of some of the many key takeaways from Kate Nation’s presentation and discussion.

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