My research focuses on bi/multilingualism and on deaf children's spoken language development and on the role of gesture in language development. I am particularly interested in how children learn spoken English when English is an additional language at home.  I am collaborating with colleagues in examining outcomes for deaf children and deaf teenagers who use cochlear implants. 

I use both qualitative and quantitative research methods (Conversation Analysis, questionnaire and interview techniques, experimental designs). Much of my work involves the collection, analysis  and archiving of longitudinal video data sets.

Collaborators: Dr Debi Vickers (Cambridge University); Prof Li Wei and Dr Froso Argyri (UCL Institute of Education); Prof Doris Bamiou (UCL Ear Institute)