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Christina Richardson

Dr Christina Richardson

Senior Lecturer in Language Education

Research interests

  • Education
  • Languages

Biography

Research

Dr Christina Richardson is interested in:

  • First and Second language teaching and learning
  • Multilingualism: inclusive education
  • Dyslexia and language learning: cross-linguistic perspectives on dyslexia

Teaching

Teaching and Learning the Language System (Y2); Teaching Language as Communicative Skills (Y2); Literacies in Theory and Practice (Y3).

    Research

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    Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication (LDC)

    The Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication is a major centre for descriptive linguistics, applied linguistics and language in education.

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    King’s International Education Research Network

    The King’s International Education Research Network explores key areas of international education.

    School classroom student and teacher
    Sustaining teacher quality and retention post-pandemic

    This project examines the impact of the substantial changes and sustained disruption caused by Covid-19 to the development of secondary school teachers.

    Project status: Completed

    Decolonising Language Teaching

    Engaging staff and students in active research, training and reflective practice that deconstructs the content and pedagogy of teaching languages and culture.

    Project status: Ongoing

    Translate languages
    Hub for Education and Language Diversity

    The Hub for Education and Language Diversity (HELD) is a collaboration between academic, professional and third sector organisations.

    Project status: Ongoing

    News

    More needs to be done to decolonise language teaching, King's project team says

    Over the course of 10 workshops, lecturers from the School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) and the King’s Language Centre (King’s LC) have...

    A group of women teachers and lecturers posing for a picture at the end of the last workshop of the project 'Decolonising language teaching'.

    Features

    Must-reads in education, communication and social sciences

    The School of Education, Communication & Society at King’s College London houses research from a range of different fields – from linguistics to education...

    Books side by side-tom-hermans-1903x558

      Research

      books-1204029_1920
      Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication (LDC)

      The Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication is a major centre for descriptive linguistics, applied linguistics and language in education.

      International hero 1903x558
      King’s International Education Research Network

      The King’s International Education Research Network explores key areas of international education.

      School classroom student and teacher
      Sustaining teacher quality and retention post-pandemic

      This project examines the impact of the substantial changes and sustained disruption caused by Covid-19 to the development of secondary school teachers.

      Project status: Completed

      Decolonising Language Teaching

      Engaging staff and students in active research, training and reflective practice that deconstructs the content and pedagogy of teaching languages and culture.

      Project status: Ongoing

      Translate languages
      Hub for Education and Language Diversity

      The Hub for Education and Language Diversity (HELD) is a collaboration between academic, professional and third sector organisations.

      Project status: Ongoing

      News

      More needs to be done to decolonise language teaching, King's project team says

      Over the course of 10 workshops, lecturers from the School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) and the King’s Language Centre (King’s LC) have...

      A group of women teachers and lecturers posing for a picture at the end of the last workshop of the project 'Decolonising language teaching'.

      Features

      Must-reads in education, communication and social sciences

      The School of Education, Communication & Society at King’s College London houses research from a range of different fields – from linguistics to education...

      Books side by side-tom-hermans-1903x558