Keeley has a background in primary school teaching and is currently in the final stages of her DPhil at UCL Institute of Education. Her work focuses on the ways in which early years educators talk with children to support their oral language skills, specifically how they adapt the support they provide according to children’s language needs and responses. She is currently working on the evaluation of the Talking Time early language intervention programme, funded by the EEF and the Nuffield Foundation.
Keeley Dobinson
Research Officer
About me
Research
Journal articles
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https://doi.org/10.1177/02656590241252044Dobinson, K., Mathers, S., Forrest, C., Charlton, J., & Dockrell, J. (2024). The quality of universal language supporting provision in maintained nursery classrooms in economically disadvantaged areas of England: Identifying strengths and areas for development. Child Language Teaching and Therapy.
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https://doi.org/10.1177/01427237221093850Dobinson, K., & Dockrell, J. (2022). Examining the psychometric properties of the ELLECCT: A commentary on Weadman, Serry and Snow (2022). First Language, 42(4), 592-595.
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0142723721989471Dobinson, K., & Dockrell, J. (2021). Universal strategies for the improvement of expressive language skills in the primary classroom: A systematic review. First Language, 41(5), 527-554.
Funded Research Projects
Assessing and improving language-supporting practice in the early years