My research focuses on language and reading development, as well as learning difficulties among English language learners. Specifically, I study how children learn to read in different languages with various orthographies. My work also investigates affective reading interventions that assist in addressing early learning and reading challenges. Additionally, I manage a program outside Canada that trains elementary teachers in the "Principles of Teaching Literacy in an ESL context." My ongoing research projects include a study titled "The Effect of Coaching vs. Training among Elementary-level Teachers in the Practice of Early Literacy Instruction in Elementary Classrooms.” Most recently, I began working on a research project that examines the efficacy of an integrated and explicit vocabulary instructional program in supporting early literacy learning, enhanced by teacher training, their responses, and classroom practices.

Language development and literacy learning among young monolingual, bilingual and multilingual children