Louise Gittins

Dados Biográficos

ID9973887
NOMELouise Gittins
PRENOMESLouise
SOBRENOMEGittins
ASSINATURAGITTINS L
AFILIAÇÕESUniversal Learning Solutions, Lancaster LA1 4XQ, UK
ORCID0000-0003-1810-5233
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS2
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR2
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2024
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Evidence for Language Policy in Government Pre-Primary Schools in Nigeria

    Open AccessPauline Dixon, Steve Humble et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2025

    This study explores the relationship between and within Hausa and English letter sound knowledge and word decoding skills among children studying in early years settings in northern Nigeria. There is a lack of correlational studies as well as causal evidence in the African context to indicate any transfer of language skills from L1 and L2 and vice versa. Test scores from 851 children studying in 158 government provided pre-primary schools took te…

  • An Investigation of the Cross-Language Transfer of Reading Skills

    Open AccessSteve Humble, Pauline Dixon et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2024

    This paper investigates the linguistic interdependence of Grade 3 children studying in government primary schools in northern Nigeria who are learning to read in Hausa (L1) and English (L2) simultaneously. There are few studies in the African context that consider linguistic interdependence and the bidirectional influences of literacy skills in multilingual contexts. A total of 2328 Grade 3 children were tested on their Hausa and English letter s…