Signy Wegener

PhD candidate in the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University

Signy Wegener is a Paediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist with over 10 years of experience in public health settings working with children who have developmental or acquired disorders of cognition. She is now a PhD candidate in the Department of Cognitive Science and ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University. Her research investigates how children learn to read.

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How does oral vocabulary knowledge help children learn to read?

Jan 23,2018

It is not well understood by researchers precisely how oral vocabulary helps children learn to read new words. In today’s article Macquarie University’s Signy Wegener and Distinguished Professor Anne Castles discuss some exciting findings from their research that sheds light on this issue.

literacy, reading, research news, reader submission, long reads

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