Dr Ioanna Vasilopoulou
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Ioanna Vasilopoulou (PhD, FHEA) is a linguist with interests in language disorders (dyslexia), language development, psycholinguistics, and education. She joined the School of Health and Social Care as a Lecturer, teaching linguistic subjects for Speech and Language Therapy. Ioanna is currently researching in-text evidence of visual deficits in children with developmental dyslexia and investigating how academic emotions affect their reading performance. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics and MA in Psycholinguistics from the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. Prior to this, she was awarded a BA in Greek Philology with a specialization in linguistics from the University of Patras, Greece. Additionally, in 2012-2013, she received training in linguistics at the University of Gent, Belgium.
Qualifications
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PhD Applied Linguistics University of Essex, (2023)
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MA Psycholinguistics University of Essex,
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BA Philology University of Patras,
Research and professional activities
Conferences and presentations
Understanding visual deficits and emotions in dyslexia: A study of L2 reading fluency
57th Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) on ‘Applied linguistics in contemporary contexts: Practices, approaches and future directions’, Colchester, United Kingdom, 6/9/2024
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Typical Development Across the Lifespan (HS135)
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Identification of Developmental Communication Abilities and Difficulties (HS231)
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Introduction to Speech and Language Therapy (HS235)
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Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours Portfolio 1 (HS705)
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Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours Portfolio 2 (HS708)
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Speech and Language Therapy - Paediatrics 1 (HS831)
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Speech and Language Therapy - Paediatrics 2 (HS832)
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Speech and Language Therapy - Paediatrics 4 (HS834)
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Research Activity (HS859)
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Advancing Professional Practice in Occupational Therapy (HS894)
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Understanding Typical Communication (HS132)
