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Dorota Gaskins joined the School of Education, Communication & Society at King’s College London in 2020 under a Leverhulme-funded Early Career Fellowship studying how two to six-year-old children acquire metaphors. In 2023, she was appointed as a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, continuing her research in the department. Gaskins has 18 years of experience as a qualified teacher in both private and public sectors, and 14 years as an examiner for an international language assessment board. Her research interests include mono- and bilingual language acquisition during early childhood, particularly focusing on the impact of child-directed speech on language development and contrasting perspectives on language skills development, notably pragmatics. She is also involved in developing methods for working with young research participants. Gaskins teaches and supervises students in various programs such as BA English Language Linguistics and MA TESOL. She is interested in supervising PhD students on topics related to mono-/bilingual language acquisition, usage-based linguistics, and figurative language development. Her research outputs include various articles and contributions to journals specializing in bilingualism and language education.
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