Linda Saunders St Mary's University, Twickenham

Linda Saunders is a senior lecturer in primary English at St Mary’s University Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. Here, she works on the primary PGCE and MA programmes. Prior to university work, Linda taught extensively in English primary and special schools as a class teacher, English and a special educational needs coordinator and an advisory teacher for special educational needs. Following on from her doctoral thesis examining reading aliteracy she has continued to research reading motivation.