Our work embraces a range of projects, from documenting the endangered Neo-Aramaic and Iranian languages of Western Asia and the endangered Greek variety, Romeyka, spoken in enclaves in Trabzon, in northeast Turkey to supporting the development of Indian primary school children’s reading comprehension skills, focussing on  preschoolers’ acquisition of Singapore English and working to provide the UK government with research-based evidence to promote multilingualism and language learning.