Naomi Flynn is Professor of Multilingual Education at the University of Reading Institute of Education. She is School Director of Postgraduate Research Studies, a teacher educator, and a member of the Centre for Research in Literacy and Multilingualism. Naomi's practitioner-oriented research is focused on how teachers can adapt their pedagogy to support the learning needs of children who are multilingual and learning English as an additional language. Winner of a US-UK Fulbright Scholar Award, her current projects relate to bringing a US-designed critical socio-cultural teaching approach to English classrooms. Naomi is a trustee for the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC).