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“Perhaps the methods that work best are not always the ones that make us feel that they work.“ This article really chimed with what I have found in my research too. Just because we believe songs are super effective for learning languages, does not mean they actually are - we should check!

It was INSANE right up to the last second!!! 😥🎉

Yes indeed, there is lots of other research we can do about what types of songs are effective and for what purposes. Pretty sure if the song is enjoyed, it would be more effective than if not enjoyable…seems intuitive!

Another side theory/hunch I have is that we don’t do enough listening as adults (perhaps spending more time on reading/writing). So if listening to songs encourages more time on the task of learning French sounds, that is good. It is bound to be better than less time on task.

Cool. The evidence I’ve gathered (from 7yo total beginners) might not automatically apply to adult learners. But it seems reciting songs, chants and stories are all effective at helping learn French. Whatever you do on repeat will probably be helpful: repetition is pretty effective, so sing on!

In this experiment (with 7yo beginners), songs, chants and stories all had a similarly positive effect on learning how to listen to and repeat French sentences. So yes, songs can help! Just no evidence here of them being superlatively effective in comparison to chants/stories. All groups improved.

Getting dictatorial about dictation My year 10 Germanists have their listening mock exam tomorrow, so they wanted to ‘do listening’ today. Poor sods not knowing this is my abso...

I wrote about dictation again, based on my year 10 Germanists in the classroom today. I hope it is useful to some - and it's not just relevant to those teaching or learning German! learninglisteninglanguages.blogspot.com/2025/07/gett...

Do songs help primary school children learn French or are they just a bit of fun? Answers in a new Deanery Digest about my PhD project below! ⬇️

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Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.

From today, every paper submitted to Nature -if published - will be accompanied by peer reviewers comments & authors rebuttal.

We started the trial in 2020; we now want to open up the review process & showcase its role in shaping & improving papers
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...

well done Lior.
There seems a subset of scientists who don’t understand
probability and are convinced that statisticians are just pedantic killjoys determined to take their significant results away from them.

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Classic night-before-it’s-due homework request from teen: mum, I need loo rolls to build the Brandenberg gate in German tomorrow.

The Brandenberg gate:

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We are hiring a dream team of doctoral and post-doctoral research fellows in applied sociolinguistics, education and related fields to work on "Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation across the Lifespan" @uni-hamburg.de

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Thanks Fazana!

Merci Dr Kedi!

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PhDone ✔️ Passed my viva voce examination with no corrections yesterday! Thanks to my wonderful supervisors, examiners and colleagues for their support and care (and judicious pedantry!) on this incredible DPhil journey. Let the post-doc era commence! 💐📖👩🏻‍🎓🎉 #phdone #phd #postdoc

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Much appreciated, thank you!

EAL Journal E-Issue 26 - NALDIC Contents Member only content The remaining content on this page is available to members only…. Read more → Contents Member only content The remaining content on this page is available to members only....

No time to read the #research around good #EAL practice?
No problem!
In the latest #NALDIC EAL Journal, we have summarised 12 research papers for you!
Read it on pages 12-13!

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One of our MSc applied linguistics students is looking for UK teachers to take part in a survey about working with multilingual/EAL students. Please complete the survey if you can here: qualtricsxmd56r9tjxj.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... and share with teaching colleagues. Thanks!

🎧 New pod episode! How do adults and children interact while using touchscreen apps?

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Kicking off the Quantitative Methods Hub seminar series on April 28 with a talk from Katherin Barg from the University of Bristol. Details here: www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/discre... Please do join in person if you can!

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PhD thesis? 📓

Submitted it, mate! 🎉🥳