Professor Ursula Lanvers University of York @ursulalan

Professor Ursula Lanvers University of York

@ursulalan.bsky.social

animal lover, runner, cold water swimmer, Yogi, keen on all things social justice in language education, Town Twinner with Muenster in Germany

21 Followers | 33 Following | 7 Posts | Joined: 16.01.2025 | 1.4936

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We are delighted and very proud that our book "Listening Without Borders" edited by Magdalena Kubanyiova and Parinita Shetty was awarded runner up in this year's BAAL Book Prize!

If you're at #BAAL2025, make sure to pop by the MM stand and take a look!

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Opportunities for all in language learning: overcoming the social divide The article takes as its starting point the current English government's ambition to ‘break down barriers’ in education by enabling every young person to follow the educational pathway that is righ...

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Spring hike

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Morning from Kyiv.
I had a slow #warcoffee
and read the news (nothing good is there).

Today is International Women’s Day.
I am sending my solidarity hugs to every woman who sees this message.
We can do more than we think.

The painting: 🇺🇦 Seraphym Charkin, Amazon Woman, 2019

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TESOL Statement on the Exec Order Designating English as the Official Language of the US | TESOL | International Association

www.tesol.org/news/tesol-s...

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Arrived!

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DEEP This project focuses on helping English teachers improve the teaching of English in Ukrainian secondary schools by exploring new orientations to the English language. This involves recognising the div...

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Times Square

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Decolonising English language teaching: what does it mean and how can it be approached? Who is this webinar for?Please note that the content of this webinar is tailored for teacher educators and teachers who are engaged in facilitating the professional development of others.

Webinar tomorrow Tuesday 28 January 2025, 12.00 – 13.15 (UK time) featuring @ursulalan.bsky.social

Decolonising English language teaching: what does it mean and how can it be approached?

Follow the link to sign up:
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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Our response to Trump and co

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Trump and co should do our Ukrainian decolonisation training sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/d...

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Another thing that struck me about yesterday’s Oval Office disaster is the place of language.
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Can ancient dead languages save today's endangered languages? A tale of identity and visibility The world is facing a language crisis. Of its c.7,000 languages, Glottolog estimates that only 35% are safe - the rest are at varying stages of being threatened, moribund or nearly extinct. In some…

Can ancient dead languages save today's endangered languages?

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@ursulalan is following 20 prominent accounts

Language and Education
@languageeducation

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rlae20/about-this-journal

Department of Education, University of Oxford
@education.ox.ac.uk

World-class education research. Rigorous academic programmes. Unrivalled teacher training. Latest updates from the Department of Education, @ox.ac.uk

Cambridge University Press - Linguistics
@cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org

The latest research in Language and Linguistics from @universitypress.cambridge.org ‬ cambridge.org/linguistics

Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program
@columbiaaltesol

The Applied Linguistics and TESOL Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Earn your MA, EdM, or doctorate and turn your passion for language and education into a rewarding career!

Dr. Florence Bonacina-Pugh
@bonacina-pugh

Associate Professor in Language Education, The University of Edinburgh, UK. Book review co-Editor for Language Policy. Applied Linguistics | Language Policy | Conversation Analysis | Translanguaging | French Heritage Language Education

Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor
@drbeckymt

Prof of languages and linguistics, Director of programme design, LCS Uni of Leeds | Autistic, LGBTQ, adoptive parent | L2 phon, language education, 日本語, español

Sal Consoli
@salconsoli

Assistant Professor in Language Education at The University of Edinburgh • Associate Editor of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (Elsevier) • Co-Editor of Cambridge Elements in Research Methods.

Josep Soler
@jsolerc

Professor of English Linguistics, Stockholm University. Linguistic justice, Global English, language policy, higher education, minority languages.

Florent Moncomble
@fmoncomble.tract-linguistes.org

Danijela Trenkic
@danijelatrenkic

Psycholinguist, professor of L2 education, former EuroSLA president.

Peter MacIntyre
@petermacin

Professor of Psychology at Cape Breton University (Canada). Research interests include the psychological dimensions of second language learning and communication.

Phil Durrant
@phil-durrant

Professor of Applied Linguistics and Education, University of Exeter. https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/20179-phil-durrant

@prof-julieta

Associate professor, applied linguistics (pragmatics, analysis of interaction)

Ian Cushing
@iancushing

Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing

Adam Brandt
@adambrandt

Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University (UK). Uses #EMCA to research social interaction, and particularly how people communicate with (and through) technologies, such as #conversationalAI.

Marcela Andrea Cazzoli
@marcecazzoli

Professor of Spanish and Applied Linguistics at Durham University. Fierce languages education advocate at UCFL, CIOL and SIS.

Dawn Knight
@dawnknightcl

Professor of Applied Linguistics at Cardiff University. Part time fitness (hockey) freak, full time Corpus geek Collaborator on @corcencc.bsky.social @freetxt.bsky.social @gdc-wdg.bsky.social

Jim McKinley
@jimmckinley

Professor of Applied Linguistics, University College London, IOE Internationalisation of higher education, TESOL, EMI, teaching-research nexus

BAAL Conference 2025
@baal2025

The 58th conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics hosted by the University of Glasgow on the 4th – 6th September, under the theme: Applied linguistics in the face of global challenges and local needs. https://baal2025.wordpress.com/

Multilingual Matters
@multi-ling-mat

We are an independent publisher based in Bristol, UK. We publish titles on applied linguistics, multilingualism, second language acquisition, language education and translation. We also like bunnies and cake. https://www.multilingual-matters.com