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Plurilingualism for social justice: a meta-synthesis Scholars in the field of language education (LE), linguistics, and applied linguistics have been long advocating for more critical LE through bilingualism (Cummins [2000]. Language, power and pedag...

Quite a monumental undertaking by Marina Antony-Newman - Plurilingualism for social justice: a meta-synthesis of 214 studies (with two types of analysis, thematic and critical interpretive) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I offer you this beautiful rendition of "Old Tongue" by Jackie Kay, Scotland's Makar / poet laureate from 2016-2-21, on the importance of accents, and the place they have in our lives and hearts: www.facebook.com/reel/6167258... #langsky #poetry

EAL Events - NALDIC NALDIC hosts regular professional development EAL events and trainings. We promote best practice in the teaching and learning of EAL and bilingual pupils.

Check out the topics for our upcoming RIG and SIG meetings for the next two weeks!

“Networking”
“Valuing 1st language for GCSE”
“Sharing good EAL practice in the classroom” (in-person in Leeds)
“Toddler, Tech and Talk”
“AI and EAL”

Book your free spot here
naldic.org.uk/events-cpd/c...

#EAL

Video: “The History of the English Language” I’m adding this video to The Best Videos Documenting The History Of The English Language:

Video: “The History of the English Language” larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/03/08/v...

Investigating the effects of whole-class singing activities on the linguistic outcomes of young foreign language learners in English primary schools: a doctoral research study

🎵 SEMINAR ON TUESDAY 11th MARCH 🎶 I’m presenting my #PhD #research (about the extent to which songs are effective for teaching primary pupils foreign #languages compared to other teaching approaches) on Tuesday, 1-2pm GMT. Hybrid session: DM me for link. www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/invest...

And we're off!

Today with Nicci MacLeod at Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics we've released the first three episodes of our brand new podcast Writing Wrongs

🎙️Follow Writing Wrongs here 👉 podfollow.com/1797795962

#forensiclinguistics
#linguistics
#truecrime
#podcasts
#academicsky

Multilingual Personal Dictionary Creator Template by Dr. Irina McGrath and Dr. Michelle Shory (adapted by K. Shibata @ESL_fairy)

FREE Multilingual Personal Dictionary Template: Please file-make a copy to get your own editable version, then type words in the left hand column and watch it auto-magically generate a pronunciation link, image, definition, and translations. #OntEd
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Delighted to be providing support for this fab new EAL qualification!

February’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,516 Of Them! Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,490 of them categorized here – you might also want to check out THREE ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO SEAR…

February’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,516 Of Them! larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/02/27/f...

Thank you!!!

Does anyone have an applied linguistics and/or EAL starter pack? Having trouble building my network of interesting people!

Is your school taking part in #WorldBookDay? Support multilingual pupils (all other pupils, too) by creating a River of Multilingual Reading. Download here buff.ly/3EPrIfZ or here: www.multilingualism-in-schools.net/rivers-of-re... - and do tag me if you share any! #langsky

Abstract submissions for "Expanding Horizons-Expanding Circles-Expanding Englishes" (part of #ISLE8) are due at the end of this week (Feb 28). More info: isle8conference.com/pre-conferen...
(Bursaries available for phd students & early postdocs via the main conference) #Linguistics #WorldEnglishes

Once upon a time........happy #InternationalMotherLanguageDay !

Not all accents are created equal – a discussion on accentism within British teacher training

Join UoM LDC for this free talk to celebrate International Mother Language Day 2025.

📍Mcr Museum 📅 21/02 ⏰12pm

Book here: ow.ly/UI2Q50UR5uY

@mcrcityoflit.bsky.social #MCRIMLD25

Teal flyer with text “Stories of Language and Life: A Screening of Digital Stories by Language Champions around the World. February 21, 10am Pacific, free and online.” There is a registration link and QR code, as well as graphics of maroon colored leaves.

This International Mother Language Day, February 21, ELP invites you to a free screening of digital stories that explore the links between language, life, memory, and community. ⁠

Register at: bit.ly/LanguageAndL...
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A new story and activity for multilingual storytelling tomorrow, especially for International Mother Languages Day. It will go onto the Lost Wor(l)ds website afterwards :) multilingualism-in-schools.net - I hope the families like it :)

Returning to this post to add this recent ABC piece about language learning apps, feat. interviews with Prof Ingrid Piller @languageonthemove.bsky.social and Dr Mark Antoniou

This #InternationalMotherLanguageDay event will be great! Do sign up! @drhollyjoseph.bsky.social @celm-uor.bsky.social

Join our seminar next Friday (14 Feb) led by Charlotte Ryland, looking at the Languages Gateway, its purpose and how it can function in the most effective way possible 👇

Nigel Slater’s Appetite. Lots of good storytelling and lots of good info about ingredients and techniques.

Thinking Strategically: The Languages Gateway

📢 Our Spring programme of events in the 'Thinking Strategically' series kicks off next month!

First up is 'The Languages Gateway' - find out more about its development and intended purpose, and how it can function in the most effective way possible

🎙️ Charlotte Ryland
📅 14 Feb, 12-1:15 pm GMT

Reading's language use investigated in university study University researchers are investigating the town's language use through an online survey.

Cool project by @drhollyjoseph.bsky.social about the languages spoken in Reading. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told Welcome to Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told

The Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told website is now *live*, with tons of free resources to support multilingualism and making through digital storytelling in schools, libraries, homes, and other settings. #langsky #makerspace #multilingual sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

AI really has a monolingual mindset 🙄

Or to be precise: tech has been designed following - and cementing - a monolingual logic

Thank you - I needed this!

<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library Children continue to comprise a significant portion of refugees and migrants worldwide and may be impacted by challenges or trauma prior to or during their journey, or after arrival in the host count...

In our EAL priority setting partnership (doi.org/10.1075/ltyl...), EAL practitioners identified understanding the socio-emotional needs of EAL learners as one of the top priorities for new research. Delighted to see this agenda being taken up in this fascinating study doi.org/10.1002/berj... #EduSky

Screenshot of conference website announcing the workshop: "Expanding Horizons - Expanding Circles - Expanding Englishes"

Working on 'Expanding Circle' Englishes and fancy a trip to Santiago de Compostela this year? Jakob Leimgruber and I are hosting a pre-conference workshop at #ISLE8 (September 1-4) 🌎🌍🌏 Abstracts due end of February. #WorldEnglishes #Linguistics
(more info on the workshop topic in the next post)

Global Englishes Seminar with Professor Adrian Holliday Date & TimeJan 16, 2025 10:00 in DescriptionPutting aside native-speakerist labelling to find linguistic and cultural hybridity and the “translingual instinct I will begin with why it is necessary to put aside all forms of native-non-native-speaker labelling because of its sustained colonising and essentialist effect. I will then explain how this difficult, third-space, deCentred liberation enables new understandings of the original hybrid nature of language and culture. The resulting possibility of a ‘translingual instinct’, situated within a seamless varicultural flow then becomes a quality which helps us to connect and work with the agency, experiences and knowledge that our students bring to the classroom. This does however bring challenges to what teachers and students need to know about the politics and sociology of language and culture.

Tomorrow! Free, online seminar with Professor Adrian Holliday 🗣💬

Title: Putting aside native-speakerist labelling to find
#linguistic and cultural hybridity and the “translingual instinct"

Jan 16, 2025 10:00 AM London

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#ELT #langsky #TESOL