Steph Connor

+ some cherry blossom in Abercromby Square 🌸 @liverpooluni.bsky.social

The beautiful Georgian Quarter 🌞🌿🚶🏻‍♀️

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The MA ELT at London Metropolitan University invites you to a free, online talk: The unique linguistic identities of Black African pupils in the UK by Denise Amankwah. Abstract: Previous research has shown that even in highly multilingual 'superdiverse' educational settings, African languages are placed at a hidden or almost 'invisible' level (Amankwah & Howard, 2024; Liggins, 2022). In this talk, I will share preliminary findings from my PhD research project which focuses on the heritage language maintenance (HLM) of Black African pupils in the UK. My talk will consider the perspectives of both parents and teachers in HLM as well as the key role that colonial language ideologies continue to play today for this specific group. Ultimately, I argue that teacher activism is needed to interrupt the cycle of colonial language ideologies being passed on. We will end with a discussion on how my findings may be applicable to your own context(s). Bio: Denise is completing her PhD in Applied Linguistics at University of Essex and holds an MA in Language and Literacy (see her thesis as a published paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/04250494.2024.2310660). She has worked as a Speech and Language Advisor–training Early Years professionals, supporting families and educators, and making training materials inclusive of multilingual pupils and families. Denise’s research interests are heritage language maintenance and how colonial language ideologies are upheld in schools. Wed 2 April 2025 1-2pm BST online: click to join (https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZmQ3N2NlMzQtNTBlZS00NzJmLThjYjUtZjkzYTNlMzA3MmJl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223d1cee9c-8bf0-4375-b5b9-5c0315d1187e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a9b4b0df-4ed7-4f52-9d2a-6699e4bb22d5%22%7d)

The MA #ELT at London Metropolitan University invites you to a free, online talk!

Denise Amankwah will explore the 'hidden,' 'invisible' reality of #African #languages in UK #education

Wed 2 Apr, 1-2pm, via link on the flyer

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Spent this Spring-ish weekend at the library @liverpooluni.bsky.social 📚☀️🪻

Safari Cafe in Lodge Lane #Liverpool had an earlier life in the 1860s

Today we visited the Wixárika community of Cerro de los Tigres, and participated in a event celebrating the Wixárika language. The community has made signs and books to allow children to engage with the language in school.

International Mother Language Day!
Good time to shout out the fantastic team of LangDentity, an online language school supporting the maintenance of Shona and Ndebele in the diaspora
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Sign the Petition Save MLANG at Cardiff University!

Sign now to stop Modern Languages at Cardiff University being axed.

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Stumbled upon a bar covered in handwritten notes on a recent (and brief) trip to Budapest 📝🤩

Attended a community film screening of Green Border on Saturday, followed by a Q+A with the director. A very difficult but important watch. Thank you to Cinema Social Club for screening yet another brilliant and thought-provoking film in our city 🎬 #CinemaSocialClub #GreenBorder

Is it normal to feel like a data chapter is growing its own pair of legs as you write it?! #PhDStudents #PhDThesis

This map shows locations for endangered languages in Europe ranked by language vitality

Always a new linguistic treasure to unearth: I didn't know this UNESCO map from 2018! Of course there is much to say about how accurate it is, with dialects vs languages, extinct vs endangered, but regardless, it shows a type of linguistic diversity in Europe that is rarely highlighted. #LingSky

The /f/ sound in the middle of 'nephew' seems like a case of spelling influencing pronunciation

The evidence from Middle English and French (today: neveu) points to a voiced /v/ sound, but after English writers added a P to its spelling to resemble Latin nepōs, it started to be pronounced like a PH

Supporting multilingual families to engage with schools How can school communications become more accessible to multilingual families? In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, I speak to Professor Margaret Kettle about the Multilingual Gloss…

A multilingual glossary helps improve home-school communications in Queensland - find out more in the latest Language-on-the-Move podcast episode @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, where @agib.bsky.social speaks with Margaret Kettle
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So lovely! ☺️

Yes - it used to be a Gaelic Church, and opened as a bookshop in 1979 🙂

Came across this stunning bookshop - with a log burner inside 🤩 - on a recent trip to Inverness.

I am new to Bluesky 👋🏻😊 I am a final year PhD researcher in Sociolinguistics at The University of Liverpool, researching multilingualism, language policy + planning, and community language maintenance in the city of Liverpool UK. Also working in roles in teaching and research administration.

Free webinar about “History of language policy and planning, and current and emerging trends”
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