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CLER is committed to understanding the role of language education in building inclusive, engaged and sustainable communities. We research with people of diverse linguistic, cultural and social backgrounds and practices to make a difference to their lives. 

Professor Maggie Kubanyiova, CLER Director  

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CLER brings together leading scholars in language education research. We push theoretical and methodological frontiers in international scholarship and use our award-winning research to inform and challenge language education practice.

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Ground-breaking study into the language of tweens wins large UKRI fund

CLER Professor secures significant grant to conduct large-scale project into how language develops in young people. Tweens (9-13 year olds), are at a vulnerable stage of life as they turn outwards from their immediate caregivers, and become subject to a range of external influences. It is a critical time for social and educational development. Alice Deignan,...

New Book: New Words, New Meanings

New Book: New Words, New Meanings: Supporting the Vocabulary Transition from Primary to Secondary school This book for teachers, written by Professor Alice Deignan and Marcus Jones, explains the nature of the language challenge students face in early secondary school. It has come out of Professor Alice Deignan's large ESRC project, Linguistic Challenges of the...

New book: Listening without borders

What does it take for people to encounter one another ethically when practices, worldviews and imaginations clash? Professor Maggie Kubanyiova's new publication, Listening Without Borders (co-edited by Dr Parinita Shetty) brings together more than 40 academics, arts practitioners and educators to attend to these questions through interdisciplinary encounters. The book invites a new way of engaging...

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