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BAAL Vocab Conference 2024

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BAAL Vocab Conference 2024 The recent British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Vocabulary Special Interest Group conference, hosted by the School of Education (SoE) and the Centre for Language Education Research (CLER) from July 11-12, concluded with resounding success. This event brought together 66 delegates (17 academics, 8 ECRs, 37 PGRs, and 4 MA students)...

Congratulations to Dr Yen Dang on securing a Language Learning Early Career Research Grant

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Dr Yen Dang has successfully secured a Language Learning Early Career Research Grant ($10,000) for her two-year project “A longitudinal study of second language vocabulary growth”. The project aims to examine the growth of different kinds of vocabulary that are important for second language (L2) learners, especially those studying in EMI (English-medium instruction) university programs....

A new approach to enhancing the quality of TESOL research - Dr Taguhi Sahakyan

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Dr Taguhi Sahakyan's new proposal for enhancing the quality of research is published in TESOL Quarterly https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3210. Member checking is one of the key instruments ensuring the quality of qualitative research which is commonly associated with participants' approval of data accuracy. Considering the multiple drawbacks of the traditional member-checking methods, this article presents an alternative...

Dr Laura Grassick leads a new project with Vietnamese language educators exploring culturally responsive pedagogies

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Following a British Council UK/Vietnam Season 23 Collaboration Grant Call, Laura Grassick and team (Judith Hanks, along with colleagues from Vietnam National University in Hanoi and University New South Wales in Sydney) have been successful in their application and secured a grant of £20,000 for their one-year project "A Community of Exploratory Practice: Teachers' Developing...

A new study on why revision in academic writing matters - Dr Diana Mazgutova

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Dr Diana Mazgutova's open-access article co-authored with Dr Gareth McCray has been published in Emerging Technologies and Writing: Pedagogy and Research special issue of Frontiers in Communication journal. In our exploratory study, we focus on revision as a fundamental part of the writing process that is particularly important in the production of high-quality academic writing. We examine the application...

Dr Huahui Zhao's open-access article on a process- and future-oriented assessment recently published in Teaching in Higher Education

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Drawing upon sequential online surveys and interviews with undergraduate students, this study unveiled the entanglement among accessibility, understanding and usefulness of AC for assessment and learning. It uncovered the different effectiveness of varied ways of tutors introducing AC to students and students’ expectations of how tutors could implement AC in assessment and teaching. It highlighted...

Congratulations to Prof. Alice Deignan and Team - ESRC Funded Project - The Linguistic Challenges of the Transition from Primary to Secondary School

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Alice Deignan's ESRC funded project 'The Linguistic Challenges of the Transition from Primary to Secondary School' (grant ref ES/R006687/1) comes to an end this year. Colleagues Gary Chambers, Michael Inglis and Florence Oxley, and former colleagues Duygu Candarli and Robbie Love have worked with Alice on this project, as well as project partners that include...

Research Colleagues attend Comm4CHILD Workshop

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Ruth Swanwick, Elettra Casellato, and Nathalie Czeke attended the third workshop of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network, Comm4CHILD in Grenoble (FR). The international and interdisciplinary consortium focuses on communication for children with hearing impairment to optimize language development and meets every six months for new theoretical and practical input sessions, progress updates, and open...