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On the 6th of November Dr Huahui Zhao was welcomed by the British Council to deliver a talk on “Authentic Assessment in the Age of GenAI”. Drawing on her recently completed Global Examination Service project with Dr Yen Dang, Dr Huahui Zhao’s talk discussed how distinctive features of GenAI-assisted writing—particularly in relation to critical thinking—intersect...
Dr Elina Stylianou and two School of Education Postgraduate Researchers, Xuechun Huang and Hongyi Zhao, have recently had a blog post published on the BERA webpage. Titled ‘Why should early career researchers organise an academic conference?’, the contribution shares insights which are based on last year's BAAL Vocab SIG conference, led by Dr Yen Dang. The...
Globally, there is an increasing recognition of systemic inequalities which deprive minority groups and indigenous people of quality education due to cultural, linguistic, and financial barriers (UNESCO, 2023). At the school level, these inequalities are seen in curricula and teaching practices primarily designed for the majority, leaving minority groups at a disadvantage in terms of...
What explains how we learn a second language? A new paper by Dr Thomas Hammond, published in Pedagogical Linguistics, shows the practical benefits of combining competing theories to understand how people learn additional languages. Dr Hammond suggests that instead of treating generative and usage-based theories of second language acquisition as rivals, they should be...
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: 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...
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...
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)...
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....
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...