The participatory ESOL podcasts provide a reflective account of developments in Participatory ESOL over the last 15 years, drawing on the experiences of 11 participatory ESOL teachers: open.spotify.com/show/4W0GAhcmR…

Online Event: “How to use digital tools to support minoritised languages” 📅 6th November, 2–4pm CET More info👇 eventbrite.at/e/workshop-how…

📣📣📣ONLINE SEMINAR📣📣📣 Up next in the University of Jyväskylä English seminar series: Irene Gotera, 'Linguistic Justice Principles: Best Practices for Multilingual Zoom Events'. Tues 5 Dec, 16:00 EET. All are welcome! Abstract & registration.👇 r.jyu.fi/engseminars23-…

The programme of our BAAL: British Association for Applied Linguistics Cambridge University Press seminar “Language and Onward Migration: Bridging Applied Linguistics with Migration Studies” (13–14 Feb University of Westminster ) is out! Visit westminster.ac.uk/events/british… for more information, invited speakers, and how to register Humanities at Westminster

Ben Rampton will deliver this year’s annual lecture of our Westminster Forum for Language and Linguistics. “Linguistic citizenship and a new coalition for UK language education”. 4 April @ 17:00 in UG05 (309 Regent Street W1B 2HW). Join the guestlist here: tickettailor.com/events/wfll/11…

You have more time! BAAL conference CfP extended until 17th April 2024 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/45753/s… Abstracts invited for: Poster presentations Individual presentations Individual presentations for Special Interest Group Workshops (60 minutes) Proposed Colloquia (120 minutes)

If you use ethnographic methods in your work, please consider submitting an abstract to the LEF strand Linguistic Ethnography !

Last chance to submit your abstracts for the 2024 BAAL conference - deadline 17th April Full details baal.org.uk/baal-2024-conf… We hope to see you in Essex for cutting-edge applied linguistics discussion! (and, probably, cake)

BAAL Plenary: Professor Julia Snell, University of Leeds 'Spoken Language and Social (In)Justice in Education' 'challenging the narrative that working-class children can experience educational success and social equity through modification of their speech' Thurs 5 Sept 11.30AM

We look forward to seeing you at University of Essex. The linguistic ethnography special interest group papers will be in EBS 2.50 – come and say hi! 👋

BAAL Conference Update: Posters can be viewed in Ivor Crewe Auditorium A at lunch-time Thurs and Friday. There are over thirty to view, so give yourself plenty of time to read and speak to the presenters!

We look forward to seeing you in EBS 2.50 where Ingrid Rodrick Beiler @ingrid-rb.bsky.social and Kristin Torjesen Marti will begin with their paper, “A bigger gap between rich and poor”: Metaphors and rhetorical citizenship in students’ English writing. See you there!

Our convenor, Prof Julia Snell’s keynote is today at 11:30 – we look forward to seeing you there!

Thank you and congratulations to everyone who presented at the LEF SIG at baal 2024! Ingrid Rodrick Beiler @ingrid-rb.bsky.social Kristin Torjesen Marti Yunpeng Du Yiran HOU Lenka Kast Hang Lu Ana María Relaño-Pastor Christiana Themistocleous Çise Çavuşoğlu Jackie Jia Lou Lucy Henning #BAAL2024

A whirlwind tour of today's #BAAL2024 talks-great stuff! So much to think about!! Dr Peter Browning (he/him/él) 🏳️‍🌈, Miguel Pérez-Milans, Andrea Sunyol, R. Mata, Hannah Gibson, Shonosuke Shimada & Carmen Silvestri!

And somehow #BAAL2024 is over ! Great to meet lots of researchers, and hear inspiring papers. Thanks to everyone who came to see any of the LEF presentations -- see you in Glasgow!

The LEF AGM will be held online on Thursday 19th September at 2pm and the link has been emailed to members today. It would be great to see you there! 🗓️19/09/24 🕑 2pm 📍online (Zoom link emailed!)