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John Rivett UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social Languages, Literatures & Cultures @ Royal Holloway Wendy Bennett This situation was reflected in a survey YouGov conducted for The British Academy last year when we launched the Languages Gateway: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/new-poll-…

Delighted to announce the publication of this 1st comprehensive reference work in English on the French language. 32 chapters on structures; history; axes of variation; French around the world; French in contact; L2 acquisition; and French in literature, culture, arts & the media

Oxford Handbook of the French Language Part I. Structures of French 1: Phonetics, phonology, and orthography, Elisabeth Delais-Roussarie 2: Morphology and syntax, Mairi McLaughlin 3: Semantics and pragmatics, Richard Huyghe and Dominique Legallois

II: History 4:External history, Ph. Caron 5:Policy & planning, W. Ayres-Bennett 6:Metalinguistic texts, O. Walsh & D. Kibbee 7:Historical phonetics, phonology & orthography, T. Rainsford 8:Historical morphology & syntax, S. Prévost 9:Historical semantics & pragmatics, S. Lehmann

Part III. Axes of variation 10:Age, gender, and social class, Nigel Armstrong 11:Register, genre, text type, Jenelle Thomas 12:Spoken French, Janice Carruthers 13:French digital discourse, Rachel Panckhurst, Louise-Amélie Cougnon, and Cédrick Fairon

IV. French around the world 14:Regional variation in the French of France, M. Avanzi 15:Francophonie, A. Thibault 16:French in Europe, I. Racine 17:French in North America, B. Bullock & R. Gess 18:French in Africa, B. Akissi Boutin & Augustin Emmanuel Ebongue

Part V. French in contact with other languages 19:Multilingualism, Maya Angela Eipe Smith 20:French and the languages of France, Georg Kremnitz and Fañch Broudic 21:Translation and interpreting, Nicolas Froeliger and Rudy Loock 22:Creoles, Thomas A. Klingler

Part VI. Second language acquisition 23:Where, when & how French is learned, Richard Kern 24:Acquiring phonetics & phonology, Sylvain Detey 25:Acquiring morphology & syntax, Dalila Ayoun 26:Acquiring lexical, sociolinguistic & pragmatic competence, Henry Tyne and Martin Howard

27:French language & lit. in the Middle Ages, S. Marnette 28:Early Modern French language & lit., G. Siouffi 29:Contemporary French language & lit., L. Rosier 30:French language & cinema, M. Abecassis 31:French language & vocal music, C. Lesacher 32:French & the media, M. Burger

The British Academy has responded to the British Council’s annual Language Trends report, which reveals that 60% of schools in England have faced challenges hiring qualified language teachers. Read the full response here: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/vicious-c…

‘It’s a vicious circle’: The British Academy responds to news that 60% of English schools find it difficult to hire qualified language teachers - Language Trends Survey 2024 thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/vicious-c…

"Languages education needs a joined-up approach that thinks about schools, colleges, universities and teacher-training holistically, and draws more actively from the extensive multilingual capacity already present in our communities.

‘It enriches your mind in every way’: the fight to keep the UK learning German theguardian.com/education/arti…

The Times and The Sunday Times Follow for the very latest political news! Story: thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

Great news for #mfl teachers: #GCSEresults show uptake in language learning, mirroring increase in language A levels. NCLE partners are supporting language teachers in England with resources and high quality CPD. Read more: bit.ly/3XeqYrG #mfltwitterati #edutwitter

French, German and drama lessons dying out for students beyond GCSE inews.co.uk/news/french-ge… Worrying consequences for languages in private schools which may no longer appear financially viable.

UK ministers rule out joining youth mobility scheme with EU Disappointing news to say the least. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Really looking forward to working with Liv and Charles Forsdick on this exciting project!

EU states working on fresh proposal for youth mobility scheme with UK | European Union | The Guardian - This would also open up valuable opportunities for language learning and cultural immersion. We need a return to something like Erasmus+ theguardian.com/world/article/…

A new #poll from National Consortium for Languages Education asked parents in England what they thought about their children learning modern foreign languages - these results might surprise you! What do you think? #MFLTwitterati #MFL #edutwitter