English speakers aren't "bad at language learning". This rhetoric is such a cop out and gives students another excuse to not learn a language, making the job of language teachers so much harder! Great article from Abigail Parrish theconversation.com/young-people-i…

'Thriving Abroad: Navigating the PhD Journey to Success in Three Years' - In today's Education Matters blog, Lianxin (Megan) Li explains the importance of balancing workload and personal well-being when completing a PhD: tinyurl.com/yc57483y

The issues raised in this article by Abigail Parrish will sound very familiar to global/international languages teachers in the Australian context. Thank you for sharing Louisa Field

Whether or not British students have a mystery “inability” to speak international languages, they are hamstrung by a school system that offers them fewer hours’ international language tuition compared to other nations. theconversation.com/young-people-i…

Loved this article by Abigail Parrish - confirms my belief that linguistic aptitude is not absent in UK students, but the environment & culture that surrounds us is too centred around a single culture/language. Not healthy for building a globally integrated & diverse society!

My birthday present to myself has arrived....but is it supposed to be upside down?! David Nicholls Sceptre Books

Are British pupils bad at learning international #languages? Abigail Parrish argues they're not. The education system just doesn't prioritise #LanguageLearning as much as other countries. Read more: tinyurl.com/y4w4tm9p #Linguistics #LinguistTwitter

Lots of fun at #pint24 99 Mary St. last night 🍻🧠

A lovely evening celebrating the 40th anniversary of the #CLTAWA Thanks to the committee for the kind invitation. Congratulations and best wishes for another 40 years 🥂Edith Cowan University (ECU) Abigail Parrish The University of Sheffield

Great to be the discussant for today's colloquium "Researcher positionality in multilingual contexts: Ideologies and perceptions" #SS25 Curtin University Thanks to colleagues from The University of Sheffield @UniversitatAutonema Universitetet i Agder University of Southampton for the opportunity Edith Cowan University (ECU)

Big thanks to #DrJessicaBradley The University of Sheffield for sharing her inspiring work on "Linguistic landscapes, creativity and language learning". It was a pleasure to host you and your colleagues Edith Cowan University (ECU) #SoE Abigail Parrish

As we're on the brink of change when it comes to the #MF GCSE in the UK, it's a great time to revisit our webinar with the fantastic Abigail Parrish about the Push and Pull of Language Policy. Watch here: thisisschool.com/blog/languages… 📽️

Interested in what might be the next wave of curriculum changes in #MFL, as reported here (tes.com/magazine/news/…) by Tes magazine? 🤔 Then take a look at our article and webinar with Abigail Parrish which explores how we got here in the first place 👇🏽 thisisschool.com/blog/languages…

I really enjoyed John Roberts in Tes magazine looking at MFL in schools and the curriculum review, and it prompted me to put this together for This is School with some extra detail on some of the key points: thisisschool.com/blog/ch-ch-ch-… Education@Sheffield

Watch back 👉🏽 Languages for All? The Push and Pull of Policy, with Abigail Parrish. Exploring how education policy, including EBacc and P8, has impacted language learning in schools across the UK. zurl.co/TKU6V