📣New #Researchpaper published today: Investigating the substantive linguistic effects of using songs for teaching second or foreign languages to preschool, primary and secondary school learners: a #systematicreview review of intervention research. ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.syst…

📢 Early Years colleagues! Join us on 16 July for a full-day workshop on Evidence-Based Practice in the Early Years, hosted by #OxEdDeanery, with Prof Kathy Sylva and Dr Sandra Mathers Tickets are now available, book your place now ➡ bit.ly/OxfordEY2024 #edchat

As part of this project we're offering a training opportunity for graduate students and ECRs - How and why should linguists engage with policymakers? Taking place on 11th and 18th July. Express interest here: forms.office.com/e/6gajRQFLL0 Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) The Queen's Translation Exchange

We apologize that the "but" of this study wasn't immediately clear from our first tweet! Truly, better methodological work needs to be done to tease apart the relationship between song and language learning. Please check out this new review by Cate Hamilton ([email protected]) and colleagues below!

Oxford-based people - don't miss this! 📍Caper Books, Magdalen Rd 📅 Next week, 2nd July 7.30pm Malwina Gudowska will discuss her new book, MOTHER TONGUE TIED, motherhood and multilingualism with Cate Hamilton ([email protected]). Limited 🎟️ checkout.square.site/merchant/ML2NM…

I'm happy to share a newly published paper co-authored with Gonzalo Pérez Andrade! We offer a reflexive account of labelling practices related to #EAL, #multilingualism & #vulnerability based on Multilingualism in schools (& beyond) First 50 can get access for free via this link: tandfonline.com/eprint/EXSWPAG…

New Webinar: Careers in Policy for Linguists! Charlotte Ryland and Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) are hosting a new event open to graduate students and ECRs in the field of modern languages. ⏰ 22nd July, 11am-12pm Register here by Fri 19th July: forms.gle/rcfkVmpLmcny36…

Do you teach #EarlyYears? Please help us spread the word about our new creativity app research 🎨 Families with 3-5-year-olds are invited to test out the app and provide feedback📱 Link to express interest: bit.ly/3Lzy8jR Please RT! #EdChat Early Years Alliance Early Education

Take your children on a languages adventure this summer! 🎶 Explore 10 languages through songs and stories, with languages teacher and mum of 3, Cate. 📚 Only £5 for the full programme of 32 videos and 100s of downloads. Find out more ➡️ babelbabies.com

Thanks Karen Forbes - look how tiny I am! Definitely the largest room I’ve presented in so far. Day one of #aila2024 and already met so many lovely people. Thanks audience for the great questions and opportunity to talk about our work (with supervisors Victoria Murphy and Hamish Chalmers (@hwc001.bsky.social)).

Multilingual playlist of the day! open.spotify.com/album/6eSLMU9I…

1 week to go until #EuropeanDayofLanguages on 26 September! Looking for inspiration? Make the most of our free resources for #CreativeTranslation in the classroom! Translation activities: stephen-spender.org/translation-ac… Class projects: stephen-spender.org/class-projects/ #edutwitter #mfltwitterati

Delighted to see our #systematicreview featured in the latest BAAL research synthesis newsletter! Read and subscribe here - mailchi.mp/1e32d801c750/a… Thanks to Sin-Wang Chong for including our review of intervention research about using songs in #SLA with young learners.

Join in with our Department's interactive activities at the #ESRCFestival! 1 November - 'My Family's Digital Lives' led by Lucy Robinson 💻 2 November - Multilingual activities and fun with languages led by Dr Faidra Faitaki ([email protected]) and Cate Hamilton ([email protected]) 🌍 More info ➡

#Teachers, register now for a day of #CreativeTranslation training! Learn how to lead your class through a 6 part project translating ‘Tapajos’ (pictured) by Fernando Vilela featuring poems by #Brazilian poets Full details in National Centre for Writing’s newsletter: mailchi.mp/b577be2f08f6/p…

Join us 2pm this Saturday at Fusion Arts for a creative poetry translation workshop with The Queen's Translation Exchange! Aimed at primary school students (with activities for the whole family all day) With thanks to Dr Faidra Faitaki ([email protected]) and Cate Hamilton ([email protected]) from Department of Education, University of Oxford socsci.ox.ac.uk/creative-multi…

Excited to see our research paper on actual paper! This was my MSc study conducted with Victoria Murphy looking into how EYFS and primary teachers use songs. It’s open access, so you can read it online here for free: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #edutwitter #pedagogy #music #eyfs

Join us from 2pm this Saturday at Fusion Arts for a creative poetry translation workshop aimed at primary pupils! Part of a day of creative multilingual activities for children and families organised by Dr Faidra Faitaki ([email protected]) and Cate Hamilton ([email protected]) from Department of Education, University of Oxford ✨ Details below ⬇️

📢 Applications are open for our two new postgraduate diplomas in English as an Additional Language and Early Childhood Education! Aimed at working professionals in EAL or Early Years, the courses will provide in-depth knowledge of research evidence, which can be directly