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Excited to share my article in @Languages_mdpi's special issue on Language Use in Multilingual Contexts. The open access article on the effect of contact with heritage/host communities on backward transfer in Indian immigrants in Glasgow is available at mdpi.com/2727662!

The next Bilingualism Matters Symposium will take place in Edinburgh on 24-25 March 2025. The call for papers is out and can be found here: bilingualism-matters.org/events/bilingu… Submit abstracts and encourage submissions! And plan to come to beautiful Edinburgh and attend in person.

This year's UniRdg_CeLM summer school: An Introduction to #Bayesian Mixed-Effects Models Dr João Veríssimo (University of Lisbon). Registration details below

TRUST book on Equitable Research Partnerships achieves a quarter million downloads! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Why did English end up with such a crazy spelling system? In new research funded by The Leverhulme Trust we analysed 1000 years of English spelling to find out. Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/psya….

"Supporting home languages through a #multilingual #library": Hannah M. King (hmking-linguist.bsky.social) gives practical tips on how to build a multilingual collection of books which reflect the linguistic repertoires of students/children (264 books, 76 langs!). #school Multilingualism in schools (& beyond) #SocialJustice

At the #AILA2024 symposium with Hannah M. King (hmking-linguist.bsky.social) Naashia Mohamed and Myra Garces-Bacsal yesterday, I mentioned free artwork. It can be downloaded here, part of my work on the multilingual children's library in Sheffield (together with other resources) multilingualism-in-schools.net/the-multilingu…

The Summer holidays are coming to an end, but there's still time to browse through our DLD diagnostic modules. Grow in skills and confidence with #DevLangDis diagnosis. FREE to all too. naplic.org.uk/diagnosing-dld…

We still have some spots left for the upcoming VIRT2UE training, and the deadline for applications has been extended to the 28th of August! ⏰ If you want to become a trainer in #ResearchIntegrity then don't miss this opportunity! Sign up at the link below ✎

Job advert! Two new lectureships (assistant professorships) in #psychology (developmental, social, or forensic) at Uni of Reading. Apply here by 16th September - Please RT 🙏 jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Come work with a fabulous team of linguists in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Application deadline October 1st. Contact Martin Krämer for more information. jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

🗣️#PrimaryTeachers! Get ready for back-to-school season with our premium transition resources. ✅Quickfire icebreakers ✅Reading and writing for pleasure activities ✅A suggested read for the first week of term with discussion questions for book talk literacytrust.org.uk/resources/back…

Remember when we said that evidence on the positive effect of exercise on cognition is inconclusive? Well, some people weren’t too happy about that. They came to us with some critiques, so we decided to roll up our sleeves and dive deeper. Spoiler: our conclusions still stand

Why we need a revolution in clinical research. New editorial Brain academic.oup.com/brain/article/… National Institute for Health and Care Research Medical Research Council UK Research and Innovation Wellcome Wes Streeting

The post I made a couple of days ago on the differences between efficiency and productivity has been turned into a superb sketchnote & accompanying blog by Tanmay Vora ✍: qaspire.com/efficiency-and…. For those who couldn't open the original article by Avi Siegal, here's another link:

"When mothers consider heritage language maintenance their responsibility, they often believe language loss reflects poorly on their choices and practices as mothers" (Gudowska, 2024, p.7) #Languages #motherhood #HLM uk.bookshop.org/p/books/mother…

As a change leader, I've spent a lot of my professional life in workshops. I've participated in many workshops that have resulted in outstanding insights leading to positive action. I've also been in workshops that were a waste of everyone's time. So I appreciated this new

There are excellent supervision opportunities in our School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences at Reading for linguistic, psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic PhDs. Get in touch!

DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is a difficulty with understanding and using words and sentences. People with DLD can learn with support! Let's hear from Maisie (UK), Paula (Peru/US) and Selena, a mother with a child with DLD (China/Australia). RADLDcampaign #DLDday

Students with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) often have ideas about what works tor them. We need to listen to them! #DevLangDis #DLDday