What do you get when you cross a duck and a linguist? A DuckLing of course!
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Modern Languages Open Sociolinguistics Launch event – University of Liverpool
On the 25th May, students from Lancaster and Liverpool University had a chance to present their recently published work to an audience of postgraduate students from each university. The day was organised by the editors of the journal, Dr Nicola Bermingham, Dr Stefania Tucci (University of Liverpool), and Dr Claire Nance (Lancaster University). This event…
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Pets of LAEL – The Shrimp
Hello and welcome back to pets of LAEL. This week, we have not one, not two, but four pets of the week! This week, we have four wonderful shrimp, which belong to Senior Lecturer in Forensic Corpus Linguistics, Dr Claire Hardaker. Claire has four shrimp at the moment and they arrived here on the 30th of…
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Pets of LAEL – Penny
This week’s LAEL pet of this week is Penny. Penny is owned by our Senior Lecturer in phonetics and phonology, Dr Claire Nance! Penny is 16.5 years old. Claire adopted her when she was 14 as her previous owner had to go into a care home. She has one good tooth but still loves food.…
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Pets of LAEL – Fudge and Smudge
Welcome back to Pets of LAEL! This week’s pets of the week are Fudge and Smudge. Fudge and Smudge belong to our Senior Lecturer in Phonetics – Dr Sam Kirkham. Sam adopted Fudge and Smudge a long time ago – the shelter insisted they must come as a pair! They are now around 16-19 years…
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Teaching globally – an ESRC Global Challenges funded project
Dr. Bimali Indrarathne (University of York) and Professor Judit Kormos have recently completed an ESRC- Global Challenges funded project on raising language teachers’ awareness of dyslexia and inclusive practices in South-Asia and the West Balkans. The aim of the project was to design and pilot a context-specific teacher training course to enhance inclusive language teaching practices in ten…
DuckLing
What do you get when you cross a duck with a linguist? A DuckLing!