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Prof. Sascha Stollhans' Inaugural Lecture “Watch your language! A linguist‘s tale of education, science and scholarship” Event Details This is a hybrid event, with the option to either attend in person or watch the lecture online via Microsoft Teams. Please register to attend either in person or online using the orange 'Reserve a spot' button above....
You are warmly invited to join us for the following research talk. All welcome. Speakers: Prof Cécile De Cat and Dr Elliot Holmes Using Q-BEx as a triage tool for flagging risks of language impairment in bilingual children Q-BEx (“Quantifying Bilingual Experience”) is an online questionnaire, available in 28 languages, which produces reports on children’s...
Speaker: XU Yuanyuan, lecturer in English and translation at Xihua University, Chengdu Abstract The large number of unique relics unearthed at Sanxingdui (Sichuan, China) have both astounded and confounded scholars, with various theories having been developed to try to understand and explain the origin and demise of the ancient Shu civilization in China. Despite extensive...
Leverhulme Lectures (2024) by Leverhulme Visiting Professor Slava Kalyuga Host: Dr Ouhao Chen Slava Kalyugais Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the School of Education, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests are in cognitive processes in learning, cognitive load theory, and evidence-based instructional design principles. His specific contributions include detailed...
Distinguished Speaker 2024: Prof Judy Clegg, University of Sheffield Recording Children’s communication and their life chances In this talk, we will focus on the most vulnerable children to understand how developmental differences in children’s speech, language and communication impact on their life chances. Research focusing on children growing up in social disadvantage, looked after care...
Please join us for two events centred on World Englishes, Capitalism, and Colonialism! Both events are free. You are welcome to attend either or both, and you do not need a ticket to attend in person - the ticketing is only for the purposes of sending out a link for those attending online and sending any...