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Research from Dr Christopher Strelluf on non-standard English

New research from Dr Chris Strelluf indicates that people who speak non-standard English were subject to unjust stereotypes and has been featured in BBC News and The Times. This was also featured on BBC Radio 4, Talk TV, Talk Radio, ITV News and BBC Derby plus on BBC World Service, Times Radio and radio stations across the US including Connecticut Public Radio, Texas Public Radio and WHYY Radio.

Wed 28 Feb 2024, 09:53

Dr Christopher Strelluf Expert Comment on TikTok accent & Likeability of English accents

Dr Christopher Strelluf’s expert comment has been featured in BBC News, Indy100, Yahoo!,Ladbible, Metro, and Fox News in a piece on the voice people use when they create TikToks, and how it may encourage the continued spread of those particular linguistic features.

Dr Strelluf also provided expert comment on stories about the likeability of English accents around the world. These were featured in The Travel Magazine, ATV Network Today, and The Times (South Africa).

Thu 25 Jan 2024, 16:47 | Tags: ELL, LML, LCC

Conclusion of British Council funded Research Grant

Following the conclusion British Council funded research grant, Tony Liddicoat, Neil Murray and Steve Mann presented a panel session entitled “Supporting Sustainable English Teacher Continuous Professional Development in Yunnan Province” as a part of the British Council’s “China Teaching English Online Conference” on 3 November. The presentation was a report on the three collaborative projects undertaken with Chinese partners in Yunnan and they were joined on the panel by the Chinese partners in the project: Liu Fengqin Dali University), Wang Ying (Kunming University of Science and Technology) and Yunjie Ho (Yunnan Normal University).

Tue 21 Nov 2023, 14:06 | Tags: Conference

Professor Jo Angouri appointed as Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education and Internationalisation

Professor Jo Angouri has been appointed as Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education and Internationalisation, at the University of Warwick with a focus on our international education offering.

Applied Linguistics Head of Department Professor Annamaria Pinter commented that "This is a tremendous achievement and huge congratulations to Jo!"

For further information see: https://warwick.ac.uk/insite/news/intnews2/professor_jo_angouri

Mon 13 Nov 2023, 09:56

Professor Jo Angouri is elected the next Lonnoy Chair for Multilingualism

Congratulations to Professor Jo Angouri who has been unanimously elected as the next Lonnoy Chair for Multilingualism of the Brussels Centre for Language Studies at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The Chair is awarded every year to a researcher in Linguistics with a solid international reputation and whose research has affinity with the theme of multilingualism in the broad sense.

For further information see: https://warwick.ac.uk/global/news/professor_jo_angouri/

Thu 05 Oct 2023, 09:22

Dr Ellen Smith-Dennis provides expert comment in Coventry Telegraph Article

A recent article from the Coventry Telegraph highlights a map showing the most popular languages spoken in Coventry. The article includes a comment from Associate Professor in Linguistics at the University of Warwick, Dr Ellen Smith-Dennis, who said: "Changes in speaker numbers may reflect changes in migration patterns in and out of the city, but they may also reflect language shift, which is a process whereby speakers change from using one language as their primary language of communication to using another language."

"Coventry is one of the most linguistically diverse regions in England; if we exclude London, then Coventry is the ninth most linguistically diverse county in England. This is something to be celebrated: a person maintaining their first language is important for cultural identity, well-being, community cohesion and social inclusion, and language skills have significant value in education, business and other sectors, and are consequently vital to economic growth.”

 

Mon 10 Jul 2023, 11:42

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