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LIFELANGS: A Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities LIFELANGS: A Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities : News article ID 4502573
12 August, 2025

LIFELANGS is one of four North-South cross-border research projects selected to receive up to €4 million over a four-year period.

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Languages in NI Schools: New Report Shows Rise in Spanish, Irish and Heritage Language Support Languages in NI Schools: New Report Shows Rise in Spanish, Irish and Heritage Language Support : News article ID 4199773

The 2025 Language Trends NI report reveals rising support for home languages and growing interest in Spanish, Irish and Italian, with Spanish now the most-taught language in post-primary schools across Northern Ireland.

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Hear about our MSc TESOL and Applied Linguistics Programme Hear about our MSc TESOL and Applied Linguistics Programme : News article ID 4154588
2 June, 2025

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CLER was delighted to be one of this year’s recipients of Landmark Trust Futures scheme CLER was delighted to be one of this year’s recipients of Landmark Trust Futures scheme : News article ID 4069284
14 May, 2025

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Show and Tell roadshow project series Show and Tell roadshow project series : News article ID 3922748
10 April, 2025

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Research report examining expectation and realities for Irish-medium practitioners in NI Research report examining expectation and realities for Irish-medium practitioners in NI : News article ID 2169272
25 October, 2023

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NATECLA Island of Ireland Showcase Evening NATECLA Island of Ireland Showcase Evening : News article ID 2046336
12 September, 2023

“ESOL Outreach Strategy: Sharing practitioner expertise to promote Safety, Belonging and Success”

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Postdigital Possibilities in Applied Linguistics Postdigital Possibilities in Applied Linguistics : News article ID 2046367
25 August, 2023

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Centre Director takes up Canadian Fellowship Centre Director takes up Canadian Fellowship : News article ID 1964962
4 August, 2023

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Listen! Dr Mel Engman features on BBC Radio 3 Listen! Dr Mel Engman features on BBC Radio 3 : News article ID 1650700
8 February, 2023

Discussing “Language Loss and Revival” with John Gallagher on BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking programme and available on BBC Arts&Ideas podcast, Dr Mel Engman highlights work on the reclamation of endangered languages.

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Landmark report on Languages Provision in UK Further Education Landmark report on Languages Provision in UK Further Education : News article ID 1650694
8 February, 2023

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Northern Ireland representative on BERA Teacher Education SIG Northern Ireland representative on BERA Teacher Education SIG : News article ID 1650690
8 February, 2023

Gender-ing ELT: the geopolitical locations contexts of our research Gender-ing ELT: the geopolitical locations contexts of our research : News article ID 1644151
2 February, 2023

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Soundscapes of the city Soundscapes of the city : News article ID 1644139

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First publication from Sino-Muslim Heritage Literacy project First publication from Sino-Muslim Heritage Literacy project : News article ID 1635475
27 January, 2023

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Bilingual Belfast Kitchens Bilingual Belfast Kitchens : News article ID 1635450
27 January, 2023

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NEWS IATEFL 2022: over 2000 international educators in Belfast! NEWS IATEFL 2022: over 2000 international educators in Belfast! : News article ID 1437960
14 July, 2022

Read our reflections on the IATEFL 2022 Conference by PhD student Cristina Martínez López and Dr Mel Engman, Director of the MSc TESOL and Applied Linguistics.

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NEWS New Book by Centre Director on Corpus Linguistics NEWS New Book by Centre Director on Corpus Linguistics : News article ID 1437953
14 July, 2022

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Island of Ireland branch: National Association for Teaching English & Community Languages to Adults Island of Ireland branch: National Association for Teaching English & Community Languages to Adults : News article ID 1331861
28 March, 2022

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TESOLgraphics takes off!! TESOLgraphics takes off!! : News article ID 1329685
21 March, 2022

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2022-2032 International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032 International Decade of Indigenous Languages : News article ID 1323674
13 March, 2022

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BAAL 2022 conference to be hosted at Queen's University BAAL 2022 conference to be hosted at Queen's University : News article ID 1278296
20 January, 2022

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New appointments to BAAL Executive Committee New appointments to BAAL Executive Committee : News article ID 1194249

Teaching English to Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Interested in knowing more about language education for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers? Interested in knowing more about language education for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers? : News article ID 1183216
7 September, 2021

"Co-conspiring with land: What decolonizing with Indigenous land and language can teach us". "Co-conspiring with land: What decolonizing with Indigenous land and language can teach us". : News article ID 1116625
21 June, 2021

Call for Abstracts - The Endowed Power of Academic Language: Peeling the Entanglements Call for Abstracts - The Endowed Power of Academic Language: Peeling the Entanglements : News article ID 1087214
25 May, 2021

Collaborative PhD studentship Collaborative PhD studentship : News article ID 1087218
25 May, 2021

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American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Annual Conference - Dr Mel Engman American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Annual Conference - Dr Mel Engman : News article ID 1043898
29 March, 2021

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Guest-edited issue of Modern Language Journal by Dr Mel Engman and colleagues Guest-edited issue of Modern Language Journal by Dr Mel Engman and colleagues : News article ID 1043082
29 March, 2021

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“What teacher educators should have learnt from 2020” “What teacher educators should have learnt from 2020” : News article ID 1043080
29 March, 2021

New Edition of Elsevier's Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (3rd ed.) Education and Language New Edition of Elsevier's Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (3rd ed.) Education and Language : News article ID 1010366
23 February, 2021

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Welcome return to one of our doctoral alumni - Dr Robert Pin-Nan Chang Welcome return to one of our doctoral alumni - Dr Robert Pin-Nan Chang : News article ID 1010368
17 February, 2021

Upcoming book on the discourses of deceit online Upcoming book on the discourses of deceit online : News article ID 1010370
23 March, 2021