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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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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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10 April, 2025

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12 September, 2023

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

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25 August, 2023

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4 August, 2023

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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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Soundscapes of the city News article ID 1644139

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Bilingual Belfast Kitchens News article ID 1635450
27 January, 2023

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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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14 July, 2022

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

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13 March, 2022

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20 January, 2022

Collaborative PhD studentship News article ID 1087218
25 May, 2021

23 March, 2021