Senior Lecturer @AngliaRuskin Early Childhood | family language learning | researching through play #ChildVoice #ChildLanguage #Multilingual Home Educator
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Embrace Erasmus+ today!: Our withdrawal from Erasmus+ is having devastating consequences on the UK. That's why I just signed the petition calling on the government to rejoin the programme now. Will you sign the petition too? europeanmovement.co.uk/erasm…
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New work open access in @OxfordRevEd: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Social in/justice and the deficit foundations of oracy.
What are the language ideologies at the foundation of 'oracy' and how is it increasingly used as part of a social justice narrative? A lengthy thread follows…
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Get a load of this joyful little comedian!
Researchers at the University of Bristol (UK) recently created the Early Humor Survey to explore how humor develops in very young children.
They found that roughly half of the babies in the tool’s data set showed an appreciation for humor by 2 months of age - and that by 11 months, roughly half of the babies began to experiment with making their own jokes. bristol.ac.uk/news/2021/nove…
🎥 the.present.perspective IG
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“ I speak German, Arabic & English but at school I only speak English Because that’s the most important one”
Children as young as 7 are aware of the prestigious status given to speaking English.
Through our sessions we are interrogating these ideologies.
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One in four people in the UK regret never learning another language, according to our recent survey.
We went out and about in Manchester, asking people what languages do they speak and why is it important to learn a new language?
Watch! 👇
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Wonderful and touching article from on the benefits of being brought up bilingual. So valuable for children to have access to home languages theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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📖Comment tu dis ? est un grand livre en 12 langues à regarder, lire et écouter sur le site Lexilala.org, et un livre que l’on peut aussi se fabriquer ! Découvrez trois modèles d’imagier à personnaliser avec les langues de votre choix : lexilala.org/comment-tu-dis/
Wordless picture books are a great investment for multilingual families. You can retell the story in your child's different languages, and adapt what you focus on according to their interests and ability. 📚
Wordless picture books have a big role to play in helping children develop their language and literacy skills. Check out @scottishbktrusts advice for sharing wordless pictures books scottishbooktrust.com/articl…
Download our Sharing Stories Resource Pack for more great resources
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Join us on 15 Feb with @AdrijanaVJ for a fascinating webinar! All the details here... We hope you can join us! eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens…
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Read our latest blog post by @LuCiD_Centre's post-doc Chen Zhao. Chen is working on 'The effects of the individual, home, and community on language development in UK families' project with Dr Thea Cameron-Faulkner and Dr @ludoserratrice. lucid.ac.uk/news-events-blog…
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It's here! The new UK #portal for #languages: thelanguagesgateway.uk/. Thrilled to be part of this major initiative for researchers, learners & teachers. Thx @BritishAcademy_ & partners!
Check out the mass of resources & initiatives, & get in touch to suggest further updates!
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BBC @bbcthp caught up with our very own @gert_westermann, Professor of @lancspsychres at @LancasterUni @LuCiD_Centre @LancsBabylab, to find out more about how babies begin to make speech sounds and how parents can help them build their babble into words. bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/…
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How can we explain our roles as researchers to the children we involve in our research? Lab member @ljbenton led a project that developed a new animated video to help researchers do just that! The video is freely available to download, use and share here: ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-an…
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Hi Twitter! 👋 At ARU kids we run fun studies that help us to understand the development of babies and young children. We’re based @AngliaRuskin in Cambridge, UK - follow us for #science #babies #earlyyears #fun
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The Family Learning Festival takes place 15-30 October. Find out how schools have fostered family learning & encouraged parents to learn languages alongside their children. Read our case studies & toolkit to support practitioners with parental engagement. ow.ly/aQKb50L9RmM
ALT photos depicting families learning together