Nicola Morea

New paper out! @karen_forbes and I present seven research-informed principles to guide school leaders and teachers in designing cohesive and inclusive language policies. Open access!

I just noticed that my work has reached 100 citations on Google Scholar. A small number in the bigger picture of #Research , but it still feels special. Shoutout to everyone who’s read my work and to the brilliant scholars I’ve had the chance to collaborate with!🙏 #AcademicLife

Great to see my latest paper with Prof Linda Fisher out today in a Special Issue on multilingualism and language education of the Language Learning Journal. Open Access! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Last week, I joined @CambPressAssess as a Senior Impact Evaluator! 🎉 I'll be investigating the impact of English teaching/learning/assessment products, services & reforms on a wide range of stakeholders. A new chapter begins! #edchat #impact #education

Fantastic news for #OpenScholarship! Huge thanks to @LukePlonsky and #SSLA for recognizing and endorsing the value of diverse methodological perspectives in advancing OS! We're really excited to explore open scholarship through the underexplored lens of qualitative research!

New article: Wu, X., & Morea, N. (2025). Putting subjectivity in time : Qualitatively examining multilingual identity development via a Q-inspired longitudinal design. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 4(1), 100188: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Learn how to be "SMART" when conducting research syntheses in applied linguistics! 1 post every week about the SMART tool. Week 1 - here we go!

Learn how to be "SMART" when conducting research syntheses in applied linguistics! 1 post every week about the SMART tool. Week 2 - here we go! This week we focus on numbers!!

Feedback from a participant😍: "I am so happy to have been a part of this. I especially agree with the conclusion that a shift from focusing on what teachers "lack" to focusing on what we achieve in language teaching is very welcome, and more helpful!" doi.org/10.1080/014346…

What a JOY to see this study published, with @ThereseTishakov!😍 By observing and interviewing six language teachers, we identified nine different spaces where they highlighted multilingualism in their teaching. We hope this study can be useful for many! doi.org/10.1080/014346…

Add to the list of depressingly short-sighted UK higher education decisions: Cardiff University's plans to axe 400 jobs and close courses in modern languages, music, and nursing, among others. Hen dro! Sign the petition against the cuts here: change.org/p/save-mlang-a…

Our paper "Developing pre-service teachers' multilingual identities during teacher education" has just found its forever home in Vol. 53(1) of The Language Learning Journal. Thanks to the almost 2500 (!!!) who read it! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

On #EducationDay read about our project ‘Progression in Primary Languages’ led by @R_E_Kasprowicz @UniRdg_IoE. Initial results show children’s attitudes towards language learning are positive but motivation is decreasing over time, particularly in Year 6 rdg.ac/3WyIBBM

Our range of free, online resources for young language learners has grown! OLLA now covers French, German & Spanish. Video clips etc where content is motivating but the language is accessible. shorturl.at/geDTE #mfltwitterati @joedale @ALL4language @riplnetwork @ncle_ioe

Delighted to see this paper come out from @ZehuiYang3 's doctoral research. Such an important and timely topic! It focuses on an identity-based approach to enhancing the agency of non-native English speaking teachers (of English). Freely available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

We are excited to announce our online launch event with our editors (Prof @sinwangchong & Dr @Sathena_Chan) & Profs @LukePlonsky, @TaliaIsaacs and @LyndaTa72742819! @tandfnewsroom Registration link: tinyurl.com/43vs5n8y

Read piece by @johnworne on UK Languages Education ciol.org.uk/languages-uk-e… @CIOL_Linguists @charlesforsdick @LSPjournal

Very proud of this one! The first article from the Progression in Primary Languages project out now! We present a new test of L2 receptive vocabulary size for primary school children learning French, German or Spanish in England. Open access: shorturl.at/BbLYN @UniRdg_IoE

Thanks to Zichen Guan and Lawrence Jun Zhang for first review of our book on Q and language research! Exciting to read that the book "is ground-breaking, [...] adds to the valuable resources on Q methodology, and it is indeed a milestone in language and education research". 🏆

"At last, a collection of top-tier chapters showcasing the influential role of Q methodology in deepening our understanding of language learning, teaching, and policy." bit.ly/3XWHDRa