
Linguistic Challenges of the Transition
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Linguistic Challenges of the Transition
@LeedsTransition
The linguistic challenges of the transition from primary to secondary school. An @ESRC funded project led by @Education_Leeds at @UniversityLeeds


New BERA blog series, a special issue focusing on language and literacy, with an editorial by @Barbara134134 @UlsterEducation and six blogs by authors including @DrIanCollen @karen_forbes @Nic_Morea @alicedeignan @Dominic_Wyse @AliceJBradbury bera.ac.uk/blog-series/sp…

Looking forward to welcoming @ian_cushing to Leeds for a f2f talk on 6th March on ‘How the “word gap” came to be normalised in England’s schools’. Discussant comments from @UniLeedsStaff @ceciletje @alicedeignan and @DrPJClarke Please join us — all welcome!







@lovermob & @alicedeignan exploring reasons for challenges faced by pupils during transition from primary to secondary from linguistic perspective

‘Posh words’, ‘nerdy words’: what students say about language! New research insights by CLER researchers on @LeedsTransition project, led by @alicedeignan. Check out this blog by Gary Chambers. cler.leeds.ac.uk/linguistic-enc…



Looking forward to contributing to this fab series of talks @EnglishAston. I’ll be sharing ongoing work with @Education_Leeds on the @LeedsTransition project, exploring how teacher talk differs between primary and secondary school 📚






JOB: Research Fellow in Corpus Linguistics. We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join the @LeedsTransition project. Closing date: Wednesday 4th December. Please RT to spread the word! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

