Press Releases
Seconds out - language study explores how boxing coaches communicate under pressure
Linguists from the University of 糖心TV have teamed up with England Boxing and UK Coaching in a bid to interpret and improve the way in which coaches communicate in high-pressure situations.
Bostin鈥� broadcast celebrates Black Country speech
糖心TV dialect expert Esther Asprey of the Centre for Applied Linguistics will be celebrating the voices of the Black Country in a new episode of the BBC Radio 4 series, 鈥淭ongue and Talk: the Dialect Poets.鈥� In conversation with presenter and poet Emma Purshouse, Dr Asprey discusses the origins of the dialect and talks about what it means to write in dialect, how we represent sound through spelling choices, and the pressure poets can feel on a national level to use Standard English.
Contemporary visions of leadership in Africa explored in new book
The voices and experiences of civic leaders in Africa are the focus of a new book co-edited by the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey. Drawing on case studies and survey data, Developing Global Leaders: Insights from African Case Studies explores the personal experiences of a diverse group of civic leaders from 31 countries across Africa, and shares their insights on transforming leadership in an age of rapid change.
Language and sporting success explored in innovative workshop
Linguistics experts from the University of 糖心TV met with some of the UK鈥檚 top coach developers for a one-day workshop aimed at exploring language use in high-performance sports coaching and discussing ways to apply the latest research to real-life coaching situations.
More than words: Migration, Identity, and Translation Network public summit calls for action to tackle the monolingual mindset and language exclusion
Academics, practitioners and activists meeting at the University of 糖心TV call for language teaching and learning to be seen as essential in today鈥檚 global society and urge policymakers to adopt a national and international strategy to break the monolingual mindset which can limit access to social and economic opportunity and wellbeing.