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Fiona Farr @fionafarr.bsky.social · Aug 19

Delighted to share this corpus with fellow researchers. Enjoy! And many thanks to Anne O’Keeffe and others who have worked on developing it over the years. @calsul.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social

Sketch Engine @sketchengine.eu · Aug 12

The Limerick Corpus of spoken Irish English (LCIE) is now in Sketch Engine. Many thanks to Prof. @fionafarr.bsky.social
,‪‪ @unioflimerick.bsky.social, and Prof. Anne O’Keeffe, @micireland.bsky.social & UL, for permission to include it. www.sketchengine.eu/limerick-cor...

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University of Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social · Jul 17

"Trump’s approach to trade, shaped by his hubris, poor grasp of policy tools & distrustful nature, has left trade partners wary & US industries in turmoil"

UL's Dr Scott Fitzsimmons analyses the aspects of Trump's personality that have led to tariff threats & trade wars

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

US president Donald Trump. He is looking upwards and has his hand raised in the air. He is wearing a white shirt and blue blazer. He is wearing a white baseball cap that has the American flag on one side and USA emblazoned on the front. There is also an American flag pin on his blazer.

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University of Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social · Jul 11

UL researcher, Dr Sarah Schaefer, has been awarded more than €600,000 through the Research Ireland Pathway Programme to investigate how media outlets can develop new ways to report issues of climate change to the public.

Read on: www.ul.ie/research/new...

#StudyAtUL #StayCurious

The living bridge on the UL campus. The River Shannon flows under the bridge and there are trees full of green leaves in the background. There are people walking across the bridge and a person cycling. The sun is shining and the sky is blue.

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Classroom Discourse @classroomdiscourse.bsky.social · Jul 11

New article out in Classroom Discourse!: "Forms of becoming: elementary students’ self-positioning in writing" (by Maryam Khosronejad, Mary Ryan & Lauren Alexandra Weber). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Forms of becoming: elementary students’ self-positioning in writing

This paper investigates 15 elementary aged children’s self-positioning in writing. To this purpose, we examine how children perceive and represent themselves through their engagement with writing r...

www.tandfonline.com

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Fiona Farr @fionafarr.bsky.social · Jul 1

Fantastic achievement, Sarah! Well done! And such important work for the future of our planet!

calsul.bsky.social @calsul.bsky.social · Jul 1

Huge congratulations to CALS member, Dr Sarah Schaefer, on her prestigious Research Ireland Pathway award! The project focuses on developing new approaches to communicating climate change. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... @unioflimerick.bsky.social

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University of Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social · Jun 18

UL-led European alliance ‘to build a more connected and inclusive future through education’

Hear from Acting UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins, speaking at the launch of the EMERGE European University Alliance
www.ul.ie/news/ul-led-...
#StudyatUL

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Fiona Farr @fionafarr.bsky.social · Jun 18

Delighted to announce that the Limerick Corpus of Irish English is now available on Sketch Engine!

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Fiona Farr @fionafarr.bsky.social · Jun 17

Speaking about plurilingualism at the EMERGE University Alliance launch. @unioflimerick.bsky.social @calsul.bsky.social

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calsul.bsky.social @calsul.bsky.social · Jun 17

Delighted to be at the launch of the EMERGE project and alliance, with a strong focus on linguistic diversity.

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Olcay Sert (織在猿人) @sertolcay.bsky.social · Jun 1

Our article (w/ Teppo Jakonen & Heidi Jauni ) on joint attention in #hybrid L2 #classroom group work has now been assigned to an issue in Applied Linguistics: academic.oup.com/applij/artic...

Achieving Joint Attention and Understanding of Task Responsibilities in Synchronous Hybrid L2 Classroom Group Work

Abstract. This article addresses the need to better understand interactional asymmetries, challenges, and solutions in implementing synchronous hybrid lang

academic.oup.com

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calsul.bsky.social @calsul.bsky.social · May 28

Annual CALS research day underway with Dr Laura Keyes from the Centre for Implementation Research @unioflimerick.bsky.social

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calsul.bsky.social @calsul.bsky.social · May 28

Renata Trunen from Inland Norway University presenting at our CALS Day. @unioflimerick.bsky.social

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calsul.bsky.social @calsul.bsky.social · May 28

Our very own CALS colleagues, Dr Brona Murphy and Dr Elaine Riordan presenting their research on doctoral intelligences.

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calsul.bsky.social @calsul.bsky.social · May 28

PhD student Nadia Youcefi presenting her research on EAP at the CALS Research Day.

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calsul.bsky.social @calsul.bsky.social · May 28

Marta Fortes talking about virtual exchanges for LSP

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Olcay Sert (織在猿人) @sertolcay.bsky.social · May 19

It has been eye opening for me to listen to the perspectives of student-teachers on their use of an AI tool for #reflective #practice: Partnering with #AI in #teacher #education? Using an automatic question detection tool to reflect on #classroom #interaction: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Partnering with AI in teacher education? Using an automatic question detection tool to reflect on classroom interaction

In this paper, I investigate a group of student-teachers’ insights into an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered automatic question-detection tool designed for reflective practice: Question Bot (QBo...

www.tandfonline.com

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Classroom Discourse @classroomdiscourse.bsky.social · May 19

New article out! Repairing problems of acceptability in pre-task interaction (by David Shimamoto, Kobe University, Japan) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Repairing problems of acceptability in pre-task interaction

In task-based language teaching methodology, one way to familiarise learners with the upcoming task is through question-and-answer sequences that target task-relevant topics. In such instances, lea...

www.tandfonline.com

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Fiona Farr @fionafarr.bsky.social · May 15

Delighted to be at our first EMERGE project meeting in Paris! Lots of energy in the room. @calsul.bsky.social @ul-gps.bsky.social

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Fiona Farr @fionafarr.bsky.social · May 2

Delighted to be presenting a keynote talk at the joint NAES and EFACIS conference in Turku, Finland next week. Now, back to writing it!

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EuroCALL 2025 Conference @eurocall2025.bsky.social · Feb 6

🎤 Announcing our next #eurocall2025 plenary speaker: Marina Orsini-Jones!
A pioneer in CALL, VE, and multilingual education, she brings decades of expertise in digital learning and global collaboration.
⏳ Submit your paper by 17th February: eurocall2025.com
📍 Join us in Milan!

#eurocall #CALL

EuroCALL 2025 - Milano

Università Cattolica | 27-30 August 2025

eurocall2025.com

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Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org · Feb 5

Don’t miss your chance to read the new Cambridge Element Clinical Communication by Peter Salmon

cup.org/3EpJZ3f

Free access available until 19 February

#cambridgeelements #languageandlinguistics

the cover of the Cambridge Element titled Clinical Communication

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Bas Aarts @englishgrammar.bsky.social · Feb 1

Upcoming dates for online #CPD courses:

English Grammar for Teachers
🗓️ 7 February
Teaching English Grammar in Context
🗓️ 28 February

🔗Booking & more dates through 2025:

www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usag...

#NQT #ECT #PGCE #Literacy #Grammar

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Tove Larsson @tovelarsson.bsky.social · Feb 1

Most of our commonly used statistical techniques in CL only help us identify differences between groups. But what if we instead want to empirically test whether two groups are similar/practically equivalent?

Just out:

Larsson & Hancock (forthcoming)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) What if we want to test for similarities between groups, rather than differences? Equivalence testing techniques for corpus linguistics

PDF | Tests in the null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) framework are designed to identify differences between groups. Thus, researchers wishing... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

www.researchgate.net

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Fiona Farr @fionafarr.bsky.social · Feb 1

Delighted to see this in print, and grateful to be in the company of such great authors. Thanks to Anne and Kenan for bringing this all together.

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Nik Peachey @nikpeachey.bsky.social · Jan 29

A systematic review of research on AI in language education: Current status and future implications https://buff.ly/4hA3Vi7

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