Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Department has been at the cutting edge since its foundation in 1974. Our main areas of study are: Discourse Studies; Language and Literacy in their Social Contexts; Linguistic Theory and Language Description; Language Teaching, Learning and Assessment; Methods of Language Research.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Oksana Afitska
- School of Social Sciences - Senior Lecturer in TESOL
- Lancaster Literacy Research Centre
- LTRG - Language Testing Research Group
Person: Academic and Related
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Charles Alderson
- Linguistics and English Language - Emeritus
- LTRG - Language Testing Research Group - Academic
Person: Honorary/Visiting, Academic and Related
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Effective strategies for promoting inclusion in pre-service English language teacher education in Uzbekistan
Kormos, J. (Principal Investigator)
14/10/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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MC PDF: Multilingualism or Relative Engagement (MoRE): Probing Neurocognitive Outcomes Beyond Bilingualism (Jia En Yee)
Rothman, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/25 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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Memories of China - China and Britain in the 19th Century Press
McEnery, T. (Principal Investigator) & McEnery, T. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/25 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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Narratives of Female Saudi Adolescents: Intersectionality and English Language Learning
Albalawi, M., 2029, (Unpublished) Lancaster University. 231 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
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Academic aspirations in Languages
Hird, D., 23/04/2026, (Accepted/In press) The Politics of Language Teaching and Learning: Perspectives from Higher Education in the UK and Global Consequences. Álvarez, I. & Fuertes Gutiérrez, M. (eds.). London: John Murray PressResearch output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Accent change in the wake of the Industrial Revolution: Tracing derhoticisation across historic north Lancashire
Nance, C. & Mahamdi, M., 22/01/2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Sociolinguistics.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice (LR:TMP) (Journal)
Gillen, J. (Peer reviewer)
12/2025 → 10/2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Equitable access to language learning for neurodiverse students in classroom settings: Past achievements and future directions
Kormos, J. (Speaker)
23/11/2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Towards fair and accessible classroom-based language assessment for neurodiverse language learners
Kormos, J. (Speaker)
11/11/2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Assessment Research Award 2017
Villa Larenas, S. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Award for the best poster given to “Attitudes and practices of medical students in relation to digital professionalism” by Fiona Curtis and Julia Gillen
Gillen, J. (Recipient), 25/10/2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
File
Press/Media
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The Voice of the North: Project description and workshop writeup
5/11/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
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Very young children and technology - BBC Morning Live
10/09/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: TV Interview/Appearance
Impacts
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Alternative Performance Measures: Analysis and Conclusions
Young, S. (Participant), Walker, M. (Participant) & Alves, P. (Participant)
Impact
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Blackpool and Fylde Research Skills Development Network
Papen, U. (Participant)
Impact: Societal Impacts
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Campus in the City
(Participant), Gregory, I. (Participant), Bushell, S. (Participant), (Participant), Rayson, P. (Participant), Atkin, P. (Participant) & Kay, C. (Participant)
Impact
Datasets
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Welsh Text Summarisation Dataset
Ezeani, I. (Creator), El-Haj, M. (Creator), Morris, J. (Creator) & Knight, D. (Creator), Github, 2022
https://github.com/UCREL/welsh-summarization-dataset
Dataset
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UNLT: Urdu Natural Language Toolkit
Shafi, J. (Creator), Nawab, R. M. A. (Creator), Rayson, P. (Creator) & Iqbal, R. (Creator), Lancaster University, 2021
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/494, https://github.com/UCREL/UNLT
Dataset
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The Written British National Corpus 2014
Brezina, V. (Creator), Hawtin, A. (Creator), McEnery, T. (Creator) & Platt, W. (Creator), Lancaster University, 2021
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/584, https://lancsbox.lancs.ac.uk
Dataset