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For the last forty years, we have been known for cutting-edge empirically-based theoretical and applied research in a wide range of research areas. We constantly strive to make links with potential users of our work.

Research Centres and Groups

The department hosts active research groups in areas such as cognitive linguistics, critical discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, language and gender, literacy, pragmatics and stylistics, and second language learning, assessment and teaching.

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The Department has some outstanding resources. We have fully equipped laboratories for eye-tracking, phonetics, EEG (Electroencephalography) and child language analysis.

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The Future of Human Reproduction: Where will tomorrow’s babies come from?

A Lancaster University interdisciplinary research team has been awarded £1 million to investigate conceptual challenges raised by the future of human reproduction.
From left to right: photos of Raffaella Bottini, Camilo Ramos and Franz Holzknecht

PhD students win best presentation awards at language testing conferences

Congratulations to Linguistics and English Language PhD students Raffaella Bottini and Camilo Ramos for each winning a presentation award at the Language Testing Forum 2021, and to Franz Holzknecht for winning an award at the Language Testing Research Colloquium 2021!
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Two Lancaster Professors involved in major report into inequalities for children in the North of England

Lancaster Professors Karen Broadhurst and Uta Papen have contributed to a major new report which paints a stark picture of inequality for children growing up in the North of England compared to those in the rest of the country. 
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British Council award for Lancaster team’s comics app to support language learners

A Lancaster University-led project team have won a highly prestigious British Council ELTons Digital Innovation award for work on an imaginative comics app to help dyslexic and non-dyslexic learners learn a second language. 
CIEL - Comics for inclusion App

Prestigious British Council ELTon award in the category of Digital Innovation.

As part of an international project led by Dr Julie-Ann Sime from the department of Educational Research, Judit Kormos and colleagues from Germany, Greece and Cyprus have won the prestigious British Council ELTon award in the category of Digital Innovation. 

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