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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.

Latest News

There are two problems about language that young children have to solve

How we learn words and sentences at the same time

How people work out the meanings of new words has been revealed by Lancaster University researchers, who say this is similar to the way in which young children learn language.
Alina Reid

MA student wins international dissertation award

We are pleased to share the news that MA in Language Testing student Alina Carastoian Reid has won the 2020 Caroline Clapham IELTS Masters Award.
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PhD student wins best paper award

Language testing PhD student Olena Rossi has been selected as the winner of the best student paper award at the East Coast Organization of Language Testers, USA (ECOLT) 2020 conference, which was held online.
Expanding Tesol Horizons Conference

TESOL Horizons Conference

On the 24th of October our outstanding last year cohort students, in partnership with the South China Normal University 华南师范大学, organised the TESOL Horizons Postgraduate Conference.
Professors Charlie Lewis (left) and Paul Baker

Top honour for two Lancaster professors

Two Lancaster professors have been selected to join the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences for their outstanding contributions to research.

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Upcoming Events

22nd Jan

Use of Academic Language in Primary Classrooms: Functions, Patterns and Learning Outcomes by Oksana Afitska

Friday 22 January 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
27th Jan

Ed Res Seminar Series - ‘Uberising’ Higher Education? Teaching identity work behind the digital curtain

Wednesday 27 January 2021, 12:30pm to 2:00pm
17th Mar

Linguistics and English Language Webinar: Language in the media (by Professor Christopher Hart)

Wednesday 17 March 2021, 2:00pm to 2:45pm

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