Cambridge Language Sciences

Short clip of interview footage from linguistic fieldwork in Guinea-Bissau

Short clip of interview footage from linguistic fieldwork in Guinea-Bissau

Short clip of interview footage from linguistic fieldwork in Guinea-Bissau

Short documentary about the complexity of language use and language choices in Guinea-Bissau.

Speaker introduction

Speaker introduction

Speaker introduction

1-minute talks by the poster presenters on a range of topics

Keynote lecture by Prof. Kenny Smith, Centre for Language Evolution, University of Edinburgh

Talk by Dr Christian Bentz, Assistant Professor, University of Tübingen

Talk by Dr Marieke Meelen, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge

Keynote lecture by Prof. Monika S. Schmid, Dept. of Language & Linguistics, University of Essex

The second film we visit an English medium private school in Hyderabad which is modelled on the Waldorf Steiner approach. The teachers generally work with the same group of children over several years, moving with them as they progress up through the levels of school. The lessons typically have a relatively slow pace, with a focus on deep learning, reflection and discussion.

In this lesson, the teacher aims to focus on different festivals in India to support cross-cultural understanding of children who practise different religions.

Dr Claudia Abreu Lopes, Dept. of Politics & International Studies, University of Cambridge and Senior Advisor for Research & Innovation, Africa's Voices Foundation

Talk by Dr Jenny Gibson, Lecturer in Psychology & Education at the University of Cambridge, and Principal Investigator in the Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and Learning (PEDAL).

1-minute talks by the poster presenters

Keynote lecture by Courtenay Norbury. Professor of Developmental Disorders of Language and Communication at University College London, and Director of the Literacy, Language and Communication (LiLAC) Lab.

NOTE: DATA IN THIS TALK IS PRELIMINARY AND UNPUBLISHED, AND THE RESEARCH IS ONGOING. Lecture at the University of Oxford as part of a special seminar series on the ESRC-DFID Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems Research Programme (Oxford Comparative and International Seminar Series, Jan-March 2018). Filming and dissemination courtesy of The Impact Initiative.