Twitter account of the Open World Research Initiative 2016-2020. @ahrcpress funded Interdisciplinary #ModernLanguages research.

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The Open World Research Initiative ran from 2016-2020. Learn about the initiative, its aims, projects, and resources here. ➡️bit.ly/3gdfZ9J Follow the individual projects @meits_owri @CrossLangDyn @languageacts @creativelangs and also @ahrcpress #multilingualism #MFL
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I'm signing off from this account. Thanks to everyone who was involved and all their great work as part of the Open World Research Initiative. Don't forget to follow @creativelangs @languageacts @CrossLangDyn @meits_owri Regards, Ciaran #Multilingualislm #Languages #MFL
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After a fantastic series of #DigitalModernLanguages doctoral research seminars, we're delighted to share a recorded presentation from Louis Cotgrove (@lefty_veggie), one of the first speakers in the series: youtu.be/CyiXFNb_-Rg. More recordings coming soon! @OWRILanguages
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From today's @educationgovuk stats '58.0% of pupils with a first language other than English progressed to HE by age 19 by 2017/18 compared to 40.0% of pupils with English as a first language'. bit.ly/3fgGDxp
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Thanks very much. Looking forward to seeing more of the @languageacts output. #WatchThisSpace

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Thanks so much to Ciaran Higgins and Janice Carruthers @AHRCModernLangs @ModLangs_QUB for the support they've shown all the @OWRILanguages projects through the years. Partly because of Covid-19, @languageacts has a year's extension, so we're going to be around for a while longer!
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Rockwood Academy once again showcasing their linguistic & drama skills by taking part in the filming of World’s Stage performing in their community and taught languages. @creativelangs @E2EShakespeare @dtylermctighe and photographer @bengregory_ring
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29 Jul 2020
A wonderful experience! Authors, translators and performers amazed the audience with their work at the closing reading. Thank you for this! ‘Poor connection’ has turned into a great connection, #ExploringTheatreTranslation
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The @languageacts team @KingsCollegeLon are working on a project investigating the ways in which the coronavirus and the illness Covid-19 have been narrated in different languages across the world. They are open to further suggestions and articles. @lanegreene @GretchenAMcC 👇👇
Our database (a work in progress!) of resources related to worldmaking and languages in the time of #Covid19 is now up. Huge thanks to @iambrandao for compiling it, and @tonythorne007 for some excellent suggestions @kingsdh @kingsartshums @OWRILanguages languageacts.org/worldmaking…
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30 Jul 2020
A reminder that we'll be closing our @IMLR_News research training survey at midnight (BST) tonight: forms.gle/iUaheYQigVj3pm5t8. Final chance to add your thoughts on how we can best respond to current #ModernLanguages researchers' needs @UCML @OWRILanguages
17 Jul 2020
We've launched a research training survey @IMLR_News to get a better understanding of #ModernLanguages researchers' needs as we plan for the next academic year: forms.gle/4wcSrgB77bLR15m67. Please respond/share with MLs research communities @UCML @OWRILanguages @AHRCModernLangs
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A new language learning app from @Arsenal . The @creativelangs careers video features an interview with Samir Singh Arsenal in the Community. Find out where those language skills might take you. @AFCDoubleClub @AFCCommunity #mfltwitterati #MFL #mflchat bit.ly/30YSiM3

29 Jul 2020
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Imagination, Language and New Worlds disq.us/t/3qk7l1q

New report from @meits_owri researchers. Includes perspectives and experiences of educational practitioners who provide support to bilingual children on the autism spectrum. #mfltwitterati @Autism @AutismSociety @autismspeaks @SENMAGAZINE @tes @nasen_org @BilingMatters #MFL
20 Jul 2020
New paper from @KatieB_Howard with me and @talkingresearch Practitioners' perspectives and experiences of supporting bilingual pupils on the autism spectrum in England and in Wales bera-journals.onlinelibrary.…
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What will the #sounds of your #Summer2020 be? #Slanguages has commissioned four new beats from Rozart, a Handsworth-based artist. Listen here>> bit.ly/3hzyczD Read Rozart’s blog about the new beats>>bit.ly/2zNzR3y
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UKRI are running a call to support multidisciplinary research collaborations that spread #citizenscience methods into new fields of research and involve citizens to address societally-relevant challenges. Call closes 9 September More: bit.ly/2P1Qn3P
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Led by @languageacts the 'Worldmaking in the Time of Covid-19',project investigates the ways in which the pandemic has been narrated in different languages across the world.
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Researchers have now published a selection of glossaries, newspaper articles, and images, covering various aspects of COVID-19's global narrative drawn from various languages. 👉bit.ly/311LInY Contributions welcome. @ahrcpress @CIOLinguists @UCML @BBCFreeThinking #MFL
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We're celebrating the people, ideas & objects that have shaped the #creative & #cultural industries in the first 20 years of the 21st century. You have until the 28 August to nominate something for the @ahrcpress's Museum of #boundlesscreativity via ahrc.ukri.org/innovation/bou…

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A short piece from the @languageacts research strand about the borrowing of the word 'tweet' from English into Spanish. Re-tuit if you like. @lanegreene #Spanish #SpanishLanguage #Idiomas bit.ly/2X6pNuL
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There is so much to gain from becoming multilingual, whatever your age or background! Take a look at 'Languages Change Lives' a free booklet from @meits_owri aiming to inspire your #languagejourney @joedale @alex__rawlings @meits #mfltwitterati @huwbbc bit.ly/3f8wB10
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During lockdown, we have come together with families and creative partners to produce a series of 10 mini-webinars for the @creativelangs project 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨
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