On todays learning Igbo, Let's talk about Homographs and Homonyms in Asụsụ Igbo. 🌀 Asụsụ Igbo is full of words that look or sound alike but mean completely different things. Understanding these differences helps us read, write, and speak more clearly. Some words share the same spelling but differ in pronunciation and meaning - these are called Homographs. Others share the same spelling and pronunciation but carry different meanings depending on context - these are called Homonyms. 📌Homographs Same Spelling: They look the same when written. Different Pronunciations: They may sound different. Different Meanings: Their meanings differ depending on the context. E.g We know the popular • Àkwà - Bed • Ákwà - Clothe • Ákwá - Cry • Àkwá - Egg . • Óké - Male • Òkè - Share • Òké - Rat • Ókè - Perimeter/ Boundary . • Égbé - Hawk • Égbè - Gun . • Ányá - Eye • Ányà - Driving 📌Homonyms Same Spelling: They look the same when written. Same Pronunciation: They sound the same when spoken. Different Meanings: Their meanings differ depending on the context. • Ọ́nwá - Moon • Ọ́nwá - Month . • Ílú - Proverbs • Ílú - Bitter . • Àgwà - Beans • Àgwà - Behaviour • Àgwà - Color For native speakers (L1 learners), these differences come naturally - they know when mma means beauty and when it means knife without even thinking. But for second-language learners (L2 learners), it can be a real challenge. Learning this is very important for anyone studying Asụsụ Igbo, because meaning in Igbo depends so much on tone and context. The same word can bless or bash, depending on how it is said. (Tàá – chew, Tāā! – Shut up). Context isn’t just important in speaking Igbo - it is everything. E kelee m unu #Nwadịọramma 🌀🖤🦅 #IgboGlobalAmbassador #Igboamaka #Igbo #CultureEducation #Onyenkuziasusuigbo #Culturecuration #IgboLanguage #IgboLearning #LanguageMatters #ToneAndContext #L2Learning #AsusuIgbo #TeachIgbo #LearnIgbo

🎥 We’ve created a series of short video tutorials to help you get the most out of #MultilingProfiler. Watch walkthroughs of 11 key features—with examples, commentary, and research explanations👇 youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… #L2learning #languagelearning #linguistics #edtech

Really grateful to everyone who came to my 8:30am #CALICO2025 talk in San Diego; honored you chose my session among so many great ones! Your thoughtful feedback encourages me to keep refining my state-of-the-art review. #L2learning #AppliedLinguistics #LanguageResearch

بفضل الله تعالى .. تم تسجيل تصميم صناعي من قبل مكتب الملكية الفكرية في المملكة المتحدة لمسودة #براءة_اختراع حول تصميم جهاز يعمل بالتعرّف الصوتي لتعزيز الاكتساب التلقائي للمعرفة النحوية الشفوية في اللغة الثانية. #تصميم #ابتكار #الملكية_الفكرية #UKIPO #L2learning #EdTech

We all write complaints at some point, don’t we? 🤔 This study explores how real-time online feedback helps Japanese university students use complaints more appropriately in English—especially when addressing someone in power! Abs.=Japanese #L2Learning #EdTech #Feedback

Today, our group member Peng Li will be giving an invited talk titled 'Chinese speakers’ acquisition of Spanish lexical stress and intonation' at the East China Normal University! #L2Acquisition #L2learning 📣🇨🇳

🌐 New Research Alert! 🎓 "Hey, GPT, Can We Have a Chat?" explores the use of #ChatGPT for speaking practice among Turkish EFL learners. Discover how AI is transforming language learning in higher education. 🤖💬 Read more: ijonmes.net/index.php/ijonme… 🔍 #AIinEducation #L2Learning #EFL

Check out #LanguageTesting's Call for Papers for its 2025 special issue on the hot topic of #ArtificialIntelligence in #languageteaching & #L2learning, with Guest Editors Eunice Jang @OISEUofT & Yasuyo Sawaki @waseda_univ. Get those abstracts in by Dec 10 journals.sagepub.com/page/lt…

A really meaningful session at #L2learning that got me thinking about how to further empower our students and prioritise our time. Thanks Joel!

26/04/2023 LRC Seminar Series / Cyfres seminarau CYI (13:00). . Karen Roehr-Brackin: "Aptitude-treatment interaction research in L2 learning" . Link here / dolen yma: shorturl.at/fyCPW . #AppliedLinguistics #L2Learning #LanguageAptitude

January 2023 starting well! Check my latest publication with Gloria Torralba 🤓 🤓 New landscapes in higher education: audio description as a multilayered task in FL teaching. If you are interested, more here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #AVT #L2learning #accessibility

Book Review ▪️Dalila Ayoun's T h e A c q u i s i t i o n o f G e n d e r , by @nasteep #Gender #morphosyntaxis #Grammar #Semantics #languageacquisition #Linguistics #L2learning #L3learning doi.org/10.24197/ersjes.43.2…

Just what we discussed today in class! “Native” vs “non-native” speakers in SLA and the implications of using these terms. #L2Learning #SLAforUndergraduates #AppliedLinguistics

Do you teach German? Do you teach an L2? This article might appeal to your intersts then: researchgate.net/publication… #motivation #L2learning #L2teaching #German

Now it's over to you, let us know if you have any fossilised items that you just can't seem to ever get right! If you share yours, we will share ours 😅👏 #L2Learning #SLA #Fossilisation

All work and no play makes Miquel a dull boy #isbpac2022 #tromsø #norway #conference #speechperception #L2learning

I forgot to publicize my poster presentation one again… so here’s an after-the-fact pic of me with my paper baby 😉 #isbpac2022 #ISBPAC22 #tromsø #norway #conference #speechperception #L2learning @langcogfau @UniFAU

Fantastic talk from Andrew Caines, Mike McCarthy and Paula Buttery on the application of technology in improving student outcomes in language learning with writeandimprove.com. Really interesting project with huge potential for #L2Learning. #talc2022 @TaLC2022

Nice to see a dataset co-authored by @HolgerMitterer, "Europe's southernmost psycholinguist" being published @TROLLingRepo, Europe's northernmost domain-specific #researchdata repository! #lingdata #opendata #FAIRdata #openscience #dutch #italian #L2learning #linguistics

Hey hey hey!We have exciting news🤩 Our CLA members Sònia Mas-Alcolea and Helena Torres-Purroy have just published this article on #studyabroad and #SLA, and #social networks, #socialization and #L2learning and #L2use as contributing factors!!!! Link: doi.org/10.1111/flan.12612