Senior lecturer in Psychology at De Montfort University, interests in language learning and bilingualism. Podcaster: languagescientists.dmu.ac.uk

Joined November 2011
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Fully funded PhD studentship! Collaborate with Loughborough University, De Montfort University (Dr @mjbisson ), & Lionheart Education Trust on children's financial literacy in Coalville. 🚨 Apply by 11:59 pm on June 29, 2025. bit.ly/4eeyVUp

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Fully funded PhD studentship on "Understanding the factors that influence children’s financial literacy skills in Coalville." Deadline to apply is 11.59 pm on 29th June 2025. Full details are here: ufncollaboratory.ac.uk/child…
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New webcam based eye tracking demos!👀 You can use webgazer.js in your Pavlovia experiment. You can also update stimuli frame-by-frame based on gaze 🧐 This demo measures dwell times on two images. Try it: buff.ly/42xspnQ View the code: buff.ly/4g9LlMW
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Have you and your colleagues had YOUR say on the place of languages in the Curriculum and Assessment Review? They are looking for evidence-based arguments: consult.education.gov.uk/cur… (and easy read version as below)

The Easy Read version of the Curriculum and Assessment Review's Call for Evidence is now available: Curriculum and Assessment Review - Department for Education - Citizen Space
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🔟 Episode 10 is out and live! 1/2 In the last episode of the series about heritage language speakers, Dr Kaitlyn Zavaleta (@dr_klzavaleta) and Dr Marie-Josée Bisson (@mjbisson) bring the series back to just the two of us.
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@mjbisson To all language learners & multilinguals, Happy European Day of Language from the Language Scientists. As Michelle put it so eloquently, "The thing about language learning is: you're never done, languages are constantly changing, there are always things to discover..."
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Can you believe we are already on episode 10?! 🤯 Marie @mjbisson and I can't either. We had so much fun in the episode summarising what we had learned in episode 10. Join us on Monday for the last episode of series 3. the-language-scientists.capt… And listen below to get excited! 🥳
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5,000 downloads!!! 🥳 🤯 THANK YOU from to our lovely listeners for downloading, listening, and sharing our podcast. We're so excited you're all enjoying it. Stay tuned for one more episode next week to conclude series 3 😲 @mjbisson bit.ly/3SQz5pr
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🚨 @mjbisson and I have a new episode! What does it mean to be bilingual? Join us for an informative interview between myself and Professor @AntoSorace, Founding Director of @BilingMatters. #language #langtwt #research #podcast #bilingual #multilingual bit.ly/3SQz5pr

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My favourite quote of the whole series!
It's Friday, so @mjbisson and I get to share this AMAZING quote from @michelleannehar . In the full episode releasing Monday, Dr Michelle Harrison and I discuss #multilingual #Leicester and the @DLiTLeicester project collecting poems, songs, and sayings from the community.
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It's Friday, so @mjbisson and I get to share this AMAZING quote from @michelleannehar . In the full episode releasing Monday, Dr Michelle Harrison and I discuss #multilingual #Leicester and the @DLiTLeicester project collecting poems, songs, and sayings from the community.
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Time for a #podcast clip preview for Monday! @mjbisson interviewed Professor Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen about #language choices in the family. Xiao Lan talks about Pride, Prejudice and Pragmatism and how these impact on family language decisions. #bilingual
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How do parents make the choices about what language to speak and when or where to use them? In this episode, @mjbisson interviews Professor Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen about how Pride, Prejudice, & Pragmatism influence #language choices in the family. 🔗the-language-scientists.capt…
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🥳 Podcast episode day! In this episode, Dr @mjbisson interviews @ECCMFL about how she encourages #multilingual speakers in her primary #languagelearning classroom. the-language-scientists.capt… This is the last episode until September. We hope you enjoy. 😀
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