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Welcome back to Season 3 of Much Language Such Talk!
To kick off season 3 we have invited a guest that has been on our wish list for a long time. And hold on to your seats because what you’re about to hear is extraordinary. Our guest for today is Richard Simcott.
MLST is brought to you by volunteers at Bilingualism Matters Edinburgh. The views of our guests don’t always reflect our own, as we hope to provide an accessible platform for the findings of current research and the perspectives of experts. For more resources like definitions of linguistic terms, episode transcripts, and information about the team, go to our website at www.mlstpodcast.com.
Recorded on 28/08/2022
Music: Arc of the Sun by The 126ersssssss
The end of season 2 is here, but we have a great episode for you!
Her research focuses on reading development and difficulties, vocabulary learning, eye movements during reading, developmental disorders, and, what we are going to discuss further today, bilingual reading development, especially in children who speak English as an Additional Language.
On top of her teaching and research, Holly is the Co-Director of Bilingualism Matters at the University of Reading, as well as the Co-Director of Postgraduate Research Studies, and the Director of CELM, the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism.
Originally from the UK, she speaks English, and Spanish.
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MLST is brought to you by volunteers at Bilingualism Matters Edinburgh. The views of our guests don’t always reflect our own, as we hope to provide an accessible platform for the findings of current research and the perspectives of experts. For more resources like definitions of linguistic terms, episode transcripts, and information about the team, go to our website at www.mlstpodcast.com.
Recorded on 30/05/2022
Music: Arc of the Sun by The 126ersssssss
Welcome back to another episode of MLST! In this episode, we’re going to talk about how our emotions, and identity, are tied to our languages to the leading expert in the field - Jean-Marc Dewaele. Jean-Marc is a Professor of Applied Linguistics & Multilingualism at the Department of Languages, Cultures and Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck University of London.
His research focuses on language and emotions very broadly, and from many different perspectives, with his main interests being individual differences, psychology of language learning, foreign language acquisition and multilingualism. He has done research on the challenges that multilinguals face in communicating and recognising emotions in different contexts, such as emotional resonance of languages, loving in a second language, or swearing in a second language. He has also done research on psychotherapy in a second language, but also classroom emotions and language anxiety.
As if he’s not busy enough, he is the director of the Centre for Multilingual and Multicultural Research, and the Scholarships and Awards Officer of the International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning, plus he is a member of the executive committee at the London Second Language Forum. He is the General Editor of the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, and he won the Equality and Diversity Research Award from the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy in 2013, and the Robert Gardner Award for Excellence in L2 and Bilingualism research from IALSP in 2016.
Originally from Belgium, he speaks French, Dutch, English, and Spanish
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MLST is brought to you by volunteers at Bilingualism Matters Edinburgh. The views of our guests don’t always reflect our own, as we hope to provide an accessible platform for the findings of current research and the perspectives of experts. For more resources like definitions of linguistic terms, episode transcripts, and information about the team, go to our website at www.mlstpodcast.com.
Recorded on 26/04/2022
Music: Arc of the Sun by The 126ersssssss
Welcome to another episode of Much Language Such Talk! We have been talking about this episode for a long time, and it's finally here!
For this episode, we interviewed Joe Pearce. He is a PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow. His research looks at gender differences in the production and perception of voice quality in contemporary Scotland from a trans-focused perspective. They have investigated whether listeners use creaky voice and breathy voice as cues to a speaker’s gender before, and his current research is looking at voice quality across three regions of Scotland with an in-depth look at three transgender speakers’ use of voice quality and how they understand it. He has given workshops on language in the LGBTQ+ community, and contributed to public engagement regarding language and gender.
Go to our website to read the transcript!
MLST is brought to you by volunteers at Bilingualism Matters Edinburgh. The views of our guests don’t always reflect our own, as we hope to provide an accessible platform for the findings of current research and the perspectives of experts. For more resources like definitions of linguistic terms, episode transcripts, and information about the team, go to our website at www.mlstpodcast.com.
Recorded on 11/04/2022
Music: Arc of the Sun by The 126ersssssss
Welcome to another exciting episode of Much Language Such Talk! Did you know that March 27th is International Day of Multilingualism? To celebrate this awesome day we’re joined by Dr. Thomas Bak, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh.
Born and raised in Cracow, Poland, Dr Thomas H Bak studied medicine and worked as a clinician in psychiatry and neurology in Bern, Berlin, Cambridge, and Edinburgh. From 2010-2018 he was the president of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Aphasia, Dementia and Cognitive Disorders (WFN RG ADCD).
His main research interest is the relationship between language, brain and mind, with a recent focus on the impact of language learning and multilingualism on cognitive functions across the lifespan and in brain diseases such as dementia and stroke. He conducts his research in a wide range of populations, from Scotland, through India, to Singapore. Not only does Thomas conduct research across the world, but you can often find him lecturing across the world in 7 languages, talking with press, on the radio and in TV interviews, as well as advising policy makers, from the House of Lords, to the European Commission.
In additional to Thomas’ public engagements, he is the Program Director of Bilingualism in later life, healthy ageing & dementia at Bilingualism Matters and is the Co-founder of the Healthy Linguistic Diet.
In his free time, Thomas enjoys, unsurprisingly, learning languages, hill walking, reading poetry and cooking. If you would like to get in touch with Thomas, you can find him on Twitter @thbaketal.
MLST is brought to you by volunteers at Bilingualism Matters Edinburgh. The views of our guests don’t always reflect our own, as we hope to provide an accessible platform for the findings of current research and the perspectives of experts. For more resources like definitions of linguistic terms, episode transcripts, and information about the team, go to our website at www.mlstpodcast.com.
Recorded on 03/03/2022
Music: Arc of the Sun by The 126ersssssss
Welcome back to another episode of Much Language Such Talk!
Today's episode will be about Language and Art, and how language (learning) can be visualized through art. To discuss this we have invited two wonderful guests: Marion Geoffray and Dobrochna Futro.
Marion Geoffray is a performer, theatre-maker, creative practitioner, and she is the artistic director of Theater Sans Accents, a bilingual theatre company here in Edinburgh. Her work explores questions of home, identity, relationships and communication while playing with linguistic and cultural boundaries on and off stage. She’s interested in intercultural and multidisciplinary collaborations and has through the years partnered up with many leading cultural and artistic organisations such as Starcatchers, Imaginate, Bilingualism Matters, YTAS, Institut Francais d’Ecosse, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Council. Her recent credits include: Arts in Tongues, MEuseum, MARYLAND, Danger Duvall: Space /Time Adventurer and KNOTS.
Dobrochna Futro is a PhD candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Glasgow. Her PhD research investigates the multilingual practices of contemporary artists and their implications for language pedagogy, and the insights gained from researching how contemporary art engages with multilingualism to design new approaches to language learning and develop resources for teaching the Polish language in Scottish primary schools. Her recent roles include joint-principal investigator of Multilingual Devised Theatre project, leading member of the On the Border of Art and Language Teaching in the Multilingual World organising committee, and fellow volunteer at the Edinburgh branch of Bilingualism Matters.
MLST is brought to you by volunteers at Bilingualism Matters Edinburgh. The views of our guests don’t always reflect our own, as we hope to provide an accessible platform for the findings of current research and the perspectives of experts. For more resources like definitions of linguistic terms, episode transcripts, and information about the team, go to our website at www.mlstpodcast.com.
Recorded on 16/02/2022
Music: Arc of the Sun by The 126ersssssss
Welcome to our very first special episode, just in time for that international day of love. Have you ever wondered why you use a specific language to express certain emotions? Why it feels so much stronger to more intense to say "I love you" in your first language? In this episode we're going to be talking about just that! How we say we care for those around us and learning a bit on why our languages and emotions are connected!
In this special episode we're joined by our friends and family, as well as Dr. Jean-Marc Dewaele a language and emotion researcher at Birkbeck University of London. Jean-Marc studies how our languages interact with how multilinguals communicate and recognise emotions in different situations. So if you've ever wondered why saying something in your first-second- or third-language feels different, Jean-Marc is here to tell us a little bit on why.
MLST is brought to you by volunteers at Bilingualism Matters Edinburgh. The views of our guests don’t always reflect our own, as we hope to provide an accessible platform for the findings of current research and the perspectives of experts. For more resources like definitions of linguistic terms, episode transcripts, and information about the team, go to our website at www.mlstpodcast.com.
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Happy new year everybody!
Our other guest is David J. Peterson. David is one of the most famous Conlangers in the world today. With a background in English and Linguistics, he has created the languages in Game of Thrones such as Dothraki and High Valyrian, Syfy’s Defiance, the CW’s The 100, Netflix’s Shadow and Bone, Marvel’s Doctor Strange and Thor, and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon.He also co-founded the Language Creation Society and served as the president from 2011 until 2014. David is also a published author of the books Living Language Dothraki, the best-selling guide to the Dothraki language from Game of Thrones. In the fall of 2015 David published his nonfiction work The Art of Language Invention.
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MLST is brought to you by volunteers at Bilingualism Matters Edinburgh. The views of our guests don’t always reflect our own, as we hope to provide an accessible platform for the findings of current research and the perspectives of experts. For more resources like definitions of linguistic terms, episode transcripts, and information about the team, go to our website at www.mlstpodcast.com.
Recorded on 04/01/2022
Music: Arc of the Sun by The 126ersssssss
This episode is dedicated to Human Rights Day, which we celebrated on Dec 10th.
His contributions on these topics span the world, including being Extraordinary Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria, Adjunct Professor at the National University of Ireland-Galway (Ireland), a professorship for almost 20 years at Murdoch University in Australia, and as a guest professor at 12 different institutions in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Prof. de Varennes has written reports for and spoken in numerous forums on these issues including before UN committees, and the European Parliament.
Go to our website to read the transcript!
MLST is brought to you by volunteers at Bilingualism Matters Edinburgh. The views of our guests don’t always reflect our own, as we hope to provide an accessible platform for the findings of current research and the perspectives of experts. For more resources like definitions of linguistic terms, episode transcripts, and information about the team, go to our website at www.mlstpodcast.com.
Recorded on 09/12/2021
Music: Arc of the Sun by The 126ersssssss
Did you guys know that it’s estimated that half of the world’s 7000 languages are going to be extinct by the end of this century? Have you ever wondered how this happens, or would you like to know how we can combat this? Then this episode is for you!
Our guest today is Guillem Belmar Viernes. Guillem is a PhD student at the University of California in Santa Barbara, but originally from Girona in Catalonia, Spain.
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MLST is brought to you by volunteers at Bilingualism Matters Edinburgh. The views of our guests don’t always reflect our own, as we hope to provide an accessible platform for the findings of current research and the perspectives of experts. For more resources like definitions of linguistic terms, episode transcripts, and information about the team, go to our website at www.mlstpodcast.com.
Recorded on 02/12/2021
Music: Arc of the Sun by The 126ersssssss
The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.