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Gender‑neutral pronouns in French exams: how language classrooms respond to linguistic change

The Conversation - June 2026 (Stollhans)

Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests

The Conversation - June 2025 (Stollhans)

Linguistics could make language learning more relevant – and attractive – for school pupils

The Conversation - May 2025 (Kasstan, Havinga & Sheehan)

Our submission to the Department for Education’s Curriculum and Assessment Review Call for Evidence

22 November 2024

GCSE results: more young people are studying languages – but the overall picture for language learning remains bleak

The Conversation - August 2024 (Stollhans)

The UK is poorer without Erasmus – it’s time to rejoin the European exchange programme

The Conversation - [featuring project work] (19/04/2024) (Stollhans)

The fascination of fronted adverbials

emagazine 92 – 2021 (Sheehan)

The DfE/Ofqual consultation on revised GCSE qualifications in Modern Foreign Languages – a view from linguistics

Languages, Society and Policy – April 2021

Dude! Your kid’s slang isn’t as bad as you think.

National Geographic - [featuring project results]
(13/04/2021) (Stollhans)

The Language Revolution Podcast, Episode 19: Why study languages at university?

[featuring project results] – September 2020 (Stollhans)

Five things people think they know about English grammar that make absolutely no sense

The Conversation – 2020 (Sheehan)

Five reasons English speakers struggle to learn foreign languages

The Conversation – 2019 (Sheehan

An English-speaking union?

The Economist (Letters to the editor) [project letter]
(29/06/2019)

The agony and ecstasy of grammar

The Economist: [featuring MFL Project results]
(30/03/2019)

Teaching Linguistics Improves Language Skills

TES (Times Educational Supplement) -  (19/10/2018)

Project Handout

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Language
(11/10/2018)

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