Centre for Applied Linguistics – News

Professor Zhu Hua is among 329 eminent scholars worldwide who have been elected to the Academia Europaea in 2025.

Post-pandemic, a new type of vaccine scepticism has emerged online that claims certain vaccines are not “real vaccines” – finds research co-authored by Dr Zsófia Demjén with Lancaster University.

Research from Jiying Xu found that task-based approaches to second language learning can boost pronunciation and speech, though its effectiveness depends on learners’ auditory processing abilities.

A number of doctoral researchers studying at IOE, Faculty of Education and Society, have been awarded prizes this autumn which recognise the excellence of their research in a wide range of areas.

On UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day 2024, which celebrates learners’ universal right to study their heritage languages, Professor Li Wei, Chair in Applied Linguistics and Director and Dean o

Congratulations to three of our PhD students who have been awarded the prizes to support their doctoral research on second language education.

International university students’ scores on the Duolingo English Test (DET) can predict students’ academic performance in their first year of university, finds a study led by Dr Talia Isaacs at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society.

IOE alumna Yaoyao Ruan (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) In-Service MA, class of 2021) has published a paper in System, a high impact journal in the field of applied linguistics.

Dr Talia Isaacs, Associate Professor at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, has taken up her role as Co-Editor of the high impact peer-reviewed SAGE journal, Language Testing, from 1 January 2023.

Former student Page Wheeler has published a paper in one of the best known and highly regarded modern-language journals in the world, based on her MA dissertation at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society.

IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, has been named Number 1 for Education in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for the ninth year in a row.

Former student Yujie Shao has published a paper in the international journal TESOL Quarterly, based on his assignment work when studying on the TESOL In-Service MA at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society.

One of the first blue plaques for an applied linguist in the UK has been unveiled by Professor Zhu Hua (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society) noting the birthplace of Pit Corder.

Professor Li Wei, Director of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, has chaired a discussion focusing on the importance of community languages in teaching ‘modern’ languages.

I am delighted to launch IOE’s year of celebrations to mark our 120th anniversary and our record of excellence, collaboration and impact.