'From Whiteboard to Silver Screen: Adventures in Linguistics'. On Monday 15th. April, dialogue and dialect coach Dr Brendan Gunn will talk to us about his work with, for example, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Pierce Brosnan & Liam Neeson.

One for our phonetics graduates! careers.bbc.co.uk/job/London-Pro…

‘If you don’t have a knowledge of the language, you don’t have a knowledge of what’s all around you’ Linda Ervine explains why she chose to learn Irish #TommyTiernanShow @tommedian Linda Ervine MBE

This is a precious opportunity to hear Sharynne McLeod. Register for the Teams lecture here:events.teams.microsoft.com/event/af45f7d3…

Ah, Sagimor Gardens…

Our paper ‘Teacher perspectives on the introduction of linguistics in the languages classroom: Evidence from a co-creation project on French, German and Spanish’ just dropped! It’s not a snappy title but it is a labour of love bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/be… Linguistics in MFL Project #MFLTwitterati

The Da is coming to QUB!

Legend!!! Brendan Gunn got me through ancient Greek, Kurdistan and Columbia in Vittoria Cafolla Shedding Of Skin. The man is a master of his craft Always grateful to Paula McFetridge who makes sure her actors have the best dialect coach. His technique is beyond reproach

Centre for Research in Linguistics A gentleman with extraordinary skills. This will be a real treat for Centre for Research in Linguistics on the 15th April

Where the streets have new names – Frank McNally on a French row with strong Irish echoes ⁦The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project⁩ ⁦Dr Frances Kane⁩ irishtimes.com/opinion/an-iri…

I am delighted to announce that we are recruiting a post doc researcher in Belfast for Change Stories project. We investigate insights into changing the narrative of positive urban change in Belfast, Belo Horizonte and Bogota. hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

We had a brilliant session with Brendan Gunn today - a huge inspiration for students (and staff) of English, Linguistics, Drama and Film. We’ll have to have him back. Sara Gunn-Smith

It is with great sadness that I must update you all on the recent passing of our good friend Markku Filppula. Markku was well known in a number of academic circles and his absence will be particularly felt within the Irish English community. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

Job Opportunity! Come join a fantastic team in Languages Queen's University Belfast 🎓 - Teaching Fellow in Spanish. Application closing date: 20/05/2024: timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listin… QUB AEL NICILT

Join our webinar this Thursday (16th. May) at 11am and find out - from staff and current students - about our MA in Linguistics. QUB AEL qub.ac.uk/Study/AHSS/web…

Join us online 23rd May for online research seminar on: "World Englishes from ideology,ecology, and innovations perspectives" by Dr Obaid Hamid 🤩🤩🤩🤩 Co-editor of forthcoming Language and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh. All welcome. Register: forms.office.com/e/6nF98qJkdM

SAVE THE DATE! The UPNS Spring Lecture for 2024 will be on the 6th of June. It is held in memory of Deirdre Flanagan who was one of Ireland's leading authorities on place-names and was senior lecturer in Celtic at QUB at the time of her death. More details to follow later today.

⌛️Time for talks! Profs Greg Toner & Máire Ní Mhaonaigh will be giving a keynote on #eDIL at the International Conference in Historical Lexicography and Lexicology Entitled ‘Beyond Time: Reflections on Lexicography and Chronology’ University of Westminster 19 June, 11.30am

Now, more than ever, we need Modern Languages to be an integral part of the NI Curriculum at both primary and post-primary as a means of freedom from insularity and providing an opening to other cultures. In relation to primary, it’s time for Education NI to step up. Paul Givan