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Brock certificate course helps teachers avoid professional burnout

Brock certificate course helps teachers avoid professional burnout

Rediscover the joys of teaching with a new one-day professional development certificate course in reflective practice, offered by Brock’s Faculty of Humanities.

Talk will look at the phonetic world of infants

Talk will look at the phonetic world of infants

The next talk in the Department of Applied Linguistics’ ongoing speaker series will explore the connections between the types of speech sounds infants are able to perceive, the peculiarities of infant-directed speech - also known as “baby talk” - and the shapes of our world’s sound systems.

Series looks at latest developments in the study of language

Series looks at latest developments in the study of language

Brock University’s Department of Applied Linguistics has been sharing the latest developments in their field of study with the Brock and Niagara communities for more than five years with its speaker series.

Brock to be represented at Chinese Bridge competition

Brock to be represented at Chinese Bridge competition

Amanda McMillan will be spending the next week packing her bags and calming her nerves.

The newly minted graduate of Brock’s linguistics program will be China-bound on July 15 to be an observer at the annual Chinese Bridge, an international competition of language and cultural proficiency for university students who have learned Chinese as a second language.

Brock Humanities student receives national award

Brock Humanities student receives national award

McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, a leading Canadian publisher of educational resources, has presented Brock speech language sciences student Candice Boekestyn with one of 20 national scholarships.

Brock prof has award named after him at U.S. university

Brock prof has award named after him at U.S. university

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) has named a language teacher award in honor of Thomas S.C. Farrell, professor of Applied Linguistics at Brock. . . .

App and website help non-English speakers learn pronunciation

App and website help non-English speakers learn pronunciation

A Brock linguistics researcher has developed a website and mobile app to help non-native English speakers fine-tune their English pronunciation.

OMG! Guest speaker discusses how netspeak impacts language

OMG! Guest speaker discusses how netspeak impacts language

The next event in the ongoing Department of Applied Linguistics Speaker Series looks at the effect of Internet acronyms.

Farrell editing new book series

Farrell editing new book series

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International, USA, has selected Thomas S. C. Farrell as the editor for a new book series.

Applied Linguistics

Applied Linguistics

Hedy McGarrell co-organized the Research Symposium during TESL Ontario in Toronto.

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