http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/language-news.aspx?NewsListingAll_List_GoToPage=2&NewsListingAll_SyndicationType=1 Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/crcc-scholarship.aspx An opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the unique Chinese business and cultural environments through a professional internship with the British Council, Shanghai. Mon, 13 May 2013 10:47:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/crcc-scholarship.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/global-environmental-change.aspx Paul Thompson and Susan Hunston have been successful in their application to the ESRC for funding for this two year research project on interdisciplinary discourse. Mon, 13 May 2013 10:47:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/global-environmental-change.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/united-nations-internship.aspx Emily Russell has been offered a two-month summer internship at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Mon, 13 May 2013 10:46:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/united-nations-internship.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/tony-mcenery.aspx Professor Tony McEnery (Lancaster University) delivered the annual John Sinclair Lecture [streaming video]. Fri, 10 May 2013 14:55:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/tony-mcenery.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/collocation-applications-implications.aspx Dr Geoff Barnbrook and Dr Oliver Mason have just published an exciting new book with co-author Ramesh Krishnamurthy on collocation. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:14:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/collocation-applications-implications.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/leverhulme-sealey.aspx A major new research collaboration between Professor Guy Cook, from the Department of Education & Professional Studies, King's College London and Dr Alison Sealey at the University of Birmingham. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:30:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2013/leverhulme-sealey.aspx Arts and Law http://bit.ly/10uYO6j Jeannette Littlemore co-authors a book on Figurative Language, Genre and Register. Information about the book and a podcast from Jeannette and her two co-authors, Alice Deignan and Elena Semino can be found here on the Cambridge University Press Website. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:00:00 GMT http://bit.ly/10uYO6j Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2013/uiuc.aspx Paul Thompson will visit the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to discuss possible research collaboration. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2013/uiuc.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2013/corpus-limerick.aspx Paul Thompson took part in a one day colloquium at the University of Limerick. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:18:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2013/corpus-limerick.aspx x9english x9corpus x9englishlanguage http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2013/jaecs-alumni.aspx Professor Lawrence Anthony and Dr Yasu Noshima recognised by Japan Association of English Corpus Studies. Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:47:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/news/2013/jaecs-alumni.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/english-video.aspx New video featuring staff and students discussing English Language, English Literature and Creative Writing. Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:10:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/english-video.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/happy-birthday-text-message.aspx Caroline Tagg speaks to Radio Oxford. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:47:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/happy-birthday-text-message.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/culture/volunteering/regionally.aspx Applications are now being sought for 10 interns at leading cultural organisations within the West Midlands region as part of the University's Cultural Partnership Scheme. The paid placements are for 6 months and will start in October 2012. Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:04:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/culture/volunteering/regionally.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/the-language-of-text-messaging-and-social-networks.aspx Podcast by Dr Caroline Tagg Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:45:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/the-language-of-text-messaging-and-social-networks.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/cels2012/owen-jones.aspx Video recording of recent event introduced by Joe Bennett. Fri, 11 May 2012 11:54:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/cels2012/owen-jones.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/Tamkang.aspx Paul Thompson is an invited plenary speaker at Tamkang University, Taiwan. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:06:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/Tamkang.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/the-failed-text.aspx Michael Toolan will be giving talks at three universities in Madrid (UAM, UCM, and St Louis University, Madrid Campus), and a plenary at Symposium on 'The Failed Text' in Granada, Spain. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:30:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/the-failed-text.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/chris-kennedy-march.aspx In March, Chris Kennedy gave the opening plenary at a British Council language policy conference in Caracas, Venezuela, and was a panel member on Managing Innovation at IATEFL Glasgow. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:18:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/chris-kennedy-march.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/teubert-march.aspx For two months from late March 2012, Wolfgang Teubert will be a Visiting Professor at Henan Normal Universiy, Xinxiang, China. During his eight weeks in China he will be giving talks at a number of neighbouring universities. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:56:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/teubert-march.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/prix-de-quebec.aspx Ruth Kircher (Teaching Fellow) has just been awarded the Prix du Québec, which will enable her to travel to Quebec for a research visit this summer. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:43:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/prix-de-quebec.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/cels2012/figurative-proficiency.aspx Jeanette Littlemore co-authors paper. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:43:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/cels2012/figurative-proficiency.aspx Arts and Law http://catalogue.pearsoned.co.uk/educator/product/Discourse-and-Creativity/9781408251881.page A paper by Michael Toolan on the role and nature of 'good' lexical repetition in literary creativity published in a collection entitled Discourse and Creativity, ed. Rodney Jones, with Longman. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:43:00 GMT http://catalogue.pearsoned.co.uk/educator/product/Discourse-and-Creativity/9781408251881.page Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/iatefl.aspx Almut Koester speaks at the annual conference in Glasgow. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/iatefl.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/business-advantage.aspx Almut Koester co-authors new Cambridge University Press courses. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:01:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2012/business-advantage.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/oxford-talk.aspx Paul Thompson gave an invited talk at the Department of Education, Oxford University, on 27th February 2012 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:37:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/oxford-talk.aspx x9corpus x9english x9englishlanguage http://www.london24.com/news/quirky-london/grammar_guide_is_most_borrowed_library_book_in_westminster_1_1176146 Dr Martin Hewings' 'Advanced Grammar in Use'. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:50:00 GMT http://www.london24.com/news/quirky-london/grammar_guide_is_most_borrowed_library_book_in_westminster_1_1176146 Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/ccr-dubai.aspx Paul Thompson visit to the British University in Dubai. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:08:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/ccr-dubai.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/events/R-workshop.aspx Four day workshop at the University of Birmingham in March. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:08:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/events/R-workshop.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/cilc12.aspx Paul Thompson will be an invited plenary speaker at the International Meeting of the Spanish Association of Corpus Linguistics (Asociación Española de LINgüística de COrpus), to be held in Jaén 22-24 March 2012. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:56:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/cilc12.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/SummerWinter-School.aspx Announcement of the University of Birmingham's first Birmingham/Melbourne Summer/Winter School in Applied Linguistics, 2-13 July 2012. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:56:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2012/SummerWinter-School.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/december-graduations.aspx Video interviews with staff and students of the Centre for English Language Studies. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:57:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/december-graduations.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/jason-moser.aspx Video interview with Jason Moser. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:54:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/jason-moser.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/blog-assisted.aspx Congratulations to John Lin Ming Huei, who successfully defended his PhD thesis in December 2011. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:42:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/blog-assisted.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/chinese-lecture-tour.aspx Wolfgang Teubert visiting Anyang, Beijing, Xinxiang and Luoyang. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:29:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/chinese-lecture-tour.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/dubrovnik.aspx Almut Koester speaking in Dubrovnik. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:23:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/dubrovnik.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/stylistic-analysis-short-stories.aspx Michael Toolan to speak in Leicester and Helsinki. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:17:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/stylistic-analysis-short-stories.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/jacet.aspx Speaking invites for Susan Hunston. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:17:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/jacet.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/care/news/2011/fellowship.aspx Deadline for applications - 6 January 2012 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:27:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/care/news/2011/fellowship.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/kotesol.aspx Nick Groom at the KOTESOL International Conference in Seoul. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:01:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/kotesol.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/innovating-efl.aspx New publication from CELS tutors and alumni. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/innovating-efl.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/garry-plappert.aspx Congratulations to Garry Plappert who successfully defended his PhD thesis in October 2011. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:23:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/garry-plappert.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/hanna-bulawka.aspx Congratulations to Hanna Bulawka who successfully defended her PhD thesis in October 2011. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:17:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/hanna-bulawka.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/koester-paper.aspx Her paper was on 'The contribution of research on workplace discourse to the teaching of English for Occupational and Professional Purposes'. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:25:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/koester-paper.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/toolan-chapter.aspx Michael Toolan sees chapter included in book. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:25:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/toolan-chapter.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/coffee-morning.aspx On 12th October the Centre for Advanced Research in English (CARE) hosted a 'coffee morning' for all its CARE visiting scholars. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:24:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/coffee-morning.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/corpus-approaches.aspx Her latest monograph, Corpus Approaches to Evaluation: phraseology and evaluative language was published in September 2011 by Routledge. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:24:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/corpus-approaches.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/metaphor-comprehension.aspx Jeannette Littlemore and Almut Koester publish research article. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:10:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/metaphor-comprehension.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/chiba-japan.aspx CELS Teaching Fellow to deliver Opening Remarks. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:05:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/chiba-japan.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/clavier-modena.aspx Paul Thompson speaking in a roundtable discussion. Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:12:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/corpus/news/2011/clavier-modena.aspx Arts and Law http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/doing-applied-linguistics.aspx Nicholas Groom and Jeannette Littlemore publish a new guide for students. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:09:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/news/2011/cels2011/doing-applied-linguistics.aspx Arts and Law