Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia! This is a day to celebrate LGBTQIA+ voices and communities. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Feel free to read more on IDAHOBIT and visit Dr Lucy Jones' staff page (links in bio). #uoncral #pride #IDAHOBIT #LGTBQIA+ #research #researchcentre #uon

Here's a typical day in the life of one of our researchers, Dr Ikuya Aizawa. Stay tuned for more about his research! #uoncral #appliedlinguistics #dayinthelife #research #researchcentre #nottinghamuniversity #uon

English Language and Literature at UoN is recognised as one of the best in the world by the QS World University Rankings by Subject! 💯 Feel free to read more via the link in our bio. #uoncral #languageandliterature #research #researchcentre #qsworlduniversityrankings #nottinghamuniversity #uon

Highlighting a sector of CRAL: Literary Linguistics! Here are some of the interesting topics and amazing researchers you'll find here. Feel free to visit their staff pages and the Stylistics Toolkit (via bio). #uoncral #literarylinguistics #researchcentre #cral #appliedlinguistics #uon

This Deaf Awareness Week, the theme is "Beyond Silence". Let's come together in support of the Deaf Community, and build a more accessible society. Stay tuned for posts on BSL projects here at CRAL! #uoncral #deafcommunity #BSL #languageuse #researchcentre #cral #appliedlinguistics #uon #linguistics

Let's highlight a sector of CRAL: Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, and Pragmatics! Here are some of the interesting topics and amazing researchers you'll find here. Feel free to visit their staff pages (via bio). #uoncral #sociolinguistics #discourseanalysis #pragmatics #researchcentre #uon

Today is National BSL Day (from the British Deaf Association)! Stay tuned for more posts on BSL. Feel free to read more via the link in bio. #uoncral #BSL #English #language #languageuse #researchcentre #cral #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon #linguistics

Today is English Language Day (UN – read more via link in bio)! Today is a great day to celebrate multilingualism and the existence of so many variations of English across the globe beyond Standard English. 🌍 #uoncral #English #language #languageuse #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #linguistics

Let's highlight a sector of CRAL: Psycholinguistics! 🧠 Here are some of the interesting topics and amazing researchers you'll find here. Feel free to visit their staff pages (link in bio). #cral #psycholinguistics #language #research #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #uon

Let's highlight another CRAL project! Christine has been writing a new chapter on psychological safety in the language classroom. 🏫 Feel free to go check out her staff page, in the directory (link in bio)! #uoncral #languageteaching #languagelearning #psychology #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics

Let's highlight a sector of CRAL: Language Learning and Teaching! 🌏 Here are some of the interesting topics and amazing researchers you'll find here. Feel free to visit their staff pages (link in bio). #uoncral #language #languagelearning #languageteaching #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #uon

Today let's celebrate Spring on University Park Campus with a lovely view of the daffodils! 🌼 🐝🌱 #spring #daffodils #campus #uoncral #language #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon

Let's have a look at a typical Friday for one of our researchers, Dr Christine Muir. Stay tuned for more about her research on second language acquisition! #uoncral #language #languagelearning #research #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon

Here's an overview of the sectors of CRAL. Stay tuned for individual posts on the sectors, where you will get to find out more about what they do! #uoncral #language #languagelearning #languageuse #research #researchcentre #cral #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon #linguistics

Yesterday we had the symposium on Teaching Literature in the Language Classroom. We had many fascinating talks, on the convergence of teaching language and literature. Thank you to everyone who came and/or presented! #uoncral #language #researchcentre #uon #linguistics

Brilliant to welcome back to University Park campus Emeritus Professor Norbert Schmitt, one of CRAL’s founding members! Here to share with our lucky PGT students his wealth of experience doing and supervising empirical research. #uoncral #language #research #postgraduate #appliedlinguistics #uon

Let's highlight a CRAL project! @lucyjones.bsky.social carried out a project focused on language and LGBTQIA+ youth, analysing marginalised identities through an intersectional lens. From this came the LGBTQIA+ Youth Manifesto and the language guide. 🏳️‍🌈 #uoncral #language #lgbtq #researchproject

2026 is the National Year of Reading! The campaign aims to help people (re)discover the joy of reading by connecting it to their passions. Let's hear from one of our researchers, Lucy Jones! #uoncral #literacy #reading #language #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon

All are welcome to attend our symposium on Monday 30th March! It will be accessible both online and on campus, from 9:00-18:00. There will be 13 presentations, and lunch and refreshments will be provided! We look forward to seeing you there! #uoncral #language #researchcentre #uon #linguistics

Now that we are in the 25th year of CRAL, it's a great time to dive into our history! We are excited for many more years of research in the field of applied linguistics! #uoncral #language #research #researchcentre #cral #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon #linguistics

Curious about where CRAL is? You can find our researchers in Trent Building on University Park Campus! #uoncral #languagelearning #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #linguistics

Welcome to CRAL! We research how language is used, taught, and learnt in a whole range of authentic contexts in the world around us. 🌏 Stay tuned to find out more about exciting projects and events! #uoncral #languagelearning #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #linguistics