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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor

@drbeckymt.bsky.social
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Prof of languages and linguistics, Director of programme design, LCS Uni of Leeds | Autistic, LGBTQ, adoptive parent | L2 phon, language education, 日本語, español

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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yesterday seemed particularly strange. I had emails appearing in the wrong order too.
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I had one yesterday that disappeared. It didn't show up searching for sender or keyword, so I gave up and started replying to the previous message in the thread, and then got the message at the top that said it wasn't the latest message in the thread. When I clicked on that it magically reappeared.
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looks like this will be out on October 6th 😊
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In 2023 I wrote about cold spots in language degree provision in England (below). A follow-up paper has been accepted - coming soon! A cold spot analysis of language degrees in England by language: Implications for sector leaders, government and universities www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘Cold spots’ in language degree provision in England
People have been raising the alarm about a language education crisis in the UK, particularly in England, for twenty years. Yet the crisis continues: the number of young people studying languages at...
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This has got me and my wife in hysterics 😂
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Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Lots of talk on ADHD, Autism on support, diagnosis, medication floating around. Few thoughts 1. You know we get misdiagnosed for years, prescribed far more dangerous medication with little oversight, treated in wards for years for things we don't have. Diagnosis and treatment is cheaper.
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Nice thread 😊
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Adopted children like ours have developmental trauma as well though and that impacts emotional regulation and anxiety, so it's not necessarily about the "severity" of the ADHD.
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Wow
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is excellent
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
😮
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Michelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
In bilingual environments, "minimally speaking autistic children flexibly adapt to their caregiver's language" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... "findings highlight that there is no compelling reason to advise against dual language exposure in minimally speaking autistic children"
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Language Adaptation of Young Bilingual Autistic Children During Semi‐Naturalistic Interactions With Their Caregivers
Although bilingualism is now recognized as having no adverse effects on language outcomes in autistic children, little is known about how it manifests in early development, particularly in minimally ....
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I'd like to add to this to say that I'm *mildly put out* by Becky being used for the stock neurotypical!
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Dr Sarah Irving @drtermagant.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It's time for my annual rant to ECRs to highlight that YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BASE YOURSELF AT AN 'ELITE' UNIVERSITY TO SUCCESSFULLY GET A POSTDOC, be it BA or Leverhulme. I speak as someone who was awarded a Leverhulme initially at Edge Hill, and transferred it half way through to Staffordshire for...
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Pretty sure Pride month is June in the UK too. The actual events are all summer though.
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is a really good thread! I suppose there might be other people who use AI for things they don't like writing and don't use it for things they do like writing.
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Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Young people are keen to learn languages. Maybe not all of them academic study of the language. Just learning a language.
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
So brilliant to meet all the young people at Leeds University Open Day today who want to study a language as part of their degree. A reminder that people love studying and talking about languages! And the only language I was asked about that we don't currently offer is Romanian.
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Changed my mind about my title. Now: "A cold spot analysis of German and other languages in the East Midlands and rest of England". Wanted it to reflect the fact that the content is tailored to the event.
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is BEAUTIFUL!
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I'll present at Nottingham Uni on Language degrees in England: A cold spot analysis by language Part of a roundtable on Language education in the East Midlands and beyond: Cold spots, challenges, opportunities and School-HE collaboration An important event given lang degree closures in the region
A poster for an event "Living the language: authentic language in the classroom". Thursday 11th June. University of Nottingham. Morning workshops: towards an 'authentic' German classroom. Afternoon roundtable discussion: Language education in the East Midlands and beyond: Cold spots, challenges, opportunities and School-HE collaboration.
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This is very good 😊
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Thanks for sharing 😊
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Amazing, congratulations 🎉
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Wow, that's stunning 😍
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Sounds great. Hope it goes well 😊
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Got excited then that I could predict the stress of the Spanish words by whether they came from Latin or Greek but it fell down with hisTOria not histoRIa. But it's useful for all the -ology words like psicología. Thank you both so much for this extra point 😊 Have learnt a lot 😍
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
At 10:40 am today I am giving an online talk on "Sustainable design and inclusive assessment in institutional-wide languages provision" as part of a forum on "Innovations in Inclusive Language Pedagogies". Looks like you can still register if interested: research.kent.ac.uk/languages-te...
research.kent.ac.uk
Forum 8 - April 2026: Innovations in Inclusive Language Pedagogies - Modern Languages Research and Teaching Forum - Research at Kent
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Will pay more attention in the future 😊
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This is a perfect explanation, thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I think what happened to me is that I assumed that aLERgia/meMORia/hisTORia/meMOria was the productive pattern, and then got annoyed that when I translated on the fly I got the stress wrong (saying harMOnia/meLOdia/emPAtia/aPAtia instead of harmoNIa/meloDIa/empaTIa/apaTIa).
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
My second question was more about the Spanish! Why do aLERgia/meMOria (and others such as hisTOria/faMIlia) have the stress there and not on the "i" like in harmonía/melodía/energía etc? (Same q for French "meMOrie" in your example which is not final stress like "harmoNIE").
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
How wonderful to wake up to an answer 😍🙏 I have a follow on question! I can think of other pairs that follow the same pattern such as energy/energía. But others where the English and Spanish stress are closer such as Allergy/alERgia and MEmory/meMOria. So what happened with those words?
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Do you know, @yvanspijk.bsky.social @dannybate.bsky.social?
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Can clever people on the internet tell me why Spanish "armonía/melodía" and English "harmony/melody" have the stress so far apart? I want to say "arMOnia/meLOdia", I guess because of English "harMOnious/meLOdious". I don't mean "because there's an accent on the í" I mean in terms of etymology.
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I enjoyed reading this thread. Unfortunately I'll probably forget the mnemonic "rhythm helps you to hear music" but I hope I never forget "dia-run run help exploding ass" 😂😂😂
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
At #BAAP2026 with Mian Feng presenting her PhD project on "L2 listeners' perception of vowels in an unfamiliar accent: Lexical decision and transcription of West Yorkshire English". Co-authored with Gisela Tomé Lourido and pictured with Leendert Plug (co-supervisors).
Mian Feng with her poster and supervisors
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This is super interesting
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Interesting study 😊
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Your task sounds amazing 😊
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Few lower tariff unis offer languages, excluding people from under-represented backgrounds who can't travel far to uni. The Uni of Essex is a shining star, offering French, German, Italian, Portuguese & Spanish. This is under threat! Read and sign 👇 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Save Languages and Linguistics at Essex
To add your signature to this letter, please complete this form: Save Languages and Linguistics at Essex (Google Form) Dear Prof Bowen and members of the Executive Committee, We, the undersigned, ...
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
😂
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Is this a linguistic thing? To you the vowel is "ay" (spelt with letter "i") and so stopping at "a" doesn't feel right?
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Suzanne Graham @suzannegraham.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We have a few places left at our free Primary Languages Conference on 26 March - do join us to find out answers to some important questions! #MFLBluesky Sign up at shorturl.at/HBQ6b
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Good luck 🤞
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Wow, good for you 😊
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Cool 😊
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Nice thread. Didn't go where I was expecting 😊
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This is excellent. Love the distinction about different types of stuck - "productive discomfort" and "unproductive stuckness" - and the different approaches they need.
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Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
It is bizarre but also weirdly satisfying to find the tiny little sliver that works 😂
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