Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Yesterday seemed particularly strange. I had emails appearing in the wrong order too. 000
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I 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. 100
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Looks like this will be out on October 6th 😊 031
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In 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....tandfonline.com‘Cold spots’ in language degree provision in EnglandPeople 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... 130
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This has got me and my wife in hysterics 😂 010
Reposted by Prof Becky Muradás-TaylorCaroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Lots 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. 25522
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Adopted 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. 041
Reposted by Prof Becky Muradás-TaylorMichelle Dawson @autismcrisis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026In 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"onlinelibrary.wiley.comLanguage Adaptation of Young Bilingual Autistic Children During Semi‐Naturalistic Interactions With Their CaregiversAlthough 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 .... 0146
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I'd like to add to this to say that I'm *mildly put out* by Becky being used for the stock neurotypical! 060
Reposted by Prof Becky Muradás-TaylorDr Sarah Irving @drtermagant.bsky.social · 03/07/2026It'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... 143
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Pretty sure Pride month is June in the UK too. The actual events are all summer though. 110
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This 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. 000
Reposted by Prof Becky Muradás-TaylorMr E @theniceman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Young people are keen to learn languages. Maybe not all of them academic study of the language. Just learning a language. 011
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026So 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. 030
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Changed 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. 000
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I'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 022
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Got 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 😍 120
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026At 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.ukForum 8 - April 2026: Innovations in Inclusive Language Pedagogies - Modern Languages Research and Teaching Forum - Research at Kent 042
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Will pay more attention in the future 😊 010
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This is a perfect explanation, thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏 010
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I 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). 130
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026My 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"). 230
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026How 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? 230
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Do you know, @yvanspijk.bsky.social @dannybate.bsky.social? 130
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Can 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. 180
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I 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" 😂😂😂 020
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 10/04/2026At #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). 050
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Few 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...docs.google.comSave Languages and Linguistics at EssexTo 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, ... 079
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Is this a linguistic thing? To you the vowel is "ay" (spelt with letter "i") and so stopping at "a" doesn't feel right? 100
Reposted by Prof Becky Muradás-TaylorSuzanne Graham @suzannegraham.bsky.social · 10/03/2026We 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 044
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Nice thread. Didn't go where I was expecting 😊 166
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 08/03/2026This is excellent. Love the distinction about different types of stuck - "productive discomfort" and "unproductive stuckness" - and the different approaches they need. 031
Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 07/03/2026It is bizarre but also weirdly satisfying to find the tiny little sliver that works 😂 010