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Luke Harding

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Professor of Applied Linguistics at Lancaster University

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Dynamic Diagnostic Language Assessment (DD-LANG) @ddlangproject.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The edited volume that #DD-Lang team members and a large number of authors worked on is finally out in #openaccess: doi.org/10.1515/9783... Across its 11 chapters, we build argument for the potential of bringing together #L2 #dynamic and #diagnostic #assessment – one of the goals of DD-Lang
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Dynamic and Diagnostic Language Assessment
How can assessment shed light on learners’ current abilities and help chart a path for their continued development? Dynamic assessment and diagnostic language assessment are both now well established ...
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Talia Isaacs @taliaisaacs.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Congrats to guest editors Eunice Jang, Yasuyo Sawski & all authors on this blockbuster issue of #LanguageTesting on the AI revolution! It’s a hefty issue with 7 articles, an opening Editorial & an insightful post-script by @lukeharding.bsky.social. Now out here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/LTJ/curr...
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Language Testing - Volume 42, Number 4
Table of contents for Language Testing, 42, 4
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Language Testing @langtestjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Language Testing Volume 42 Issue 4 is now available! The Special Issue of 2025: Advancing language assessment for teaching and learning in the era of the artificial intelligence #AI revolution: Promises and challenges journals.sagepub.com/toc/ltja/42/4
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Isobelle Clarke @issyclarke.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I am so pleased to announce that I have been awarded a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an... to undertake the project 'A Multi-Dimensional Understanding of the Digital Far Right'.
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UKRI announces winners of £120 million Future Leaders Fellowships
Research into the causes of lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are among 77 projects to be funded by UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships.
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Phil Durrant @phil-durrant.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I am seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the ESRC-funded project 'Writing Tasks at School and University'. The post is full-time and will run from 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2029. See below for a brief overview of the project. jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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CASS @corpussocialsci.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Designed for the AI age, our new online course teaches real-world language analysis from one of the world’s leading corpus linguistics teams. Watch the trailer and sign up: www.edx.org/learn/social...
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lancasteruniversity: Corpus linguistics and new technologies: data, language and society | edX
In an era of AI and big data, understanding language through data is essential. This hands-on course from Lancaster University—a global leader in corpus linguistics—teaches you to build, query, and an...
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CASS @corpussocialsci.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
💡Highlights from Tuesday afternoon at #LancsSS25 with talks from @lukeharding.bsky.social on validity, AI and language testing & @jculpeper.bsky.social on using corpora to get an insight into Shakespeare’s language.
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Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Once a year we take our @lancslinguistics.bsky.social MA students for a trip to the Lakes that involves a little hiking, a little climbing, a little caving and a little ice cream. Once again we were incredibly lucky with the weather and everyone had a great day out and a day off from dissertations.
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Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
We had a super day yesterday at the @lancslinguistics.bsky.social Research Colloquium with colleagues sharing a diverse range of research conducted in connection with Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster.
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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We are delighted to announce the 19th LAEL Postgraduate Conference, which will take place 19-20 June 2025. More info at: wp.lancs.ac.uk/laelpgconfer...
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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
We had a brilliant time at Lancaster University's public engagement festival, Campus in the City, yesterday! We engaged with 260 people in Morecambe with ultrasound, nasalance, accent quizzes, gender and language, and a grammar escape room! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @phoneticslab.bsky.social
A group of 10 colleagues in a room. Most of us are wearing red Lancaster Phonetics Lab t-shirts. I am holding an ultrasound probe and Sam Kirkham is holding a nasalance device.
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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We are excited to be at Campus in the City this week! ❗️Come and see a wide range of activities, from a language escape game to ultrasound imaging of the tongue during beatboxing! ➡️ Fri 11 April at More Music in Morecambe #sparkyourcuriosity #CITC2025
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Elena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I am deeply grateful to Aalborg University for a doctorate honoris causa and wonderful hospitality this week. Looking forward to collaborations with the Communication, Language and Discourse Research Group.
Four honorary doctors and the Rektor on stage at Aalborg University
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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We are delighted to have been ranked 3rd in the world for Linguistics by the QS World Subject Rankings 2025! 🔗 www.topuniversities.com/university-s... 🔗 www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancast...
An image displaying the ranking of Lancaster's Linguistics department as 3rd in the world by the QS World Subject Rankings 2025.
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crella-beds.bsky.social @crella-beds.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
CRELLA is delighted to host and present at the 3rd Future of English Research Forum by the British Council on Thu 6 and Fri 7 March 2025. Register for online participation at: futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/res...
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Future of English Research Forum
Find out more about the Future of English Research Forum 2025 for insights and discussions on international English language research.
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Dan Isbell @danielrisbell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
www.linguisticscareerlaunch.com has some great information about careers outside of academia for linguists - very much relevant for #appliedlinguistics, too.
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Linguistics Career Launch - From coursework to career
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Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
My study of pointing gestures in the spoken performance of Trump has been picked by @psypost.bsky.social. You can read Eric Dolan's excellent piece on the research here: www.psypost.org/the-power-of...
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The power of the point: The science of Donald Trump's gestures
Ever noticed Donald Trump's frequent pointing? A new linguistic study reveals it's not just random.
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danagablas.bsky.social @danagablas.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Applications are now open for our new summer school in 'Corpus Linguistics for Language Testing and Assessment' offered as part of our free annual Lancaster Summer Schools series. 16-20 June 2025, Lancaster University Find out more: wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummer...
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Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I think my new book Language, Image, Gesture: The Cognitive Semiotics of Politics might (finally!) have been published. Currently only in digital format with print copies available from Feb. www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
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Language, Image, Gesture
Cambridge Core - Cognitive Linguistics - Language, Image, Gesture
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Phil Durrant @phil-durrant.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Call for Papers: Applied Corpus Linguistics special issue on corpus research into children's writing. For details, see phildurrant.net/special-issu... If you are interested in contributing, please send a 300-word abstract to me (p.l.durrant@exeter.ac.uk) by 31 January.
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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
We had a wonderful time at graduation last week, where MA and PhD students from the department graduated. Adrian Hemler was awarded the Geoffrey Leech prize for highest overall MA mark. Congratulations to all! 🎉
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Tineke Brunfaut @tinekebrunfaut.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Dimension-based comparative judgements. This study proposes a new criteria-based method for conducting comparative judgements (CJ). doi.org/10.1177/0265...
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Comparative Judgement for evaluating young learners’ EFL writing performances: Reliability and teacher perceptions of holistic and dimension-based judgements - Rebecca Sickinger, Tineke Brunfaut, John...
Comparative Judgement (CJ) is an evaluation method, typically conducted online, whereby a rank order is constructed, and scores calculated, from judges’ pairwis...
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Luke Harding @lukeharding.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Staff from @lancslinguistics.bsky.social ready for graduation
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Luke Harding @lukeharding.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Well worth reading by @danijelatrenkic.bsky.social summarising her work on this issue. As well as score entry requirements, the story raises questions about whether language tests are doing a good enough job of capturing the complex construct of academic language proficiency in their tasks/content.
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Luke Harding @lukeharding.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
It was great to catch up with @lancslinguistics.bsky.social past and present students (and staff) at Language Testing Forum 2024 #UKALTA
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Luke Harding @lukeharding.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University is now on Bluesky. Follow us here: @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I was very happy to be included in this webinar to talk about our new MA in Intercultural Business Communication and give a taster lecture. The recording will be available soon. Many thanks to everyone who attended and the colleagues who set it up.
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Tony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
New work suggests that 'cold spots' are developing in the study of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in the UK: wonkhe.com/blogs/there-...
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There are cold spots in arts, humanities, and social sciences provision
New British Academy interactive maps reveal cold spots in social sciences, humanities and arts in UK higher education – especially affecting disadvantaged students. Ruairi Cullen explains
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
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Dylan Burton @dylanburton.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I've created an Applied Linguistics and Second Language Studies starter pack for new BlueSky users (I credit @danielrisbell.bsky.social for the idea). Please share and let me know if you'd like to be added to or removed from the list! go.bsky.app/VZPgwMD
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Luke Harding @lukeharding.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
For new followers: I'm an academic at Lancaster University (UK) working in the area of applied linguistics. I'm also Head of the Department of Linguistics and English Language and will be posting news about all the activities going on there
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Luke Harding @lukeharding.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
If you're local to Lancaster please come along to our next Department of Linguistics and English Language (Lancaster University) 50th Anniversary Lecture. This time, delivered by Patrick Rebuschat on the Science of Multilingualism
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Luke Harding @lukeharding.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
After a great Language Testing Forum at the British Council last weekend, a round-up of Lancaster University LTRG members' activities www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/...
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Lancaster University researchers at the 43rd Language Testing Forum - Lancaster University
Information relating to Lancaster University researchers at the 43rd Language Testing Forum
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Luke Harding @lukeharding.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
A fitting morning to join this new app
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