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You can now listen to Professor Antonella Sorace describe her research on multilingualism and its real-world impact on the newest episode of the PPLS Perspectives Podcast.

In this exciting new episode of The Language Scientists podcast you can hear new research and insights into the benefits of bilingualism and interesting tips on how parents can support language development for their child.

Immigrant families with young children are needed to take part in a study on outdoor play in multicultural school environments

Participants are needed to take part in an online linguistic and cognitive experiment

Congratulations to Professor Antonella Sorace who has been honoured by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Professor Antonella Sorace speaks about helping children become fluent in two or more languages

We’re looking for people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in this University of Edinburgh study

Explore the Languages Gateway: a new portal for languages that connects information, resources, and opportunities on languages across the UK.

Children aged 5-7 who speak French and English are invited to participate in this University of Edinburgh study

Children aged between 3-11 years old are invited to participate in this University of Edinburgh study on the bilingual development of autistic and non-autistic children

Watch researchers from the Bilingualism Matters Centre at the University of Edinburgh discuss some of the surprising upsides of being bilingual

By Lourdes Barquín Sanmartín, Teaching Fellow at the Spanish School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, University College Dublin

Professor Antonella Sorace has received the 2023 Ondras Award in recognition for her research investigating bilingual development and for her tireless work to publicly educate on the benefits of bilingualism in any languages.

Teacher Education About Multilingualism (TEAM) project is releasing free educational resources, aimed to help educators understand and navigate the intricacies of working with multilingual pupils and in multilingual classrooms. Help us evaluate our open education resource TEAM .

Take a fascinating journey into the bilingual brain with Maria Garraffa, Antonella Sorace, and Maria Vender in this newly adapted version of Il Cervello Bilingue (2020) translated by John W. Schwieter

Prof Antonella Sorace answers Maria Júlia, aged 14, from São Lourenço, Brazil on whether some languages can be harder to learn than others in this article for The Conversation.

Children at Scottish Gaelic Medium Education schools between Primary 2 and Primary 5 who speak Gaelic, English and at least one other language at home, are invited to participate in this University of Edinburgh study researching how multilingual children learn Gaelic and English.

A collection of online resources from Bilingualism Matters at the University of Edinburgh for parents, carers and children involved in or considering Gaelic Medium Education in Scotland.

Find out about the MultiMind Project Final Conference and how to access free resources on multilingualism, including a fun quiz, flyers and videos on multilingualism and developmental language disorders, and policy reports for professionals.

University of Edinburgh PhD candidate Mariel Deluna is investigating teacher perspectives on the relationship between “race”, language, ethnicity, and nationality.

Find out about our new Bilingualism Matters social enterprise and how to get involved.

We are looking for research participants for a study on bilingualism - can you help? English-Italian bilinguals living in the UK or Italy.

Find out more about the exhibition of creative art works by primary school pupils during the Polish through Art project.

Bilingualism Matters Edinburgh has teamed up with educational platform Twinkl and SCILT to create a range of free resources on bilingualism for teachers to use in English and Gaelic speaking classrooms.

A BM Edinburgh project aiming to inspire local Edinburgh communities to connect with languages has won the Collaboration Award at the recent Creative Edinburgh Awards.

The 'Bilingualism and Hate Speech Experiences' study needs participants to help with research.

Help with research and be compensated for your time! PhD student looking for native Spanish speakers from Spain, living in the UK or Spain.

The latest news and updates from Bilingualism Matters at the University of Edinburgh, including upcoming events and research.

Bilingualism Matters is working in partnership with UNESCO on the Futures of Education initiative. Find out about about latest developments and reports.

By Lourdes Barquín Sanmartín, PhD in Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh

BM Edinburgh volunteer Dr Maria Dokovova interviews Dr Lauren Hall-Lew from the University of Edinburgh about accents and trust.

The UNESCO International Commission on the Futures of Education is looking for feedback on its Progress Update report by 30th April 2021.

Blog post by Maggie Mroczkowski, BM Edinburgh Volunteer and PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh

Bilingualism Matters is a collaborator in this year's festival, which has a great programme of Portuguese and Spanish documentary films, available across the UK and Ireland.

Bilingualism Matters has contributed two full reports and a summary consultation report to the UNESCO Futures of Education initiative, highlighting the crucial role of languages in education.

A research team from the University of Edinburgh is looking at how bilingual children learn Gaelic and English and which areas of the languages are hard for them.

Blog post by Mariel Deluna, PhD Education Student at University of Edinburgh & BM Edinburgh Volunteer

Post by María García Basanta, BM Edinburgh Volunteer, on her native language, Galician.

Post by Dr Maria Dokovova, BM Edinburgh Volunteer

Article by Bérengère Digard, with the support of Sonny and Fergus from AMASE

Find out about the Edinburgh Multilingual Stories Festival, a celebration of languages that ran in 2018 and 2019, and we plan to host again in the future.

A selection of online videos from events and talks given by Prof Antonella Sorace, and links to articles in the media.