Talks about languages and media

Language and media in the British Isles, invited lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London, November 2010.

Linguistic minorities and contemporary media opportunities in the United Kingdom, Multilingual Individuals and Multilingual Societies, University of Hamburg, October 2010.

Interacting with the BBC: The maintenance of ‘authentic’ vs. ‘proper’ Welsh, Foundation for Endangered Languages XIV, University of Wales, Carmarthen, September 2010.

Experiences of audience interaction by BBC network radio producers: Implications for endangered language media, Mercator Network International Conference on Media Convergence and Linguistic Diversity, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, May 2010.

Are we on the same page? Journalistic and academic views of the BBC Voices website compared (with Will Turner), Third International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English (ICLCE3), University of London, July 2009.

What Kids Want: Programming for the under 13s, The Bookseller conference, London, October 2008.

Working in Radio, Media Careers Event, University of Cambridge, February 2008.

Writing about language(s)

Twinning gives an extra boost to languages in schools, The Linguist, January 2010.

Voices: Legacy of language project lives on, Ariel, August 2009.

The origins of language, BBC Voices, 2005.

What does it mean to be bilingual?, BBC Voices, 2005.

The art of conversation, BBC Voices, 2005.

Accent-uate the positive, BBC Voices, 2005.

Talking proper, BBC Voices, 2005.

Why study language?, BBC Voices, 2005.

When languages collide, BBC Voices, 2005.

Language and age, BBC Voices, 2005.

Politeness, BBC Voices, 2005.

Wash your mouth out!, BBC Voices, 2005.

Language ecology, BBC Voices, 2005.

Classroom talk, BBC Voices, 2005.

Language change, BBC Voices, 2005.