Reading Between the Lines

The team led by Professor Shelley Tong Xiuli from the Faculty of Education have published an original theory that bridges language skills and reading comprehension, and developed an innovative programme to help Chinese-English bilingual children with reading...

A Voice for the Deaf

Parents of Deaf children often make a difficult decision about their child’s education – the stigma attached to using sign language, and the paucity of schools for the Deaf – meaning they usually place their children in normal schools alongside...

AI and the Language Barrier

AI has become an embedded backdrop to our daily lives. When you go to the bank seeking a loan, the decision will almost inevitably be made by AI. If you have a malignant tumour, your treatment will be informed by AI. Some court decisions in places like China and the...

Consuming Interests

Mukbang is a Korean word, short for muknunbangsong, and means roughly, ‘a broadcast where people eat’. Mukbang broadcasts typically feature a solo eater who consumes a large meal consisting of several dishes and speaks through a camera while viewers watch online and...

Zooming across the World

For Spanish lecturer Dr Mercedes Vázquez of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, the COVID-19 pandemic ruled out a crucial part of her programme – trips to Spanish-speaking countries where students could apply their language and intercultural learning. So she...