Research Centres & Databases

UK Research Centres and Databases

Research and projects in different UK universities related to aspects of bilingualism, multilingualism, EAL and community languages are diverse. Some are more orientated towards adult learners, learning English as a Foreign Language or aspects of language use by proficient bilinguals.

University of Birmingham bilingualism database

The University of Birmingham Bilingualism Database is an alphabetical and by subject bibliography of articles relevant to teaching and learning with EAL in both UK and international contexts, with links to other national and international sites on bilingual education.

University of Bristol

The Centre for Research on Language and Education (CREOLE)

www.bris.ac.uk/education/research/centres/creole conducts research in areas such as :

• language learning and literacy development in foreign, EAL and Second Language contexts,
• elearning in TESOL/Applied Linguistics
• Language Testing, Classroom-based language assessment,
• language culture and identity
• interlanguage pragmatics.
• assessment and learning in higher education

CEREK

The Current Educational Research in the UK database aims to provide a record of current educational research including PhD theses. It includes records of on-going studies relating to EAL and bilingualism accessible through the search engine on the site

Second Language Acquisition Topics, Essex University

The Essex University database on the study of linguistics is created by Vivian Cook, founder of the European Second Language Association.

King's College London Working Papers, Urban Language and Literacies

This group publishes research focusessed on language and literacies in socially stratified and ethnically plural urban settings.

EPPI - http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/EPPIweb/home.aspx

The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) is part of the Social Science Research Unit (SSRU), Institute of Education, University of London.The EPPI-Centre was established in 1993 to address the need for a systematic approach to the organisation and review of evidence-based work on social interventions. The Research Evidence in Education Library (REEL) is the home site of the Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice in Education, commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills, England. The studies commissioned are designed to meet the DfES’ key strategy of “developing a better, well founded evidence base for future policy development and practice “.

Bilingualism research group, Lancaster University

The Lancaster group was founded in 1984 and has evolved into an inclusive collection of researchers from many different institutions working in many different areas of bilingualism and multilingualism.

Learning and Teaching Support Network subject centre for languages

The LTSN is a network of 24 subject centres based in higher education institutions throughout the UK.

Institute of Education International Centre for Intercultural Studies

The International Centre for Intercultural Studies (ICIS) is a major university centre in the United Kingdom for the national and international study of intercultural educational issues

http://www.le.ac.uk/education/research/complementary_schools/

This Univerisity of Leicester site provides information about research into complementary schools

In addition a number of national organisations host research information and articles including

BAAL  

The British Association for Applied Linguistics is a professional association which provides a forum for people interested in language and the applications of linguistics.

NCLL

National Centre for Language and Literacy Research Projects has been operating for 30 years and is committed to ongoing research in the area of language and literacy

CLPE  

Centre for Literacy in Primary Education is an educational centre concerned with language, literacy and assessment. CLPE undertakes iinnovative classroom-based research and development.

International Journals and Quarterlies

Bilingual Research Journal

National Association of Bilingual Education research journal. Full online issues from 1992 -to date

Center for Applied Linguistics

Access and search the database of articles held by the Centre for Applied Linguistics

NALDIC Quarterly

National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum

Questia Online library

The world's largest online library

Second Language Learning and Teaching, an electronic journal (Australia)

An electronic journal for post graduate students

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Journal

TESOL Journal online from 1998 to 2003