Dr Faidra Faitaki
@faidra.bsky.social
Lecturer at the Department of Education, University of Oxford 🌸 | Interested in how children learn English as a foreign/additional language at preschool & through the arts 🔍 | Sometimes found on stage 🎭
https://faidrafaitaki.blogspot.com/
https://faidrafaitaki.blogspot.com/
📣 Delighted that our article reporting the findings of a pilot study investigating the effectiveness of a novel oral language intervention conducted through the medium of #drama, has now been published #openaccess at First Language: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @oxforddeptofed.bsky.social 🥳
Piloting a drama-based oral language intervention - Faidra Faitaki, Sophie Liggins, Victoria A. Murphy, 2025
Children’s oral language skills at the earliest stages of education are known to determine their success at school later on. Improving oral language skills is a...
journals.sagepub.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
📣 Delighted that our article reporting the findings of a pilot study investigating the effectiveness of a novel oral language intervention conducted through the medium of #drama, has now been published #openaccess at First Language: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @oxforddeptofed.bsky.social 🥳
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🚨🚨 Out TODAY in Psych Bulletin!! 🚨🚨
After 5 long years, the NSF meta-analysis I led on children's gender stereotypes about STEM and verbal abilities just came out today in Psych Bulletin!!
In the words of great cultural critic Stefon, it has everything...
doi.org/10.1037/bul0...
After 5 long years, the NSF meta-analysis I led on children's gender stereotypes about STEM and verbal abilities just came out today in Psych Bulletin!!
In the words of great cultural critic Stefon, it has everything...
doi.org/10.1037/bul0...
a man says " and it has everything " in front of a world map
ALT: a man says " and it has everything " in front of a world map
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December 9, 2024 at 11:11 PM
🚨🚨 Out TODAY in Psych Bulletin!! 🚨🚨
After 5 long years, the NSF meta-analysis I led on children's gender stereotypes about STEM and verbal abilities just came out today in Psych Bulletin!!
In the words of great cultural critic Stefon, it has everything...
doi.org/10.1037/bul0...
After 5 long years, the NSF meta-analysis I led on children's gender stereotypes about STEM and verbal abilities just came out today in Psych Bulletin!!
In the words of great cultural critic Stefon, it has everything...
doi.org/10.1037/bul0...
Informative & thoughtful thread about international students' proficiency, university requirements, and academic attainment 👇🏼
1/ Last week, a BBC report and podcast claimed UK universities enrol students with poor English to balance books. This sparked two reactions: "no shit, Sherlock" or outright denial. 🧵https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mzdejg1d3o
Universities enrolling foreign students with poor English, BBC finds
Institutions may be overlooking inadequate language skills to receive high fees from overseas students.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Informative & thoughtful thread about international students' proficiency, university requirements, and academic attainment 👇🏼
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Excited to share a new paper offering guidance for demographic reporting for authors, editors, and reviewers in developmental research. An enjoyable collaboration with the MB Demographics group!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tools of the Trade: A Guide to Sociodemographic Reporting for Researchers, Reviewers, and Editors
In recent years, psychological researchers have been heavily criticized for generalizing broadly from narrow samples, a concern that intersects with questions about the validity, reproducibility, r...
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December 7, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Excited to share a new paper offering guidance for demographic reporting for authors, editors, and reviewers in developmental research. An enjoyable collaboration with the MB Demographics group!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship
We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).
www.leeds.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
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We have just launched two online, part time Postgraduate Diplomas at Oxford. One in English as an Additional language and the other in Early Childhood Education. Perfect for in service teachers wishing to gain formal qualifications in these areas.
EAL: bit.ly/3Y5FceH
ECE: bit.ly/4emVV35
#EduSky
EAL: bit.ly/3Y5FceH
ECE: bit.ly/4emVV35
#EduSky
PGDip in English as an Additional Language | University of Oxford
About the courseThe PGDip in English as an Additional Language (EAL) is designed for education professionals working with multilingual learners in the national and international sectors. This
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October 1, 2024 at 3:16 PM
We have just launched two online, part time Postgraduate Diplomas at Oxford. One in English as an Additional language and the other in Early Childhood Education. Perfect for in service teachers wishing to gain formal qualifications in these areas.
EAL: bit.ly/3Y5FceH
ECE: bit.ly/4emVV35
#EduSky
EAL: bit.ly/3Y5FceH
ECE: bit.ly/4emVV35
#EduSky
So happy to be speaking to @hwc001.bsky.social about our little drama-based oral language intervention pilot! To find out if using drama activities can help develop primary-school children's oral language, have a listen to the new episode of the Oxford Education Deanery Podcast! 🎧🎭🤓
New episode of the Oxford Education Deanery Podcast. Dr Faidra Faitaki (@faidra.bsky.social) talks with me about her research into using drama to support oral language proficiency with young learners. #EduSky
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Developing Oral Language through a Drama-based Intervention
Dr Faidra Faitaki discusses her research on using a drama-based intervention to help develop oral language proficiency among primary school learners. Oral langu
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September 24, 2024 at 9:34 AM
So happy to be speaking to @hwc001.bsky.social about our little drama-based oral language intervention pilot! To find out if using drama activities can help develop primary-school children's oral language, have a listen to the new episode of the Oxford Education Deanery Podcast! 🎧🎭🤓
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GOOD MORNING BLUESKY!
Very excited about this new paper:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2300671120
Key Q: what predicts how much young kids (👶)talk?
How much 🗣 kids heard predicted how much 👶talked, but other factors, e.g. mom’s education, didn’t. #PsychSci #DevPsy 🗣💬
INCOMING SUMMARY🧵ALERT 1/14
Very excited about this new paper:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2300671120
Key Q: what predicts how much young kids (👶)talk?
How much 🗣 kids heard predicted how much 👶talked, but other factors, e.g. mom’s education, didn’t. #PsychSci #DevPsy 🗣💬
INCOMING SUMMARY🧵ALERT 1/14
December 13, 2023 at 2:52 PM
GOOD MORNING BLUESKY!
Very excited about this new paper:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2300671120
Key Q: what predicts how much young kids (👶)talk?
How much 🗣 kids heard predicted how much 👶talked, but other factors, e.g. mom’s education, didn’t. #PsychSci #DevPsy 🗣💬
INCOMING SUMMARY🧵ALERT 1/14
Very excited about this new paper:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2300671120
Key Q: what predicts how much young kids (👶)talk?
How much 🗣 kids heard predicted how much 👶talked, but other factors, e.g. mom’s education, didn’t. #PsychSci #DevPsy 🗣💬
INCOMING SUMMARY🧵ALERT 1/14
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Really useful blog about picking colours for data visualisation blog.datawrapper.de/beautifulcol... #dataviz
How to pick more beautiful colors for your data visualizations - Datawrapper Blog
Choosing good colors for your charts is hard. This article tries to make it easier.
blog.datawrapper.de
December 10, 2023 at 8:10 AM
Really useful blog about picking colours for data visualisation blog.datawrapper.de/beautifulcol... #dataviz
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I made a coloring sheet for some reading week de-stressing for my #Linguistics / composition students
December 3, 2023 at 10:50 PM
I made a coloring sheet for some reading week de-stressing for my #Linguistics / composition students
📢 Our paper (w/ the brilliant Hamish Chalmers & Victoria Murphy) reporting on a Priority Setting Partnership in which users of EAL research (teachers, support staff, parents) were asked to decide the Top 10 priorities for future research on EAL, is 🔓 & out now! Have a read & tell us your thoughts!👇🏼
Setting research priorities for English as an Additional Language | John Benjamins
Abstract
We report a priority setting partnership (PSP), which sought to establish the priorities for new research among research users (educators, parents, and learners) in the field of English as an...
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December 5, 2023 at 10:55 PM
📢 Our paper (w/ the brilliant Hamish Chalmers & Victoria Murphy) reporting on a Priority Setting Partnership in which users of EAL research (teachers, support staff, parents) were asked to decide the Top 10 priorities for future research on EAL, is 🔓 & out now! Have a read & tell us your thoughts!👇🏼
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I totally agree! And to add to that, learning science tells us that reducing stress, anxiety, and alienation is critical for learning. So anyone teaching in a way that heightens those negative emotions in students is not practicing learning science.
December 3, 2023 at 3:45 PM
I totally agree! And to add to that, learning science tells us that reducing stress, anxiety, and alienation is critical for learning. So anyone teaching in a way that heightens those negative emotions in students is not practicing learning science.
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Censorship does happen in science. It's just not happening to the people who think they are being censored.
🧪🧫🖥🧬🌎
A must-read for all those believers of pure meritocracy in academia... no, it's not that you're not a good scientist or that you're not working hard enough.
'Tis that the system is rigged.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
A must-read for all those believers of pure meritocracy in academia... no, it's not that you're not a good scientist or that you're not working hard enough.
'Tis that the system is rigged.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
November 29, 2023 at 2:26 PM
Censorship does happen in science. It's just not happening to the people who think they are being censored.
Chuffed to have co-presented our paper on the #Lex15, a new test for assessing productive #vocabulary in young (multilingual) children, at #LTF2023 organised by UKALTA at the British Council this morning! Impressed by all the interesting talks, the supportive crowd & thought-provoking discussions! 🤗
November 26, 2023 at 4:33 PM
Chuffed to have co-presented our paper on the #Lex15, a new test for assessing productive #vocabulary in young (multilingual) children, at #LTF2023 organised by UKALTA at the British Council this morning! Impressed by all the interesting talks, the supportive crowd & thought-provoking discussions! 🤗
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Structural priming = facilitation of sentence structure by recent exposure to that structure. Production & comprehension are hard to compare, as data types different: choices vs. RTs. We therefore used the MAZE task to gather both types of data in both modalities: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZFZXZ...
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November 21, 2023 at 3:21 PM
Structural priming = facilitation of sentence structure by recent exposure to that structure. Production & comprehension are hard to compare, as data types different: choices vs. RTs. We therefore used the MAZE task to gather both types of data in both modalities: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZFZXZ...
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"The perception of rhythm in language" by Anne Cutler. It's short but you won't forget it :)
Here's a blog post explaining why it's great. It contains a link to the paper.
www.kith.org/words/2022/0...
Here's a blog post explaining why it's great. It contains a link to the paper.
www.kith.org/words/2022/0...
» Best linguistics paper ever: “The perception of rhythm in language”
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November 16, 2023 at 12:18 PM
"The perception of rhythm in language" by Anne Cutler. It's short but you won't forget it :)
Here's a blog post explaining why it's great. It contains a link to the paper.
www.kith.org/words/2022/0...
Here's a blog post explaining why it's great. It contains a link to the paper.
www.kith.org/words/2022/0...
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New #linguistics paper out with Annie Holtz in Infant & Child Development: “Examining the female-talker default in experimental language acquisition research”! In this paper, we examine the practice of using women’s voices in stimuli designed to test children’s language abilities
Examining the female‐talker default in experimental language acquisition research
Infant and Child Development: prenatal, childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood is a premier developmental science journal for transparent and open research.
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November 15, 2023 at 3:51 AM
New #linguistics paper out with Annie Holtz in Infant & Child Development: “Examining the female-talker default in experimental language acquisition research”! In this paper, we examine the practice of using women’s voices in stimuli designed to test children’s language abilities
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The linguistic elephant in scientific publishing: http://osf.io/5zxaf/
November 11, 2023 at 6:10 AM
The linguistic elephant in scientific publishing: http://osf.io/5zxaf/
Are you going to the #NALDIC31 conference? If so, catch the brilliant Dr Sophie Liggins presenting our poster on 'Developing Oral Language through Drama', to find out about the project we just completed! We look forward to your comments & questions! 🤗
November 11, 2023 at 9:13 AM
Are you going to the #NALDIC31 conference? If so, catch the brilliant Dr Sophie Liggins presenting our poster on 'Developing Oral Language through Drama', to find out about the project we just completed! We look forward to your comments & questions! 🤗
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Hello, I have some new science! @emilymyers.bsky.social, Cristal Giorio, and @uconnlablab.bsky.social and I asked whether people expend more effort when listening to clear or casual speech by measuring the size of their pupils. A brief 🧵. Read the full paper here: journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/...
November 9, 2023 at 4:29 PM
Hello, I have some new science! @emilymyers.bsky.social, Cristal Giorio, and @uconnlablab.bsky.social and I asked whether people expend more effort when listening to clear or casual speech by measuring the size of their pupils. A brief 🧵. Read the full paper here: journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/...