Research at
Pobl Communications
Research
Pobl Communications benefits from an extensive research base focused both on the direct outcomes of our work, and the wider impacts and applicability of our work. Research to date can be categorised as follows:
External evaluationsof project work
Published articles,policy papers and reports
Successful grantapplications
We are committed to continually building the research and evidence base of the work conducted by Pobl Communications.
External Evaluations
Our expert team engages with policy and research.
MFL Mentoring
This bespoke project has an extensive catalogue of external evaluations. A full list of these can be found here. The most recent evaluation conducted by Ondata Research covered the project period 2015-2020. A copy of this evaluation is available to download below.
MFL Mentoring
This bespoke project has an extensive catalogue of external evaluations. A full list of these can be found here. The most recent evaluation conducted by Ondata Research covered the project period 2015-2020. A copy of this evaluation is available to download below.
Language Horizons
This bespoke project was externally evaluated in its second cycle. The full evaluation report and analysis is available to download below.
Language Horizons
This bespoke project was externally evaluated in its second cycle. The full evaluation report and analysis is available to download below.
Publications
Our expert team engages with policy and research.
Key members of the Pobl Communications team have published on a variety of themes relating to its work. Publications vary from academic articles and policy papers, to public engagement pieces and journals, demonstrating the wide relevance of its work across policy, academic and public spheres.
Publication areas include:
Three key publications
Our publications span a wide range of areas.
What is a language activist? Advocacy and education
Gorrara, C. 2021
This article highlights the need to consider researcher positionality in research. It also discusses the role of activism and the importance of co-creation and partnership as productive models of research.
Multilingual Perspectives: Preparing for Language Learning in the New Curriculum for Wales
Gorrara, C. Jenkins, L. Jepson,
E. Machin, T. 2020.
This article investigates the place of language learning in the new Curriculum for Wales and the value of embedding a multilingual approach.
Evaluating Student Mentoring as an Intervention to Support Modern Foreign Language Learning in Secondary Schools in Wales
Black, S. Gorrara, C. 2019
This article evaluates the outcomes of the first two phases of MFL Mentoring as both a policy intervention, and as a personal and professional intervention.
What is a language activist? Advocacy and education
Gorrara, C. 2021
This article highlights the need to consider researcher positionality in research. It also discusses the role of activism and the importance of co-creation and partnership as productive models of research.
Multilingual Perspectives: Preparing for Language Learning in the New Curriculum for Wales
Gorrara, C. Jenkins, L. Jepson,
E. Machin, T. 2020.
This article investigates the place of language learning in the new Curriculum for Wales and the value of embedding a multilingual approach.
Evaluating Student Mentoring as an Intervention to Support Modern Foreign Language Learning in Secondary Schools in Wales
Black, S. Gorrara, C. 2019
This article evaluates the outcomes of the first two phases of MFL Mentoring as both a policy intervention, and as a personal and professional intervention.
Grants
Our projects attract interest from grant funding.
Key members of the Pobl Communications team seek grant funding to further advance the evidence-base and research outcomes emerging from their work. Such grants have provided crucial support in the development of Pobl Communications.
