Bonn Applied English Linguistics

At BAEL, we focus on language use across social and technical contexts. We work with naturally occurring text and talk as well as with experimental data. Our research spans fields such as


Applications of machine learning and AI to linguistic analysis — from large language models to advanced statistical modelling
Variation in English around the world — from the megacities of India to classroom English in Germany
Corpus-based discourse analysis — trying to understand society through language use on traditional and social media


Furthermore, we believe that students must be involved in this work and empowered to do research right from the start. After all, what is research but learning — that is, finding out about life?

Our four-term MA Applied Linguistics program gives students the chance to hone their empirical research skills as they work together with professors and researchers in a closely-knit learning environment.

News & Events

Compiling Corpora from Social Media: Combined Audio and Chat Transcripts for Recorded Video Streams
This workshop introduces a Google Colab toolkit for collecting, transcribing, and combining speech and live chat data from recorded YouTube and Twitch video streams. Participants will learn how to retrieve video metadata, download live chat logs, generate automatic speech recognition (ASR) transcripts with faster-whisper, and integrate multimodal interaction data into unified corpora for analysis. The workflow also demonstrates data structuring, metadata handling, and export formats for downstream computational and corpus-linguistic research. The notebook provides a practical foundation for studying livestream interaction, digital discourse, and multimodal online communication at scale. Workshop participants will utilize Google's Colab service to run Python code on a Jupyter notebook. 
Introducing Guest Researcher
Bonn Applied English Linguistics Team are honoured to welcome Fouzia Jamal Goreja (MA) as our guest researcher for summer semester 2026!  
Newly revised Term Paper and Thesis Guidelines – 10th Edition
The 10th edition of the Term Paper and Thesis Guidelines (2025) introduces key updates.
Introducing: Visiting Researcher Khadra Yasmina Meridja
I am honoured to join the Department of Bonn English Applied Linguistics at Bonn Universityas a visiting researcher, where I aim to develop my research skills and enrich my academiccareer.
Prof. Fuchs plenary talk in Nigeria
on "Empirical research on phonological nuances:issues and methods – with a focus on speech rhythm"
Bonn Talks on Research Trends in Applied Linguistics
Hybrid
02:15 PM - 05:45 PM
This workshop introduces a Google Colab toolkit for collecting, transcribing, and combining speech and live chat data from recorded YouTube and Twitch video ...
Second Workshop on Studying the Language of Young Learners
IMPULSE – House for ...
12:00 PM
The workshop will take place jointly with the Fifteenth Bonn Applied English Linguistics Conference (BAELc15), which will focus on corpus-based research but is ...
Fifteenth Bonn Applied English Linguistics Conference (BAELc15)
IMPULSE — House for ...
Whole Day
Each year, the Bonn Applied English Linguistics group hosts a conference aimed specifically at postgraduate, PhD, and post-doc students. This conference allows ...
Career Forum - English Departement
Rabinstraße 8
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
You are warmly invited to the Career Forum English Department, taking place on January 28th at 6 PM in room 7 at Rabinstraße. We are delighted to host ...
Embracing Accent Diversity in Language Teaching
Online
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
How can we make language teaching more inclusive — a space where all voices and accents are valued? This interactive webinar explores how teachers can ...
Using mixed methods to analyze stance: A variationist approach
Rabinstr. 6 and via Zoom
02:15 PM - 03:45 PM
In this talk, I will introduce a framework for coding speaker stance (i.e., the way individuals position themselves towards an interaction) that I developed ...
Bonn Talks on Research Trends in Applied Linguistics
Rabinstr. 8 and via Zoom
02:15 PM - 05:45 PM
This talk and its subsequent workshop will introduce approaches to measuring syntactic properties in the English language, with a specific focus on large- and ...
Bonn Talks on Research Trends in Applied Linguistics
Rabinstr. 8 and via Zoom
02:15 PM - 05:45 PM
This talk and its subsequent workshop will explore lexical properties in the English language and methods to automatically calculate lexical features. The ...

Contact

For general enquiries contact: 
bael[at]uni-bonn.de

For enquiries about the MA Applied Linguistics: 
mentor-appliedlinguistics[at]uni-bonn.de

Tel.: +49 (0)228 73-82046

You can find us in our office:

2.060
Rabinstr. 8
53111 Bonn

Office hours Prof. Fuchs

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RCAL Office hours

RCAL's office hours are on Wednesdays from 11:00-12:00, please sign up via email beforehand

If you would like to book an appointment at a different time or have any questions, please email rcal[at]uni-bonn.de.

A Zoom call can also be agreed upon via mail.

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