Tag Archives: applied linguistics

Successful Adventures in Research grant for Dr Ying Zheng, Modern Languages

Dr. Ying Zheng is one of the successful recipients of the University of Southamptonā€™s 2014 Adventures in Research Grants. Her project is entitled ā€˜Incorporating Feedback into an Online Assessment Module: Exploring Its Potentialā€™. It is a collaborative project with Pearson ELT (David Booth, Test Development Director, Shaida Mohammadi, Test Development Manager). The aim of the […]

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CGE seminar 5 March David Deterding, University of Brunei Darussalam

Please join us for the next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminarĀ on Wednesday 5 March at 5:00 PM (Avenue Campus, Lecture Theatre C). The invited speaker is David Deterding, University of Brunei Darussalam. The topic of his talk is ‘Intelligibility and Misunderstanding in ELF’ Abstract After a brief consideration of norms in English as a […]

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ILC visiting scholar Professor Ute Smit, University of Vienna

Professor Ute Smit from the University of Vienna will be visiting the University of Southampton through the Institute for Language and Culture from 19 – 25 February. While she is here Professor Smit will be giving a seminar in the CLLEAR and CGE seminar series on Wednesday 19 February (5:00, 65/Lecture Theatre A) entitled English-medium […]

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CLLEAR-CGE and ILC Visiting scholar seminar Prof Ute Smit Wed 19 February

Please join us for a seminar given by the ILC visiting scholar Professor Ute Smit, University of Vienna. The seminar is also part of the CLLEAR and CGE seminar series. Wednesday 19 February 2014, 5:00 PM Avenue Campus Lecture Theatre C Topic: English-medium education in multilingual university settings: A sociolinguistic examination of interactive explaining in […]

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Video recordings from ILC Symposium available now!

The Institute for Language and Culture held a one-day symposium to explore New Directions for Research in Language and Culture on 6 November 2013. Recordings from the keynote speakers are now available on the ILC website in the Media content section. Enjoy! Professor Charles Forsdick, University of Liverpool and AHRC Translating Cultures Theme Fellow Translating […]

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CLLEAR and CGE seminar 20 November: Dr Martin Lamb, University of Leeds

CLLEAR (Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research) and CGE (Centre for Global Englishes) will be hosting a seminar on Wednesday 20th November, from 5pm to 6.30pm in Lecture Theatre C. The speaker will be Dr. Martin Lamb, University of Leeds, on the topic: ā€œInspiring teachers: State school English Teachers who generate long- term […]

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Professor Susanne Ehrenreich keynote 6 November

Professor Susanne Ehrenreich, TU Dortmund University, Germany will be delivering a keynote address at the ILC symposium New Directions for Research in Language and Culture on 6 November 2013. For more information or to register please contact Megan Lewis: M.C.Lewis@soton.ac.uk. Intercultural communication via English: Which English? Whose culture(s)? In many international contexts today, the language […]

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Visit to Humanities/ Modern Languages by delegation from Zhejiang University, China

On Thursday 30 May, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Vice Chancellor and senior representatives of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. Zhejiang is one of the foremost research led universities in China; the Faculty of Arts and Humanities has research and teaching in linguistics, English language and literature, French, German and Japanese, among other […]

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