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Next TNS seminar in conjunction with the Department of Film: ‘Transnational Cinema: Milestones in a New(ish) Field of Study’

Deborah Shaw from the University of Portsmouth will be speaking at the next Centre for Transnational Studies seminar, taking place on Wednesday 21st February 2018 from 5-6:30pm in Room 1177, Avenue Campus (Building 65). The seminar is entitled ‘Transnational Cinema: Milestones in a New(ish) Field of Study’ and will be delivered in conjunction with the Department of Film. Continue reading →

Special Italian film event on Saturday 17th February: The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978)

On Saturday 17th February, there will be a special showing of one of Italy’s great films of the last century in addition to our usual Italian film season. It is taking place at the Union Films cinema of Highfield Campus: L’albero degli zoccoli / The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978) – English subtitles – 185 min. > It is a classic and is considered a masterpiece of late Italian neorealism. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot / They call me Jeeg (Gabriele Mainetti, 2015)

The Italian film Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot / They call me Jeeg (Gabriele Mainetti, 2015)(113 minutes, Italian subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6:30pm on Monday 12th February 2018. Review, introduction and discussion by Emanuela Venditti. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: ‘I like to see a picture’: Tutor and student perspectives on the use of visuals in Chinese and British students’ writing

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 14th February 2018 at 16:00 in Lecture Theatre C (Room 1175), Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “‘I like to see a picture’: Tutor and student perspectives on the use of visuals in Chinese and British students’ writing” and will be delivered by Maria Leedham from the Open University. Continue reading →

Call for papers – 14th Annual Conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching Special Interest Group

“Language teaching and learning in unstable times, and in changing political landscapes” – the 14th Annual Conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching Special Interest Group 12 & 13 July 2018 Hosted by the Centre for Language Learning, Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR), Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (MLL), University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PLENARY SPEAKERS Fiona Copland – University of Stirling John Gray – UCL Institute... Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Le confessioni / The Confessions (Roberto Andò, 2016)

Le confessioni / The Confessions (Roberto Andò, 2016)(103 minutes, English subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6:30pm on Monday 5th February 2018. Review, introduction and discussion by Paola Visconti. All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. ************************************************* Il primo film di questa rassegna è un thriller sul mondo della politica internazionale. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: Beyond Borders, Beyond Words: Issues & Challenges in Developing An Open-Access Multimodal Corpus of L2 Academic English from A Sino-British University

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Thursday 25th January 2018 at 16:00 in Room 1173, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “Beyond Borders, Beyond Words: Issues & Challenges in Developing An Open-Access Multimodal Corpus of L2 Academic English from A Sino-British University” and will be delivered by Dr. Yu-Hua Chen from the University of Nottingham, Ningbo Campus. Continue reading →

Charity football match – over £800 raised!

Image courtesy of Johnny Vineall On Sunday 3rd December, staff and students from Modern Languages and Linguistics took part in a charity football match in aid of Bitola Children’s Home in Macedonia. There is a full report on the Wessex Scene website and the JustGiving page is still open. The match was devised by George Moran, a current Modern Languages and Linguistics student at the University who lived at Bitola until the age of 3. Continue reading →