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Prepare for Success website receives its one millionth visit!

The Prepare for Success website for international students coming to study in the UK, created by the eLanguages team in Modern Languages, received its one millionth visit at around midday today! It reached its half million mark in July 2012 and this achievement was highlighted in the PIE News. The website hosts free learning resources for international students and teachers, answers to FAQs and a blog, and is visited by students from 227 countries from around the world. Continue reading →

The case for more practical language teaching in schools

According to a recent Guardian article, increasing numbers of school teachers believe that language teaching in schools needs to become more practical if student engagement and motivation with language learning are to be sustained. This is particularly the case currently in primary education where teachers are faced with the challenges of implementing a new curriculum of compulsory language teaching. To read the article in full, visit the Guardian website. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Uomini Contro / Many Wars Ago (Francesco Rosi, 1970)

The Italian film, Uomini Contro / Many Wars Ago (Francesco Rosi, 1970), will be showing in Lecture Theatre A at 6.30pm on Monday 3 November 2014. Review, introduction and discussion by Dr Emilio Audissino. All welcome! ************************************************* Uomini contro è un film sulla guerra vista come una tragica follia. Continue reading →

Modern Languages staff to participate in ILIaD inaugural conference

A number of Modern Languages staff will be participating in the new Institute for Learning Innovation and Development (ILIad) inaugural conference, taking place on Monday 3 November from 10:30-17:30 at the University of Southampton. Amongst participating staff, Patrick Stevenson, Julie Watson, Lisa Bernasek and Marion Demossier will be presenting during the ‘speed networking’ session, and Laurence Georgin in the poster session. Continue reading →

‘Cultural collision’: the challenges of cultural adaptation for international students

The PIE News has published an article discussing the challenges related to cultural differences that many international students encounter when studying abroad. The article also considers what educators can do to help prepare their students for cultural assimilation in a new study environment. To read the article, visit The PIE News. Continue reading →

CLLEAR seminar: “Linguistic variation in monolingual and bilingual contexts: The size of rules & the role of economy, complexity and frequency”

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 29 October 2014 from 5:00-6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “Linguistic variation in monolingual and bilingual contexts: The size of rules & the role of economy, complexity and frequency” and will be delivered by Professor Marit Westergaard from UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Allacciate le cinture (Ferzan Özpetek, 2014)

The Italian film, Allacciate le cinture (Ferzan Özpetek, 2014), will be showing in Lecture Theatre A at 6.30pm on Monday 27 October 2014. Review, introduction and discussion by Paola Visconti. All welcome! ************************************************* È un film sull’imprevedibilità dell’amore ed il potere che ha nella vita delle persone. Continue reading →