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New Study Abroad Bloggers for Humanities

Five new Study Abroad Bloggers, all undergraduate Southampton Humanities students currently on their third year abroad study/work placements, have been selected across a variety of Humanities disciplines. The bloggers will be writing about their experiences from the very beginning of their journey as they step into the unknown, right up until the end of their trips as they arrive back in Southampton in the summer of 2015. Continue reading →

Modern Languages staff participate in successful LangOER webinar

Kate Borthwick from Modern Languages was amongst a panel of speakers in a webinar earlier this month entitled ‘Open Educational Resources for less used languages in an increasingly digital everyday culture: What are the challenges and how will we tackle them?’ Around 70 participants were involved in the live event, in which Sylvi Vigmo from the University of Gothenburg and Anna-Comas Quinn from the Open University also presented. Continue reading →

New Italian film season begins on Monday 6 October

Modern Languages’ new Italian film season will begin on Monday 6 October 2014 with a showing of L’imbroglio nel lenzuolo (Alfonso Arau, 2010) in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, at 6:30pm. The autumn season promises an inspiring selection of films, old and new, covering different genres and subject matters. All films are introduced in Italian by a tutor, a student or a guest speaker, and are followed by a brief discussion (in Italian and English). Continue reading →

Free language courses for new Southampton students

This academic year, the University is offering all new students the chance to study a language for free through a new scheme called the Southampton Language Opportunity. This scheme will enable students interested in language study to choose from a range of languages and types of course to undertake alongside their degree programme. Further information about the Southampton Language Opportunity can be found on the Modern Languages website, or by emailing languageopportunity@southampton.ac.uk. Continue reading →

New Lifelong Learning Programme for languages

The University of Southampton’s Lifelong Learning section have launched their programme for the coming semester, which features lots of opportunities for language learning. A wide range of languages are available to choose from: Arabic, EFL, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Russian and Spanish. Many are available as evening courses and to suit all abilities – from complete beginner to advanced conversationalists. Continue reading →

British Council event for the European Day of Languages

The British Council is organising an evening event on 26 September on the European Day of Languages to celebrate language diversity and language learning in UK schools. ‘Every learner a language learner, every teacher a language teacher’ will be an occasion for a primary school and a secondary school with outstanding practice in EAL, MFL, CLIL and community languages to share with us their approach and work in these areas and to demonstrate how it greatly benefits their learners. Continue reading →

New Modern Languages MOOC nearing launch

Staff from Modern Languages at Southampton are preparing to launch a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) entitled ‘Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching’, which will run over four weeks from 17th November to 12th December 2014. The course, which already has 8,000 subscribers, will introduce participants to the field of second language learning, consider language classrooms and the role of teaching in language learning, and explore the uses of technology in teaching. Continue reading →