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Spanish hip hop artist El Chojín to visit Southampton

El Chojín — one of the biggest names in Spanish hip hop — will be visiting the Music department at Southampton on Thursday 1st December 2016, and speaking about his work from 3-5pm in Room 1077, Building 6 (Nuffield Theatre). El Chojín is known for both his social critique and for holding the Guinness World Record for the most syllables rapped in one minute. He will be accompanied by Dr Stuart Green, researcher of Spanish hip hop and racism at the University of Leeds. Continue reading →

Modern Languages welcomes potential future students to Avenue Campus

Around 50 potential future Modern Languages students will be visiting the Avenue Campus tomorrow, Wednesday 16th November 2016, to meet Modern Languages staff and students, and find out more about Modern Languages study at Southampton. Our visitors may be interested to look at Get Ready for Languages, an online resource which aims to guide you to useful information about life as a Modern Languages student at Southampton. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Tutta colpa di Freud / Blame Freud (Paolo Genovese, 2014)

The Italian film, Tutta colpa di Freud / Blame Freud (Paolo Genovese, 2014) (120 minutes, English subtitles) will be showing in Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus, at 6.30pm on Monday 14th November 2016. Review, introduction and discussion by Sofia Simper, second year BA Language Learning student (Spanish and Italian). All welcome! The trailer for this film can be viewed on YouTube. Continue reading →

Next CLLEAR seminar: “That’s what she said – a sociophonetic investigation of class and gender in southeast England”

The next Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) seminar will take place on Wednesday 16th November 2016 from 4:00-6:00pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The talk is entitled “That’s what she said – a sociophonetic investigation of class and gender in southeast England” and will be delivered by Dr Sophie Holmes-Elliott from Modern Languages here at the University of Southampton. Continue reading →

The 12 Apps of Christmas

Students and staff with an interest in the uses of mobile technologies for learning and teaching may be interested in registering for the award winning 12-day online project, The 12 Apps of Christmas, which is now back for its third year. This initiative focuses on exploring 12 mobile apps, which can help students to personalise their learning and educators to support them to do so. Continue reading →

Next CGE seminar: Research to classroom practice: Global Englishes and ELT textbooks

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place on Wednesday 9th November 2016 from 5:00-6:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled, ‘Research to classroom practice: Global Englishes and ELT textbooks’ and will be led by Dr Nicola Galloway from the University of Edinburgh. All welcome! Here is the abstract for this seminar: “the prevailing orientation in….. Continue reading →