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Italian film showings in Southampton and Portsmouth

Two Italian films will be showing locally today, Tuesday 28th May at Harbour Lights, Southampton, and on Friday 7th June at No. 6 Cinema, Portsmouth. FILM: REALITY (Matteo Garrone, 2012) – 116 min WHERE: Harbour Lights, Southampton WHEN: Tuesday 28th May – 6.30pm Luciano è un pescivendolo napoletano che per integrare i suoi scarsi guadagni si arrangia facendo piccole truffe insieme alla moglie Maria. Continue reading →

Resource banks on technology

Nic Peachey has recently compiled a set of resource banks for English Language teachers. Here is an extract about them from the recent British Council ELTECS newsletter: “Over the past the past two years I have been busy collecting and curating two resources banks for EL teachers. The first is a collection of links to Educational Technology and ELT articles from around the internet. Continue reading →

CALR lecture tomorrow: “Paradigms, Processes and Procedures in Action Research”

The final CALR visiting speaker seminar of the semester is taking place tomorrow (Wednesday 15th May) at 5pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus. The lecture is entitled “Paradigms, Processes and Procedures in Action Research” and will be presented by Professor Anne Burns from Aston University/University of New South Wales, Australia. Continue reading →

Centre for Global Englishes lecture today

The Centre for Global Englishes lecture on “Interculturality: from being to doing cultural identities” is taking place today, Wednesday 8th May, at 5pm in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus. The lecture will be delivered by Zhu Hua from Birkbeck College, University of London. The talk aims to explore the main agenda and contributions of Interculturality by addressing the following six questions. 1. Are cultural memberships always relevant to intercultural interactions? 2. Continue reading →

Modern languages staff win students’ union “Excellence in Teaching” awards

At a stylish ceremony held in the Students Union building on 2 May, the outstanding teaching of Modern Languages was recognised at the first ever students’ union “Excellence in Teaching” awards ceremony. James Minney, Principal Teaching Fellow in Modern Languages (French) and now also Associate Dean Education for the Faculty of Humanities, won the overall university award for “Outstanding Lecturer”. Continue reading →

Centre for Global Englishes lecture: “Interculturality: from being to doing cultural identities”

The Centre for Global Englishes is hosting a lecture on Wednesday 8th May 2013 at 5.00-6.30pm, in Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus. The lecture is entitled “Interculturality: from being to doing cultural identities”, and will be delivered by Zhu Hua from Birkbeck College, University of London. The talk aims to explore the main agenda and contributions of Interculturality by addressing the following six questions. 1. Are cultural memberships always relevant to intercultural interactions? 2. Continue reading →